New River Tank

Introducing my new river/riffle tank with the filter/pump system put together by a friend and the original idea was by Mr. Martin Theone (www.loaches.com).

It is not actually a new set up, I just moved the tank as the floor at the original location is not level enough and the glass bar keeps popping out.

Remember, water+glass= risk, fast-flowing water+glass= high risk!

This is the only time when I can successfully keep wild-caught loach species (Acanthocobitis zonalternans) from Lubuk Semilang (small loach about 1+ cm) for more than 1 week and the Sewellia seems happy and thriving (although in the process of moving the tank and putting it together again, 2 of them got sucked into my coverless back up pump!!!).

Moral of the story, securely cover your pump intake... Don't trust those cheap suction discs to keep the pump upright and love your fish!

Currently housing-

1. Botia kubotai
2. Botia almorhae
3. Yasuhikotakia morleti
4. Sewelia lineolata
5. Chromobotia macracanthus
6. Corydoras sterbae
7. Corydoras panda
8. Schistura robertsi
9. Acanthocobitis zonalternans

Future plan is to get more rocks and pebbles and black lou han aquarium background and maybe more of those flat-bodied torrential loach and maybe some more Corydoras, Otocinclus, a shoal of White Cloud Mountain Minnow, Shiners and exotic suckermouth catfish (not your ordinary ikan bandaraya ok?) species...

Penang!!!! I'm coming, next week!

update: somebody asked me about the riffle tank. Here's the spec.
(size-48"x12"x12", 29.92 USGal, 24.92 UKGal, 1250lph pump x 2, the water is cycled at about 26 times per hour)