nesopheus

After almost all the fish died and the glass separated, I am working back to having rope fish again. My plants took a beating but they are bouncing back.

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nesopheus

Have aquired 2 rope fish a flying fox (simensis) and 2 kuhli loaches. Welcome to paradise Thing One and Thing Two.

nesopheus

Plant growth is beautiful to watch. My wife wants one more Rope fish.

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freshyleif

Rope fish are some of my favorite fish. How big is your tank. Just curious but what did you feed your rope fish? Mine were pretty nocturnal when they got older and mostly got small fish or ghost shrimp or sinking pellets. Unfortunately they both found ways out of the tank at some point.

stan1973

Are rope fish ok with Kuhli loaches? i'm just interested as I have both in different tanks but am moving fish around and could put them together if they're ok, i just thought rope fish would eat them?

nesopheus

I have read that Rope fish "may" eat Kuhli loaches. I have also kept kuhlis and rope fish together in a 33gal for 3 years without fatalities. I can see if the kuhlis are small, and the rope fish are big and hungry. I keep guppies for my ropes to eat.

scream-aim-fire

flying fox and Siamese algae eaters are totally different fish, are you refering to the flying fox as a SAE?

nesopheus

Oft confused a Siamese algea eater is sometimes refered to as a flying fox. I can properly identify the fish I want. Crossocheilus Siamensis, Siamesealgea eater, or Siamese flying fox. Not Epalzeorhynchus kallopterus, Flying fox. Both are Cyprininae (subfamily) so they are related and similiar in appearance. They grow to about the same size, both will eat algea. They are discernable by the number of barbels. Cheers

nesopheus

One month after fish were introduced. My three Rope fish are thriving and often show lumps in their bodies indicating the consumption of at least a few of the hundred or so guppies residing in the tank. My Java fern has excesive beard algea and all the old leaves appear dead or dying, although some new growth has shown up. I am amazed at the way my plants have rebounded from the 6 months abandonded in an old 30 gal.

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nesopheus

Before and after trimming pics

Plus a current pic of my home made aquarium stand.

Luongo the kitchen 5 gallon resident.

The breeder tank.

My next project will be to redo the breeder tank, kicking the colored gravel for river gravel and changing the plants to some favorites from the Rope fish tank.

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