These chaps (and/or chapesses) have been with me for more than a week now and have settled in nicely. They don't appear to do a lot of hovering - I guess the current in the tank isn't strong enough for that, but maybe they'll exhibit that behaviour in their future tank. Rather, they think they're Corys.
Yesterday I added six (the magic number : six!) Three-Lined Pencilfish to keep them company ; these fish are the ones that have actually adopted the 'hovering' role! They are also fascinated by the sponge filter and spend hours staring at it, occasionally picking off a morsel of food when they see one. I may add some more Pencilfish if the system looks like it will cope with them.
I put a very generous helping of granular food in to ensure that I had enough time to take a video of the loaches snuffling around …
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Micronemacheilus cruciatus (Hovering Zebra Loach)
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Nice looking fish, they have a start, stop sort of movement, is that just while they were snuffling
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How many loaches did you get in the end?
They are interesting, lovely fish.
They are interesting, lovely fish.
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Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
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Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
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Nice stripey fish, I love their movement.
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