Hill Stream Tank

[Matt]

This is a tank I’ve got set up to try and resemble a hill stream-type environment. I’ve got a high power internal filter and a 1000 lph powerhead at one end of the tank. These give a turnover of about 15 times per hour. As it stands the flow is mainly down the back of the tank, but the fish seem pretty chuffed with it!
Tank:

Residents:

Garra flavatra

Schistura sp. cf balteata. Have 6 of these boys. Some of them have very intense pink and yellow colouration while others are more indistinct, like this one.

Sewellia sp. “spotted”. This undescribed species came in as a contaminant among a batch of S. lineolata.

Inlecypris auropurpurea. 6 of these gorgeous little cyprinids.

I’ve also just added two unidentified Annamia to the tank. They’re still too shy to photograph, so I’ll update with some pics later.

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[dunc]

You got the Sewellia! Great choice mate, they looked so stunning in the shop tanks.

Those Inlecypris are looking smart now too; colours really coming out.

[Matt]

Thought you’d seen it dude, I’ve had it for a month or so now

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[dunc]

No mate, I hadn’t. The last addition I saw was the Garra. Looking class though, I’d definitely consider a fast-flowing setup if I had space for another tank.

[Graeme]

Superb!!

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[dunc]

Those Sewellia were gorgeous. The loaches too – just a shame they weren’t as easy to see as you’d hoped :/

[Matt]

They weren’t but feeding time was fun! I miss that tank, and the other fast-flowing one with the Teleocichla

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