Thanks guys I rather like loaches too, if they were native I'd probably be as
interested in them as I am in catfish. I am planning on setting up a very old
metal framed tank I got about 33 years ago from a petshop here in Wilmington.
The tank was old then and I think it might have been hand made. I had to
remove the slate bottom because I couldn't find the old style tar to reseal the
tank and silicone wouldn't stick to the slate so it always leaked. Now it has a
glass bottom and the glass sides are sealed with silicone but it still looks
like one of the very old tanks I used to see when I was a kid. I plant to set
it up with lots of small fish most of them native and those Malaysian snails
which I really like but they can get out of hand. I like odd things in my
aquariums, water scorpions, shrimp, crayfish, anything different and I thought a big
leech might be cool to see every once in a while cruising through the tank.
but I didn't want to get one if it was going to eat my fish. I plan to use
black sand called Tahitian moon sand and plant a native vallisnaria and cape fear
spadder docks and maybe a cypress tree if I keep it in my greenhouse. It
should be a very cool native tank.
Moon
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oo, if they were native I'd probably be as interested in them as I am in cat=
fish. I am planning on setting up a very old metal framed tank I got about 3=
3 years ago from a petshop here in Wilmington. The tank was old then and I t=
hink it might have been hand made. I had to remove the slate bottom because=20=
I couldn't find the old style tar to reseal the tank and silicone wouldn't s=
tick to the slate so it always leaked. Now it has a glass bottom and the gla=
ss sides are sealed with silicone but it still looks like one of the very ol=
d tanks I used to see when I was a kid. I plant to set it up with lots of sm=
all fish most of them native and those Malaysian snails which I really like=20=
but they can get out of hand. I like odd things in my aquariums, water scorp=
ions, shrimp, crayfish, anything different and I thought a big leech might b=
e cool to see every once in a while cruising through the tank. but I d=
idn't want to get one if it was going to eat my fish. I plan to use black sa=
nd called Tahitian moon sand and plant a native vallisnaria and cape fear sp=
adder docks and maybe a cypress tree if I keep it in my greenhouse. It shoul=
d be a very cool native tank.
Moon
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