Leptobotia elongata info. growth and pictures

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
^ very nice, mine eat like pigs at 78*F water. Didnt you sell them though?? Yours seem to have alot more gold then mine.... wonder why pelligrini? or maybe its the dark bottom

anyways heres mine, getting big fast!
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I am running mine alot colder than you. Have you considered their natural environment? Have you noticed any negatives to running them so hot so far? Everyhitng I can find on these is the between 40 and 70 is normal in the wild, 75 being pretty much the top end. I know you will get better growth initially, but I am concerned alittle about long term high temps?

Chris
 
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I am running mine alot colder than you. Have you considered their natural environment? Have you noticed any negatives to running them so hot so far? Everyhitng I can find on these is the between 40 and 70 is normal in the wild, 75 being pretty much the top end. I know you will get better growth initially, but I am concerned alittle about long term high temps?

Chris
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No negatives as long as you dont have the temp at 98*F and cook them..... I didnt know it would have better growth? I like having the water a little higher because its eaiser to fight off illness and they will eventually be going into my loach community tank. to each its own, we are the guina pig keepers on these :headbang2 no right or wrong way yet
just trying to help

Zach
 
Yeap, cold blooded critters metabolism is affected by temps. Higher temps, faster metabolic rate, faster growth. Basicaly speeds up life for them all around. I just have concerns being as they are basicaly a cooler water species, worried that tropical temps may have negative effects long term. I have a feeling most are being kept at higher temps though, so we shall see in time.

Chris
 
good information and good job on raising them guys. In the wild, the water never gets above 80., but they've some lab tests done in China that took them well into the upper 80s with no apparent ill effects. as Chris stated, it could potentially shorten their life span at higher temperatures. I keep mine room temperature, so right now the water is in the 70s. and during summer up to the low 80s.

In China during shipping we used huge ice chunks to keep them comfortable, isn't it cool to have loach tolerate such a wide temperature range? I hope that you guys can all raise them and grow them big, as they are rarer and rarer, soon may become extinct.
 
keep them tanks covered well!!!!!

I just got home and found one dried up on the floor..... :cry::cry::cry:

Jumped out of the tiny gap in front of my AC110.
 
Any update on your elongata? What size are some of these getting to be now?
 
Wow, after reading that I feel like I will never own one. That is too bad to hear about how they are not reproducing. Beautiful fish. I will keep my eyes open even more now.
 
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