SUGGESTIONS!!help!!

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

GUYS!!!

should i order online...

2 FRESH WATER FLOUNDERS? 1 BUTTERFLY LOACH?
from what i read, they are brakish fish.
and eat little things here and there...
mostly blood worms, eTc.

but a few articles said...
"they should be grown with other flounders"
in 1 tank. not mixed. vaguely.

but i want to score 2 of em.
and put em in my peaceful tank.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINk?
YES OR NO?
BUTTERFLY LOACHES? FW FLOUNDERS?

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(this,mind you, is my peaceful tank)
-40 GAL LONG [] PENGUIN 350-

1-DELHEZi
1-WEEkSii
1-SENAGALUS
1-ROYAL PLECO
1-FRONTOSA
1-LEOPARD CTENOPOMA
1-MARBLE GOBY


-40 GAL [] PENGUiN 350-
FLOWER HORN aka D'BO
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT~

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youuuuuuuu knowwwwwwwww.

 

[BDawg364]

Clown loaches are schooling fish. They do better in pairs and especially well in big groups. They act wacky if you have a lone specimen, trust me I know first hand. I got a great deal on a 3" cl, but I haven't been able to find him a friend for less than $20....which is way more than I paid for the first one.

 

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

Clown loaches are schooling fish. They do better in pairs and especially well in big groups. They act wacky if you have a lone specimen, trust me I know first hand. I got a great deal on a 3" cl, but I haven't been able to find him a friend for less than $20....which is way more than I paid for the first one.

dude i meant BUTTERFLY LOACHES~
sorrie bro. many apologies.

B.U.T.T.E.R.F.L.Y ' Loach


FRESHWATER ' F.L.O.U.N.D.E.R.



these trippy lil suckers.

 

[CHOMPERS]

I had fresh water flounders that I caught on a dive trip. They were stuck to the glass all of the time and never laid on the bottom like a flounder should. They were peaceful and never bothered my other fish. I also got some giant ghost shrimp (3-4inches long) on the same trip. The ghost shrimp were always eating fish, even some of the flounders. The water that I got them in is not brackish. I captured them in a spring known as Croaker Hole. It is a fresh water spring/cavern at the bottom of Lake George in the St. Johns River. Both the shrimp and Flounder are seasonal; they were not there on return trips.

 

[andrewjw]

I had a flounder for about 5 years....very cool fish, but i could never get it to eat frozen or any other foods besides live fish.....it grew to nearly a foot, and was awesome, but eventually began trying to eat all the other fish in my tank.......it was very cool, however....so, i would get it, but would think twice about keeping it with other fish, and the loach is a little less monsterlike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gee]

I can't see pics yet, but I think you are referring to the Hillstream Loach, Beaufortia kweichowensis?

Mine actually got ripped up yesterday by Zebra Danio's, but I did a lot of research.

They are not brackish, they come from the mountain streams of Borneo.
They are a coldwater fish, and prefer a strong current.
They are excellent algae eaters.

Here's some more info for you
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/HillstreamLoaches/ChineseHillstreamLoach.php
http://www.loaches.com/hillstream_loaches.html
http://www.geocities.com/elgecko1989/hill.html
http://species.fishindex.com/species_3225gastromyzon_punctulatus_spotted_hillstream_loach.html

 

[Newt]

A flounder and a butterfly loach are two different fish. Butterfly loaches are freshwater, flounders can be brackish or freshwater depending on what kind of flounder you have.

The picture of the flounder that the OP posted is a Trinectes maculatus (aka Achirus fasciatus) or hogchocker. That is the kind of founder I have in my tank right now. It can handle fresh, brackish, or full marine when it's older. I have mine at a SG of 1.005 and it's been doing well for almost a year. It is suppose to get to be about 6 inches. It is eating frozen blood worms and brine shirmp now, but I had to start it on live food. It was also super tiny when I got it, no bigger than one inch.

There are also Brachirus sp. flounders that are brackish water fish, one grows to 4 inch, the other is twice as big.

BTW, TFH has a great article about freshwater flounders in their current (June) issue. Check it out if you can.

 

[Casey Norris]

My freshwater flounder has never had any problems with eating frozen bloodworms but you have to be willing to put them directly in front of him, thats about the only think he will eat. When he was in a tank with pebbles he spent most of his time stuck on the glass but i have since then moved him to a tank with sand and very small rocks and he spends all of his time dug into the sand, half the time you can't see him at all. They are pretty cool, the type that is sold as freshwater flounder in pet stores should only get about 5 or 6 inches long (not wide) and as far as i have heard only live long enought to get that big if you keep them in brackish water. I enjoy them because they change their color depending on what they are laying on, and it is a really large change in color. He is also fun to watch when he is eating.