Hi Netmax,

I'll try to post a photo.

as for turbulence, i have two powerhead 200's churning the UGF and HOT
Magnum filter on the 37G.. it's pretty turbulent in there without blowing
fish around too much :-) I bouthg tand meant to use the HOT filter as a
temporary cleaning filter, but got lazy and just left it on the tank one
day, and it's been there since :-) it's just full of fiberous filter
material that gets cleaned every several months when it gets clogged so bad
the flow becomes noticably slower.

recently SAE's been harassing eachother.. may be the tank is getting small
for them? hmm...

I wrote this in the other reply, but just to reiterate what I have in the
tank now:

4 SAEs
4 pearl gouramis (t. leeri)
4 zebra loaches (b. striata)
3 chain/dwarf loaches (b. sidthemunkis)
? otocincluses (more than 3, less than 7... they keep hiding so it's hard to
tell)
2 danios (both 2+ yr old, so they're getting old... don't intend to replace
them after they go to fish heaven)
3 Amazon sword (BIG.. about 15in tall and bushy)
1 anubias (getting big too.. sprawling across an 8-in driftwood)
bunch of java ferns (dense foliage...)
bunch of stem plants (looking stringy due to SAE damage..)

linda

Some really excellent ideas there Michal. I wonder if linda could post
some pics. SAEs are riverine fish, so an area of the tank with higher
turbulence might give them some much needed exercise. Varying the size
of the food can help too (small fish concentrate on smaller pieces, while
fat fish don't bother). Getting them to fight over an algae wafer in a
back corner can sometimes be a good diversion to the real feeding going
on in the front. An example of diet food is cucumber, which is mostly
water. Ultimately you might need to reset the tank, and move the SAEs
into a larger tank with larger and equally aggressive eaters so that you
can tone down this current tank.
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