Hi all.

I was breaking down a tank the other day, and I found two fry of what
look to be zipper loaches. The only other species in the tank are yoyo
loaches and oto cats, and these 1cm babies definitely resemble the
zippers more than the others.

Is this a rare thing? I hear that other loaches are loathe to breed in
the aquarium, but how about zippers?

Any comments welcome!

--jesse joe

p.s. My digital camera got some fuzzy shots of them, if you guys are
interested.

p.p.s.: tank setup:
20 gallon high, ridiculously heavily planted, with two 18-inch, 15-watt
strip lights on top.

pH ~7.4
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate ~40ppm (i think i need more light so the plants can use it)
gH ~75ppm (according to some dopey Jungle test strips at work)
alkalinity ~20ppm (ditto)

only things i dump in the water are Flourish for the plants, and
whatever brand of water conditioner was cheapest last time i bought it

they (the whole tank: they fight over all the food) eat a variety of
tetra color granules, top fin flakes, shrimp pellet, algae wafers,
frozen bloodworm (~1-2 cubes/week; i'm not rich)