"Kuhl" Additions

I finally made it to Fintique this morning, and was amazed by what I saw. Not that they had a whole lot more variety than Alamo Aquatics, but they had an abundance of the two fish that I was looking for: kuhli loaches and oto catfish. I picked up 3 kuhlis and 2 otos (bringing my total to six). I also picked up a couple new plants: a smallish broad-leaf chain, and a cryptocoryne petchii. They both grow in bunches, and send out shoots with long slenter, leaves. Finally, I got three pieces of driftwood for less than $2, so not only will they give the otos something to munch on, I arranged them to give the loaches a place to hide.

The kuhlis are absolutely amazing! They look like swimming snakes with brilliant stripes. I read that they are noctunal, but so far, I've seen a lot of activity during the day, and they actually become a little more docile when it is mostly dark. I'm not sure I've seen them eating anything, but when they aren't swimming along the front glass wall with the albino corys, they are often digging around in the substrate as if they are looking for some chow. In fact, they may have found something to munch on...

I found some eggs that were laid on the CO2 ladder, and I would tend to believe they are snail eggs, but I've seen what I believe to be snail eggs elsewhere, and they are much smaller than these. Of course, I documented their arrival in case they were fish eggs and the fry never made it (perhaps I could get some help indentifying who laid them). However, within a few hours, they were completely gone, so I'm guessing the loaches decided what their food would be.