Water flow & spawnin

["Ed Pon" <edpon@hotmail.com>]

Pete--I put a powerhead with a sponge filter attached to it in a 55 gallon tank 
to clean things up a little and noticed that my otocinclus were hanging around 
the output from the power head.  I speculated at that point that many of the 
suckermouth catfish really enjoyed the increased aeration and are attracted to 
the water movement.  I had read sometime ago that some of the dwarf pikes are 
from areas where there is a lot of water movement.  The body shape of the 
taeniacara remind me somewhat of a dwarf pike and may indicate the the of waters 
in which they naturally occur.  By the way--I don't know if you remember Albert 
So's warning, get the male out of there quickly or he may not survive the 
episode.

Ed Pon
Milpita, California 95035

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