tawny dragon catfish - adopted

first off, yesterday i picked up one tawny dragon catfish from the petshop in knutsford. the kind woman who works there had decided that he(she) was not suitable for her fishtank as he had started making a meal out of her neon population. so, i said i would have a look at him and if he was suitable i'd take him home. prior to this i had been thinking of what other fish to add to the community and had considered trying a pictus catfish (again - bad results the first time due to the bad man-handling of the fish by the woman at "a drop in the ocean" aquarium near the dirto trafford centre - i won't be going there again for this reason amongst others). this fish is very similar if a little less boistrous so i decided to take him and see how it goes. reading on http://www.planetcatfish.com/ it says this species is a cold water/sub tropical species but can be maintained up to temperatues around 25 degrees C, which is what my tank setup is at, so that should be fine. i do suspect that he will take a shine to the smaller tetras in the tank once his mouth is big enough.... we shall see.

secondly, i have bought a blue led light to light the tank a little during the morning and evenings between switching on/off the main lights. apparently it is the same wave length as the sun reflecting off the moon at night and people use them in marine setups to try and coax their coral into spawning. h'anyway... it looks very very cool and i shall try and get some decent pictures of it tonight.

and finally, i managed to get a picture of the sand loach and here he is..... int he pretty :-)