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Nemacheilus rueppelli / shimogensis

Post by Mad Duff » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:09 pm

I bought these some time ago as Nemacheilus rueppelli but there was some thought at the time that they could actually be Nemacheilus shimogensis either way I have 3 hopefully female that keep on filling with eggs before going slim again and one hopefully male that is a lot slimmer and never plumps up (hopefully I can work my magic with these as well :lol: )

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Post by mickthefish » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:11 pm

it was TDO who said they are likely to be shimogensis.
very gentle loach, i did lose some through my ph going down, as i think they have to be kept at a ph of 7 or above to keep them healthy.

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Post by Emma Turner » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:29 pm

Very, very nice! 8) Such beautiful irridescent colours.

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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:57 pm

Cool!! 8)
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Post by Mad Duff » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:58 pm

mickthefish wrote: very gentle loach, i did lose some through my ph going down, as i think they have to be kept at a ph of 7 or above to keep them healthy.

mick
I did have a ph drop in their tank and they looked in some distress so I did a water change and added some coral sand, within a couple of hours the ph hard started to rise and they were fine again, the ph now sits at around 7.2 to 7.4 and I have noticed a real improvement in their nature and colour :)
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Post by Mike Ophir » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:35 pm

Wow, really nice looking fish! Good luck with them, they look like beauties.

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Post by piggy4 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:02 am

Great pics Mark, as Mick says a very nice behaviourly wise loach !

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