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tangtangfish
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Look what I got from Walmart

Post by tangtangfish » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:38 am

I never buy fish from Walmart because of the poor quality and selection. Yesterday I went to Walmart to buy a 10 G tank. And I found those hillstream loach! They are labelled as common pleco:)
I bought three of them. Id help please?
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Jim Powers
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Post by Jim Powers » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:02 am

Nice find!!
Looks like it could be Psuedogastromyzon fangi.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ps ... yzon-fangi
Where is the Walmart that you found these?
You don't list your location on your profile.

Being that they are from Walmart, I would moniter their health closely.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:15 am

Sure looks like Psuedogastromyzon fangi. I think i also see a blood streak in the dorsal fin and base.

Damage could of been with transportation. Monitor them!
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Post by LoachOrgy » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:15 am

yeah nice find! All the common plecos I saw at walmart were common. Looks like that one snuck into the bunch. I have a pleco from walmart and most of the time I agree that they don't take care of the fish. However, the only tank that appeared that they took care of the fish were the plecos. So I got one for a few dollars that was 5" and fat. The pleco looked very healthy along with the other 50 in the small tank but they all looked healthy.
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Post by tangtangfish » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:22 am

It's walmart super center near Waukegan, IL.
There are around 20 hillstream loaches there, some died, some sick. I choosed the most healthy ones. They are in a quarantine tank now and doing OK so far.

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