In The Pink
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:20 pm
I thought I'd post some photographs of the Kuhli Loaches I imported last week. They came via a supplier from Singapore, and were listed as "Pink Coolie Loach (Pangio kuhli)," which they clearly are not. The colouration is a wonderful iridescent pinky-lilac, and we do believe that it is natural colouring, and nothing sinister. They are shaped just like Pangio anguillaris and spend a lot of their time hidden in the sand. Any ideas on ID anyone?
These are only about 2-3mm wide, and maybe 10-14cm long (some longer than others):


They are in with some small severums, which are actually completely ignoring them:


There's also some very small Schistura savona in this tank, which shows the size comparison quite nicely:



Close-up:

As I said earlier, most of them tend to hide away under the sand or under the bogwood. Here I took a quick shot just as I got Steve to lift out the bogwood, hence the mad scramble:

Very l-o-n-g:



Another mad scramble in the corner - overhead view:



Another close-up:



Emma
These are only about 2-3mm wide, and maybe 10-14cm long (some longer than others):
They are in with some small severums, which are actually completely ignoring them:
There's also some very small Schistura savona in this tank, which shows the size comparison quite nicely:
Close-up:
As I said earlier, most of them tend to hide away under the sand or under the bogwood. Here I took a quick shot just as I got Steve to lift out the bogwood, hence the mad scramble:
Very l-o-n-g:
Another mad scramble in the corner - overhead view:
Another close-up:
Emma