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The Kray Twins - Second hand Fish

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:54 pm
by JAH
I only popped in to my local aquatic shop to see if the live food had arrived (it hadn't :roll: )

I don't know why I looked at the fish display because I'd only been in yesterday so I 'knew' there wouldn't be anything interesting - they sell mainly bread and butter stuff anyway.

There they were still floating in a bag,a customer hand in as they had started harassing their smaller tankmates.Their previous owner had nicknamed them the Krays and had handed them to the shop.

The girl in the shop knows me well as I buy my dog and cat food there and so when I enquired about them she admitted that they had not given the customer any money for the fish because of their 'nasty' temperaments so when I offered them £1 each she agreed and the fish came home with me :)

They are in quarantine at the moment and will hopefully form the basis of a grr tank that I intend to set up.

I think they are Syncrossus Helodes - am I right :?: (probably not!)

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:15 pm
by mickthefish
i'd say your spot on with your ID, they look like helodes to me.

mick

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:42 pm
by shari2
and quite handsome ones, too. 8)

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:39 pm
by Jim Powers
shari2 wrote:
and quite handsome ones, too.
Yes, what she said!! :D

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:10 pm
by Martin Thoene
Obviously Ronnie and Reggie will be their names. Veeeerrrry nice helodes indeed.

Martin.

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:12 am
by FISHNUTS
Nice find.
I can live for a million years and that would never happen to me.

sl

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:28 pm
by Barracuda518
I agree. Very nice :D