Loaches Online Forum

Posted: **Tue May 27, 2008 8:46 pm**

These beauties came in tonight under the 'Taiwanese Hillstream Loach - Hemimyzon formosanus' nametag. These pics of them in the bag are not that great, but you can see the potential!

Will try for better shots in-tank over the next few days:

The 'flag tails' were very prominant, literally as soon as I took the bag out of the box, I could see them clearly (a lot of fish look very plain when they are initially taken out of the shipping box).

Emma

Posted: **Tue May 27, 2008 9:34 pm**

Love the tails! Hope we see them here in the US, I want some!!

Posted: **Tue May 27, 2008 9:44 pm**

I WANTS, TOO!!!!!!

Interesting shape. Almost like a cross between a gastro and a beaufortia.

Posted: **Tue May 27, 2008 10:40 pm**

Drooool...

Posted: **Wed May 28, 2008 6:05 am**

Wow! Nice.

Martin.

Posted: **Wed May 28, 2008 7:08 am**

a pic once the fish have settled in would be good Emma,

they do look good though.

mick

Posted: **Wed May 28, 2008 7:39 am**

Very nice looking fish

I predict a long drive soon

Posted: **Wed May 28, 2008 8:47 am**

Emma, you're always lucky to get fish seldom available! That's why I admire you and your fish.

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 8:32 pm**

Hey Emma, any pics of these guys after they settled in?

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 8:35 pm**

I'll make it my mission this weekend.

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 9:18 pm**

Cool!

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2008 11:53 pm**

Jim, you're right.

Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:05 pm**

I did manage to take some photos this evening, but will have to wait until tomorrow to upload & post them as it is late here. Pics were extremely difficult (this species makes Sinogastromyzon wui seem brave & outgoing!), so please don't expect the best pics I've ever taken.....

Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:22 pm**

I was wondering if they would be shy. I guess you answered that question.
I suppose I can wait until Monday to see the pics.

Posted: **Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:43 pm**

As promised.

I must add that these photos do not do these beautiful hillstream loaches much justice. To the eye, they are a reflective, shimmering silver colour with dark markings.

Because they were being so very shy (and they are on the top row of the system, which means a vertically challenged person like myself can only balance on the top of a ladder for so long) I decided to try adding a couple to a photo tank. Needless to say, they were very cross about this and lost a lot of their colour/markings.

I will try for more (better) pics sometime soon. Hope you enjoyed looking through them!

Emma