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Yunnanilus brevis
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:29 pm
by Emma Turner
Well some of these lovely
Yunnanilus brevis will be going home with Graeme on Friday.
There aren't too many photographs of these loaches around, so I took a few last week before they go to their new home.
First, a (crappy) old picture of what they looked like a few months back when acquired as juveniles, for comparison....
And this is what they look like now....
Emma
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:19 pm
by Martin Thoene
Fab-luss! Hope you're charging the ole b*gger for bed, board, feeding up into awesome looking fishes an' all that? Cute as a bug in a rug those guys Emma!
Martin.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:20 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Damn! Those would do my brook tank. Nice fish, Emma - and Graeme!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:36 pm
by Jim Powers
Those sure cute little guys.
I wonder, Emma, if your customers know just how lucky they are to have someone like you around that gives all these cool fish such tender loving care.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:13 pm
by Graeme Robson
Mark in Vancouver wrote:Damn! Those would do my brook tank.
Thats mainly my intentions, Mark. I have three 40gal brook/river set-ups all ready to go. The loaches i will be mainly purchasing are for these.
Wow! Those are extremely good looking chaps, Emma. I'm really looking forward to owning these and many other lovely specimens.
Superb!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:14 pm
by Martin Thoene
I've heard they're in LA, so we can all hope. I think they're really cute.
Martin.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 2:03 am
by avant
I have 5 of them too. Cute fish that tend to stay in the midwater. I have also observed that they prefer to seek shelter among the plants (I have java moss and java fern in the tank) during lazy periods.
A different kind of loachy character altogether
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:37 pm
by Emma Turner
Thank you for all your comments, I'm glad you all liked them!
Emma
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:27 pm
by avant
Just to continue the discussion on them, how do we sex them?
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:09 pm
by Graeme Robson
avant wrote:Just to continue the discussion on them, how do we sex them?
When the females get quite heavy with roe.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:43 pm
by Emma Turner
Also, there were some comments on the species index from Kamphol back in 2003, where he stated that he thought there might be sexual dimorphism in this species with the males having redder tails and females having more defined body spotting. Don't know if this was looked into further?
Emma
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:40 am
by avant
Graeme, I will definitely be happy if I can get to see the roe!
Emma, i have 5 of them currently, still juvenile. 2 of them have an obvious lateral line across their sides, while the other 3 only have scattered spots. I was just wondering what will be the reason for this distinct difference. I have them for over a month already.
-daryl
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:48 pm
by Graeme Robson
Heheh yeah Daryl
My observations start as of tonight.
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 1:51 pm
by avant
Good luck with yours! Mine are still too young. But I'll be observing
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:51 pm
by Graeme Robson
A little update on eating habits. The ones i purchased from Emma's store are incredibly eager on eating some veg between Blood's...etc. I've witnessed them basically 'ripping' sections from my plants with happiness! They have often picked at cucumbers, but the 'live' source seems more to their needs. Great entertainment to see them 'twist' a chunk off. Hovering for greens eh!
I'll try for some pictures soon.