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Anybody ever had experience with these loaches? Aggression size??

Mike

latin name: Schistura chapaensis

I've had Schistura cf. chapaensis in, and they are real brutes - big chunky 4.5" Schistura that don't tolerate each other well. Very attractively marked fish though.

Emma

Thanks Emma. How are they in relation to their tank-mates? Do they take frozen worms, flakes, etc?

Mike

Here's a (not very good) pic:



They pretty much take any foods offered and seem ok with other non-nemacheilid fish. It's their own kind that they are fiercely territorial with.

Emma

Yeah, they are nice!

Have you got any left Emma?

I think probably only one or two - I can check and let you know.

Emma

Emma Turner wrote:I think probably only one or two - I can check and let you know.

Don't worry about it, by the time i get another lift down they will have probably gone anyway!

I don't know - they have been in for some time and tend to hide away so don't get spotted that easily.

Mike, have you seen the S. chapaensis at an lfs? I was wondering how they compared to the S. cf chapaensis I got. They may well differ in how they behave, but if they are the large, heavy bodied type like these, my money would be on similar territorial behaviour.

Emma

Nope, I was thinking of ordering them from franksaquarium.com. Price isnt bad for them either.

Thanks for the advice,

Mike

Btw Emma,

Have you ever seen Y. splendida on your order lists out of Laos?

Never. But my favourite supplier knows I am after them, so maybe one day.....

thats the fish me and piggy are waiting for Emma.
but were not looking foreward to the price they're going to be.

mick

Mmm, apparently rarer than hens teeth ! as Mick says nice idea BUT i think the could be the definig factor
I think they only encounter one in a few thousand Caudipunctata ?

Look a bit like Schistura spilota.