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I know my mate Andy won't mind me posting this pic, i've seen some big almorhae on this site but seeing andy's fish his beats um by a long way.
it looks as if it's going to burst.


i'm just sorry the pic doesn't do this fish justice, it had the most unusual colouring i've ever seen on an almorhae, in the tank it looked nearly orangy toneing down to a bright yellow, but as there's no light over this tank i had to rely on the flash.

mick

Superb!!

wow. He must be a pretty top notch keeper to have gatata thriving in his tank.

Oh he is mate, he's had some brilliant hard to keep fish in his tanks,
he's got a nice little shoal of them in this tank.

mick

Great pics of a superb looking specimen

Has he ever seen any spawning activity? That fish looks like she's on her way to getting as big as the one's hosted in the archives:

http://aquaweb.pair.com/forums/archives ... read=45074

Makes mine look like she is a size zero..

bully mate, Andy should be on later to answer your question, but he's never said anything to me.

mick

That Gagata is sexy.

Hi all , big thanks to Mick

Bully I'm convinced there is an extra Almorhae in there ? though I'm not certain

Hi Cup , I did have 9 Gagata's to start with I'm now down to 5 not top notch , but I do try

Hi Matt , they are nice fish ,good temprement , always on the move ,etc , etc, but sexy mmm, i dunno mate

Cheers Graeme .

piggy4 wrote:Bully I'm convinced there is an extra Almorhae in there ? though I'm not certain

Exciting to think that it could be so

I understand the uncertainty, with the amount of hiding places in my tank it's impossible to count all the loachs at any one time, if they are startled then at the blink of an eye 27 loaches can disappear and you won't see a single one

Beautiful fish Andy!

Thanks again

Bully, if Andy is in the mood i would'nt mind taking all the decor out of that 8 ft tank to see if my mate has got a juvenile bobbing about and get a few pics of it.
it's gonna be a job though, he has loads of rockwork in there as well as half a forest.

mick

Good luck stripping down an 8ft, and even then there's no guarantee you'll catch the fish I remember once removing all the decor looking for a new striata and couldn't find it, so I wrote it off, only for it to turn up about 10 days later Such is the way with these wonderful fish

Still, would be great to know for sure

It would be good to take out all the Almorhae and take pics ,just to see the differences in pattern , I suppose it would be an excuse to rake the substrate