Loaches Online Forum

Hi All

I'm new here and thought I'd better introduce myself first, I live near Durham in the Uk. I have 2 tanks a 90l Jewel tank with 4 Kulhi Loaches, a Salfin Pleco, 6 Panda Corys, numerous Endlers/guppies, 2 japonica shrimp, 3 red nose shrimp, numerous cherry and crystal red shrimp, 4 pencil fish, 6 spotted danios. my second tank is quite small and has 2 ottos, 2 pygmy corys and well as some shrimps and golden apple snails.

I plan to get some Barbucca diabolica but cannot seem to find any in the UK - does anyone have any idea where to get them?

Cheers

Chris

Hiya Chris, you will be very lucky to find them up here without asking for them to be ordered specially for you.

Emma had them in some time back and she may be able to let you know how often they show up on the lists as to how available they are.

and i've only seen them a few times in the north west, and that was over a number of years but i have'nt= seen them for at least 2 yrs now.

mick

Thanks for the quick replies - I alway seem to take a liking to fish that are hard to get - I'll just have to hope that they become more popular.

I dont think they will become more popular, loaches (bar clown, yoyo, zebra etc) in particular are not a group that the majority of fish keepers seek out, especially those 'unique' species they have never heard of before. Your best bet would be either (I think its Wildwoods) go onto Wildwoods/Wholesale tropicals website. They have a wish list you can add certain species to. This is how I came by my Vaillantella maassi, they now do postage now as well. You may be waiting for a few months, but I think that would be your best bet in the mean time


Ashleigh

As the livestock buyer for an aquatics store, I get to look through a large number of suppliers lists on a weekly basis, and unfortunately B. diabolica haven't shown up since June 2007. So unless anyone still has stock leftover (very unlikely) I don't think you'll be able to find them at the moment.

Emma

They are hard to come by even in their country of origin.

Thanks Everyone,

I've added the request to wildwoods wish list - so fingers crossed you never know.

Cheers

Chris

looks like they may be in stock in Germany at the moment...

http://www.aquarium-glaser.de/en/archiv.php?news_id=188

two shops near me have them in now, Pier Aquatics Wigan and BAS of Bolton.

mick

mickthefish wrote:two shops near me have them in now, Pier Aquatics Wigan and BAS of Bolton.

mick

WOW!! How's that for service!!!

Val

hi wolfram
that's right, but the stock seems to be reserved or already gone to the resellers. I hope to get some from tropicwater.eu where I made an order weeks ago. they are still on stock there. a beautiful little fish about which we should know more.
hi mick
it's true for the service how do you manage? here we have www.schmerlen.de with quick informations. to get them in switzerland is difficult.
cheers charles