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Loaches & friends
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:56 am
by Beta
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:09 am
by Donna
Wow, that looks like a lot of loach fun -- for both you and them! Well done!
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:14 pm
by Mad Duff
Very nice Beta
I really like the
Lepidocephalichthys menoni &
Parapsilorhynchus sp
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:28 pm
by irab
Nice dont worry everything will settle down
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:27 pm
by piggy4
Ooooh what a treat

Beta how are those Mesonamacheilus behaviour wise b t w I havent seen a tank with so many fish that I havent encountered in the flesh before

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:23 pm
by Matt
Some stunning fish that I've never seen before either there beta, cheers.

Think your
Puntius id is correct btw.
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:38 pm
by mickthefish
brilliant selection of fish Beta. i really like the stigmofasciatus they look gentle little beasts.
same as Matt, are you poss it's a narajani?
mick
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:38 am
by Beta
Donna, Mad Duff and Irab - Thanks for the encouragement.
Piggy4 - The Meso's can be a little boisterous but not to Schistura denisoni levels.
Here are couple of other Meso's for you
Mesonoemacheilus guentheri
Mesonoemacheilus herrei
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
Matt: Thanks. I wasn't 100% sure due to a discussion elsewhere on narayani vs setnai.
Mick: The stigmofasciatus are gentle as you mentioned. Very interesting behaviour wise too. They sometimes put their head out of the water..very balitorid like
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:34 pm
by piggy4
Once again Beta thanks for the

pics !
I feel I may have actually kept a small group of M.herrei ? they came in with M.triangularis and were much more docile than Guentheri or Triangularis ! would that be the case ?
Also does M.pulchellus look similar to Meso's Guentheri and Herrei ?
Yours Andy

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:43 pm
by chefkeith
Excellent picture taking. Bravo! Beautiful fish.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:35 am
by Beta
piggy4 wrote:Once again Beta thanks for the

pics !
I feel I may have actually kept a small group of M.herrei ? they came in with M.triangularis and were much more docile than Guentheri or Triangularis ! would that be the case ?
Also does M.pulchellus look similar to Meso's Guentheri and Herrei ?
Yours Andy

Andy: I collected these from Valparai in Western Ghats and I didn't find any triangularis there. I don't know if there is any commercial collection taking place in that area but the triangularis is more common on the Kerala side.
chefkeith: Thanks!
Will try and post the Bhavania? pics tonight.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:55 am
by Bully
Beautiful pics of beautiful fish Beta

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:38 pm
by Beta
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:37 pm
by plaalye
Great stuff beta! What a treat it must be to collect these fish in your own backyard! The sicyopterus are looking good.