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I lost another of my old hillstream loaches recently. This is my last
Liniparhomaloptera disparis. I'm not sure, but I think this fish is about 7 years old. That's the longest I have had any of this species. Hopefully, I can find more, but its been a long time since I have seen any in shipments of white cheeked gobies. Unfortunately, that's the only way I have ever found them. I would like to find a nice pair and start breeding them again. They are a great little hillstream.
Here is this fish in better days.

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that's sad Jim.
I know it isn't much solace but you have the longest living specimen of diffrerent species I ever heard about.
cheers Charles

Sorry Jim. My last one died for no apparent reason a month or so ago after about a year and a hlf in my tank. I've only seen them that once, they are great fish!

Thanks!
They do seem to be a little more delicate that some of the other hillstream species. This fish has been going slowly down hill for several months. It has been eating well, but its appetite seemed to slowly lessen and it began to get thinner, as old fish usually do. I have not seen it now for several days so I suspect it finally died and the shrimp got it.
When I got this fish it came in with another L. disparis, but that fish only lasted about a year and I got no fry from them.
I am looking into a possible source for some, but am not too confident about it.

none of us is immortal, including our beloved fish. Maybe it was just old age??

Sound like you provided a wonderful environment for a good, long fish life.
I will be interested to see if you find some new ones of this species. It is so difficult when you are looking for a specific type of fish.
Let us know if you find some reliable sources!

I really do think it was just old age.

Jim and I are the only people in North America that we know of who have bred this species. We wrote an article for FAMA magazine about it years ago. Like Jim, I have never seen a single Liniparhomaloptera disparis in any shop since I left England in 2001. If I had, I would own some now, they are a great fish.

Old age gets to all of us eventually

Martin.

oh yes
Jim I've got a DATZ of last year with a beautiful L. disparis and biotop pics. should I make an PDF?

That would be nice.