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Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 7:28 am**

I saw a few Hillies in a store over the weekend but resisted the urge to buy some straight away. Yesterday I set up a quarantine tank for them, I basically cloned the existing setup using water and filter sponges from the P. Cheni tank.

This is the Q tank

This morning I arrived at the shop before the doors were even open and managed to get talking to a member of staff that I have known for some time who has only just moved to this shop and she said she would catch the ones I wanted.

I got 5 of these guys which I think (preparing to be corrected by the experts

) are Gastromyzon Occelatus

I also got 3 of which I think are Gastromyzon Ctenocephalus

and in the Q tank

I had wanted 5 G Ctenocephalus but when I looked a little closer at home I had these 2 in with the G Ctenocephalus and I don't know what they are - Gastromyzon Stellatus

Needless to say I got a little discount as well

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 7:35 am**

All look pleasant and correct, Mark!

Lovely additions.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 7:40 am**

Nice gastros!! I think you'll really like them. They are certainly one of my favorites.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 8:19 am**

Nice! You're correct on the ID's although some of those occelatus are getting rather close to farragus in their markings.

Martin.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 9:00 am**

nice q tank!

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 10:03 am**

Thanks for the confirmation

I am going to see how these go for a couple of days and I might go back and get a couple more G Ctenocephalus and see if I can get a couple more of the G Stellatus.

Hopefully I will get another discount as well

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 10:10 am**

Very nice, MD.

These are the hillstream loaches I'm looking for, you will sell them to me at a ridiculously low price...

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 11:45 am**

Emma Turner wrote:These are the hillstream loaches I'm looking for, you will sell them to me at a ridiculously low price...

Your powers need work young padawan

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 12:16 pm**

It's Queen EMidala to you!

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 1:00 pm**

Get those Danish Pastries off your ears!

Martin.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 1:03 pm**

You blokes have got edible items on the brain today! (confused readers see the O/T forum

).

Emma

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 1:06 pm**

Ssssshhh! (don't advertise).

Martin.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 1:10 pm**

Ooops, sorry, we need Mad Duff to do his mind tricks again now.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 2:26 pm**

Moderators In Black.

You didn't read that.....

Martin.

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 3:44 pm**

Very nice fish!

also got 3 of which I think are Gastromyzon Ctenocephalus

The 2nd picture in this series shows a fish with a red tail....something else, perhaps? Cteno's have bluish tails..

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