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They call me Mr. Loach
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:36 pm
by grizzlyone
Walked into one of the local Pet Stores and one of the Fish guys hollered, its the Loach Guy and was pretty excited. He had gotten in about 40 hilstreams. I was hoping they were my favorities, but no luck, but I'm getting closer.
Here's a link to the album with the bad pictures, and there was also a contaminant in the striatas he got, which I think is a zodiac loach. He has pink on his mouth and I'm waiting for him to destress to take some more pics.
Here's a link to the album on putfile.
http://www.putfile.com/fishface1/images/123382
There's about 40 more in there and if they hadn't wanted $4.99 each, I would have bought a few more.
Cheers,
Kevin
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:39 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
That's something I bet a lot of us have experienced. When the fish clerks know you are the loach guy or gal, you know you have a problem! It happened to me!
Nice kind of reputation to go with.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:43 am
by helen nightingale
last time i went to Emma's, the man how served me asked "are you one of them loach people?"
nowhere else round here really has laoches worth buying
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:48 am
by grizzlyone
pictures are fixed now...
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:20 am
by revhead
Mark in Vancouver wrote:When the fish clerks know you are the loach guy or gal, you know you have a problem!
I think exactly the opposite applies to me. If my lfs gets some or even sees some nice loaches or L number Loriicardae on their list, they ring me at home & bet on how long it will take me to get my ### on down there...lol.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:51 am
by Graeme Robson
I'm glad you warned us about the picture quality Kevin! It's hard to give an accurate identification but they do look similar to some Erromyzon sinensis or Vanmanenia sp's.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:34 pm
by Jim Powers
Notice the lower lobe on the hillstream's tail fin. Its all black.
That would indicate Homaloptera zollingeri.
Take a good look at it before you put it into your tank. You probably won't get a good look at it for quite some time. They tend to be VERY shy.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:02 pm
by grizzlyone
The loner has colored up and I'm pretty sure that he is a Nemacheilus Masyai. I wish I could get a couple more of these guys...
Kevin
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:00 pm
by Mike Ophir
Haha everyone greets me as the "Loach guy" in the shops around here. Good times!
Mike