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Post by cybermeez » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:28 pm

A LFS about half an hour's drive from me was having a sale and I picked up these little guys.....

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And these little guys....

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The one on the right has no middle stripe and it makes him look like an orange skunk loach.
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Post by daspricey » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:07 pm

They are so cute!

What species of pangio did you get?

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Post by cybermeez » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:28 pm

They are a mixture of P. myersi and what appear to be P. semicincta. There could be some P. cuenovirgata, but only time will tell. If they grow big they're semicincta.
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Post by Slough Shark » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:41 pm

Nice steal, I love Pangios so much!
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Post by cybermeez » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:53 pm

Neither me or the guy at the LFS had any idea how many were in the bag when he went to ring them up. It was only after taking the photo above that I was able to count them. I paid for 18 of them but it turns out there were 25 in the bag. After doing time in the Q-tank they will go into the 150g show and true to their kuhli nature will rarely be seen again. :)
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Post by bullisbm » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:32 am

Wow.. I don't think I have ever seen them that small from a store. Those are really neat.

I know the ones around here won't sell tham that young. Not sure why.
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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:55 am

Very nice, Robin. 8) I'm looking forward to seeing a side-on shot of that special 'skunk' clown at some point once they've settled in.

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Post by cybermeez » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:18 pm

Here's the little guy with the "skunk" markings and one of his pals. It's really hard to get pictures of these baby clowns, they are so skitish!

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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:24 pm

cybermeez wrote:Here's the little guy with the "skunk" markings and one of his pals. It's really hard to get pictures of these baby clowns, they are so skitish!

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It looks identical to Ashleigh's :arrow: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=11830
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Post by starsplitter7 » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:51 pm

Robin, your new ones are quite amazing! Beautiful.

I picked up three Kuhlies yesterday that are about 1.5 inches. Very cute and in my grow out tank. They have really cool markings. Like black triangles down their backs. I bet they aren't 3 mm in diameter. I have high hopes for them.
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Post by cybermeez » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:24 pm

Neat-o! Good luck with the itty bitty kuhlis.
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Post by J-Rod » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:03 pm

I'm from new york too. New to the loach scene and fish tanks in general. Always looking for new stores to explore. Where was the store you went to? I'm on long island and willing to travel to a store if its worth it.
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Post by cybermeez » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:07 pm

It was Aquarium Adventure on Glen Cove Rd. near Mineola.

So far out of the 25 I brought home I've lost the 5 biggest Kuhlis. For some reason the little ones seemed to have fared better. All 9 of the baby Clowns are still with me and no one in the Q-tank has come down with ich. Something very unusual in my experience.

The guy at the store told me that all the shipments come in with copper in their water and he runs a little bit of salt in all the FW tanks.
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Post by Gary Stanton » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:39 pm

cybermeez wrote:
The guy at the store told me that all the shipments come in with copper in their water and he runs a little bit of salt in all the FW tanks.
I don't get the reasoning for having copper in the water? Anyone know why?
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Post by J-Rod » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:56 pm

thanks for the info. I'm at exit 68 on the LIE. But I'll take the trip one day
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