Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:47 am

I went out to a local shop to pick up a couple of P. cheni this morning and while scrutinising the cheni I spotted what looked like a dorsal fin flick up in the top corner of the tank but the fish was hidden by the frame, so after asking the assistant to try and get the fish out of the corner because I knew immediately that it wasn't a cheni she promptly stuck a net in and out swam a 2"+ P. fasciatus

Needless to say it was in a bag with 3 cheni in minutes

Some pic's:

I am now going ask the normal aquatics assistant to keep an eye out in any new shipments and ring me if anymore come in

Needless to say I got it at a good price also

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:51 am

so mate, you found one as well.

i've asked my mate at BAS if anymore come in a shipment of cheni , bag em up and give me a bell and i'll be up to pick them up within the hour.

mick
ps, are'nt they a beaut looking fish mate.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:53 am

Very nice!! I would sure like to find this species again, myself.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:53 am

Nice find Mark!

Was it a Peter B's shop by any chance? They have 4 tank fulls of P Cheni in at the moment. But i never looked that closely.

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:59 am

mickthefish wrote: are'nt they a beaut looking fish mate.

They sure are Mick, this one is almost certainly a male and is a stunning looking fish, really stocky build as well.

Graeme Robson wrote:Nice find Mark! Was it a Peter B's shop by any chance? They have 4 tank fulls of P Cheni in at the moment. But i never looked that closely.

No not PB's this time Graeme, the PB's down here rarely get cheni in its always Gastro's or lineolata. I got these from my local Pets at home which isn't to bad with its fish compared to most of them and its the only shop near me that regularly gets cheni in.

odyssey · Post by **odyssey** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:06 am

You were lucky.
I'm always looking for mixed fish in tank of Cheni at an aqua shop.

It's luck of once a year that it can be found.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:26 am

Lovely find Mark.

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:34 am

That is a fantastic find, what a beauty!

Emma

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:50 pm

what a "pseudo" offense here in the forum!

Great!

plaalye · Post by **plaalye** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:14 pm

Me thinks you all are very lucky over there! I've never even seen a cheni in a shop here. Great find!!

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:00 am

i'm sure mine could be a female Mark, i'm gonna play with the cam to see if i can get a better shot of the head region.

what do you think?.

mick

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:03 am

Could be a female Mick, would probably need a better head shot.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:29 am

Mark, now your fasci has been in the tank a few days how elusive is he?.
i see mine maybe 3/4 times a day.
mind it's a treat when it does come out of hiding.

mick

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:52 am

Up to now Mick mine hasn't hidden at all, it has staked itself out on the biggest cobble right in front of the outlet of one of the power heads and it is either there or about 5" away on the front glass, it does go a bit crazy when food goes in and it races round the tank like a complete nutter but then just goes back to its rock and sits there.

Its colours are really starting to come out now, the yellow in the fins is lovely.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:52 am

These guys are diggers too. Mine used to dig through the gravel looking for food. Have you seen that behavior yet?

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