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Post by Mad Duff » 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
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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 :lol: ) are Gastromyzon Occelatus
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I also got 3 of which I think are Gastromyzon Ctenocephalus
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and in the Q tank
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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 :?:
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Needless to say I got a little discount as well :shock: :lol:

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Post by Graeme Robson » Tue May 01, 2007 7:35 am

All look pleasant and correct, Mark! 8)

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Post by Jim Powers » Tue May 01, 2007 7:40 am

Nice gastros!! I think you'll really like them. They are certainly one of my favorites.
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Post by Martin Thoene » 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.

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Post by LoachOrgy » Tue May 01, 2007 9:00 am

nice q tank! :D
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Post by Mad Duff » Tue May 01, 2007 10:03 am

Thanks for the confirmation :D

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 :lol:
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Post by Emma Turner » Tue May 01, 2007 10:10 am

Very nice, MD. 8)

These are the hillstream loaches I'm looking for, you will sell them to me at a ridiculously low price... :lol:
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Post by Mad Duff » 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... :lol:
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Post by Emma Turner » Tue May 01, 2007 12:16 pm

It's Queen EMidala to you! :P
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue May 01, 2007 1:00 pm

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Post by Emma Turner » Tue May 01, 2007 1:03 pm

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

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Post by Emma Turner » Tue May 01, 2007 1:10 pm

Ooops, sorry, we need Mad Duff to do his mind tricks again now. :P
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue May 01, 2007 2:26 pm

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Post by mikev » 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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