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Gar
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Post by Gar » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:44 am

I've had this guy for a while. He came in on a plant that I, thankfully, put into an empty plant tank, lol. He hitchhiked! After quarantining him I put him in my 20h. He looks great.

Anywho, it looks like a sort of catfish or loach. I wasn't able to get great pictures of it, since he keeps moving around and around and around - ow, my head.

Here they are - he does tend to go on the wall nibbling for algae or some such. Halp!

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Diana
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Post by Diana » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:00 am

Hi Gar, welcome to Loaches :-)

I think you have a fish called a Garra. There are several species. A lot of them do like eating algae.
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

Happy fish keeping!
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Gar
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Post by Gar » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:50 am

Oooh, okay! Thanks for the welcome, by the way. :) I've been lurking for a while, I love the loaches. :3

Someone said Garra Flavatra... I'm beginning to think that's it, too! The fact you got it in the garra classification helped a lot. Thanks!
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Martin Thoene
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:13 am

It's a Garra flavatra. Many people here keep them. They're fabulous fish.

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Jim Powers
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Post by Jim Powers » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:52 am

And many people here wish they kept them. :(
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starsplitter7
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Hitchhiker

Post by starsplitter7 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:54 am

Jim Powers wrote:And many people here wish they kept them. :(
Exactly what I was thinking. What luck to have such a great hitchhiker. :)
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helen nightingale
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Post by helen nightingale » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:17 am

you are very lucky to have such a wonderfull "free gift" with your plants

my garra cambodgensis move very quickly when they want to, and it took ages before i could get a photo, so i know how you feel regarding getting pictures :lol:
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