16cm Vaillantella maassi

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16cm Vaillantella maassi

Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:25 am

I've been able to capture some pictures of this 'long' Vaillantella maassi today. For some reason he was being co-operative and finally decided to show his face. I purchased two of these chaps back in May from Emma's store to accompany my other two. Size in others are from 8cm to 11cm. Here's the Beast!

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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:35 am

Fantastic!!!! :mrgreen: Keep the pics coming! :wink:
How does 'The Beast' seem to be getting on with the others? Any interesting behaviour to report?

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Post by mamaschild » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:04 pm

What a BEAUT :)

I have yet to see any in Cali :?
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Post by Martin Thoene » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:10 pm

Really stunning looking fish Graeme. I like the way the light caught it.

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Post by Mad Duff » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:54 pm

Gorgeous fish Graeme :) .

I am beginning to think you just like making people jealous :lol: .
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:15 pm

Thanks. Nobody seems to bother or approach this one. It's safe to say size is a major factor. Others do have little niggles with one-another but they defiantly leave him to his own devices.

Driving 400 miles to pick these up, i hope someone is jealous. :wink: But the main thing is that i'm proud of them.
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Post by shari2 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:48 pm

You do know that I've been looking for these fish for YEARS, right :evil:

grrrrrr!

Now I really have to get out there and find one or two, I think. Beautiful specimen and quality photo, as usual, Graeme.
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Post by Jim Powers » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:40 pm

What an impressive specimen of a very interesting species of fish.
I can't even imagine one of these guys at 16cm.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:09 am

Cheers Shari and Jim.

Jim. You can get a better understanding of his length here. It's amazing watching him swim. :D

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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:24 am

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: WOW!!!
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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:18 pm

Jim Powers wrote::shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: WOW!!!
lol my words where 'Good lord' :shock: When i seen him.
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Post by mikev » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:50 pm

Drooling... where does one find it? Is there a common trade name for the sp. one can search by?
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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:56 pm

I think there's the Fork-Tailed Loach name thats becoming popular in the common named world.
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Post by Emma Turner » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:05 pm

Yes, those two I got in for Graeme recently were listed with the common name 'Fork Tailed Loach'. Previously (from a different supplier) I have seen them listed as 'Spiny Eel Loach'. They rarely come up on lists though, and quite often there is a 'waiting list' of clients with many of the suppliers. :wink: They are also very expensive. :shock:

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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:00 pm

I got mine as Fork Tailed loaches., also. They were only about $7-8 (US) which I thought was reasonable.
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