New member....help identifying this hillstream loach?
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:58 am
Hi all,
I'm new to this site, but have been researching about hillstream loaches recently and posts from this forum always crop up. It's such a useful source of loach info!
Anyway, I'm hoping somebody can help me identify this loach, I got her (I now think it's a her, but named her Pablo originally and it's stuck!) from chain pet store about 8 weeks ago in a shipment of "Borneo Suckers." I think she's a Gastromyzon ocellatus but would like some second opinions! I also have a camera-shy G. ctenocephalus. These are my first loaches so I'm still learning so much!
I'm not sure if this link will work...
http://t.co/HSIO0V9T
http://t.co/HSIO0V9T
For now I'll describe her:
3cm long, dark brown base colour with lighter dots and flecks around the head area. Thick stripes beginning on her back just past the 'neck' with about 7 stripes on total. They get broader towards her tail, and eventually form a sort of splodgy pattern. Her tail has a red tint to it, and 2 long black patches, one shorter than the other. In behaviour, she is very active, always scooting around on her rocks, moves up into plants to graze on the leaves, and I swear she poses for the camera. She loves algae wafers and bits of grape.
I'm new to this site, but have been researching about hillstream loaches recently and posts from this forum always crop up. It's such a useful source of loach info!
Anyway, I'm hoping somebody can help me identify this loach, I got her (I now think it's a her, but named her Pablo originally and it's stuck!) from chain pet store about 8 weeks ago in a shipment of "Borneo Suckers." I think she's a Gastromyzon ocellatus but would like some second opinions! I also have a camera-shy G. ctenocephalus. These are my first loaches so I'm still learning so much! I'm not sure if this link will work...
http://t.co/HSIO0V9T
http://t.co/HSIO0V9T
For now I'll describe her:
3cm long, dark brown base colour with lighter dots and flecks around the head area. Thick stripes beginning on her back just past the 'neck' with about 7 stripes on total. They get broader towards her tail, and eventually form a sort of splodgy pattern. Her tail has a red tint to it, and 2 long black patches, one shorter than the other. In behaviour, she is very active, always scooting around on her rocks, moves up into plants to graze on the leaves, and I swear she poses for the camera. She loves algae wafers and bits of grape.