Anyone have a redtail zebra loach
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Anyone have a redtail zebra loach
my LFS has some that are decent sized, about 3", for 5.99$. what are the temperaments of these? do they get along with others or are they generally like the asshole skunks
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Mostly accurate Fishbase.Org gives max size (not average adult size) of 6.4cm for mahnerti and 5.9cm for poculi, which is the other possibility. Either Fishbase is wrong, or there is another sp.avant wrote:i think they are known as Schistura mahnerti..
(This is not the first time I hear about this loach being 3" or larger...)
Anyway, may be the profile I did for poculi for another site,
Schist. Poculi would be of some use. I'll fix a couple of obvious deficiencies (:oops:) later. Poculi and Manherti are very similar, with aggression apparently being the Manherti problem...I see a little of territorial behavior with Poculi but nothing more aggressive than some quick chases once in a while.
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I'm having fun time figuring out the list of loaches that my lfs can order. Not for myself, I'm out of space until one more tank, but to tell him what makes sense to try. Among other entries, it has "Zebra", "Zebra Tiger", and "Zebra Redtail"... and a few more mysterious names. And these trade names are a massive mess... "Polka-dot" almost certainly means another schistura. Does "Indian loach" mean Dario? What is "the Checker Board Sand" thing? etc. etc.....Graeme Robson wrote:Since when did Botia striata have red tail fins?
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Certainly!
Tank: 40gals
Temperture: 77/25
Fish: Schistura mahnerti. Schistura waltoni. Nemacheilus pallidus. Yasuhikotakia Sidthimunki. Yasuhikotakia Nigrolineata. Tanichthys albonubes. Rasbora espei.
Like all of my tanks, i keep them in with sand/wood and Java fern plants. A Simple tank set-up.
Graeme.
Tank: 40gals
Temperture: 77/25
Fish: Schistura mahnerti. Schistura waltoni. Nemacheilus pallidus. Yasuhikotakia Sidthimunki. Yasuhikotakia Nigrolineata. Tanichthys albonubes. Rasbora espei.
Like all of my tanks, i keep them in with sand/wood and Java fern plants. A Simple tank set-up.
Graeme.
do you know the common names of those fish? or are you gonna make me google each one =\
let me ask you if you think mine will have "getting along" problems- i have 4 pakistani loaches, 3 clowns, bristlenose, couple SAE's, 1 red tailed black shark, 5 baby tiger barbs. 55g planted.
maybe i have too many fish
let me ask you if you think mine will have "getting along" problems- i have 4 pakistani loaches, 3 clowns, bristlenose, couple SAE's, 1 red tailed black shark, 5 baby tiger barbs. 55g planted.
maybe i have too many fish
I have two redtailed zebra loaches from the same tank and same shipment at the lfs and they were different species. One is most likely Schistura sexcauda and the other is probably S. similis (check my other thread for a pic of this one). I also saw at another lfs some S. mahnerti and 1 or 2 unidentified Schistura species in the same tank all listed under red tailed zebra loach. Sizes have ranged from about 2 inches to nearly 4. It appears that red tailed zebra loach is the common name used for any of the striped Schisturas.
Mine are currently the only inhabitants in a 50g tank with a HOB and a powerhead on a sponge filter for filtration. I have small gravel substrate with lots of rocks, large pieces of driftwood, and some terra cotta pots as decoration. I am trying to find some more that are about the same size (mine are about 2in) to add to the group.
Mine are currently the only inhabitants in a 50g tank with a HOB and a powerhead on a sponge filter for filtration. I have small gravel substrate with lots of rocks, large pieces of driftwood, and some terra cotta pots as decoration. I am trying to find some more that are about the same size (mine are about 2in) to add to the group.
Current loach residents- 14 Pangio semicincta, 2 P. doriae, 4 P. myersi, 1 P. shelfordi, 5 P. anguilaris, 6 P. oblonga, 8 P. cuneovirgata 5 Chromobotia macracantha, 3 Gastromyzon ctenocephalus, 3 Gastromyzon species unknown
I just saw the link that you put up. Both certainly bear strong resemblance to each other. I guess we need more obvious physical differentiations to ID them apart.mikev wrote:Mostly accurate Fishbase.Org gives max size (not average adult size) of 6.4cm for mahnerti and 5.9cm for poculi, which is the other possibility. Either Fishbase is wrong, or there is another sp.avant wrote:i think they are known as Schistura mahnerti..
(This is not the first time I hear about this loach being 3" or larger...)
Anyway, may be the profile I did for poculi for another site,
Schist. Poculi would be of some use. I'll fix a couple of obvious deficiencies (:oops:) later. Poculi and Manherti are very similar, with aggression apparently being the Manherti problem...I see a little of territorial behavior with Poculi but nothing more aggressive than some quick chases once in a while.
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