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by malfunkshun
Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:39 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: What species of Schistura/Nemacheilus?
Replies: 1
Views: 5142

Re: What species of Schistura/Nemacheilus?

No one?
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by malfunkshun
Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:56 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: What species of Schistura/Nemacheilus?
Replies: 1
Views: 5142

What species of Schistura/Nemacheilus?

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by malfunkshun
Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:05 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New additions
Replies: 1
Views: 4171

New additions

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Yes, it's a Leptobotia elongata. About 4" long and growing.

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My lovely Yunnanilus cruciatus.
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by malfunkshun
Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:03 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Kuhli breeding attempt.
Replies: 7
Views: 13932

Re: Kuhli breeding attempt.

Well it's been a while now since I posted in this thread. But I'm still attempting to breed these adorable fishes.
Just a few minutes ago I was doing some routine maintenance and noticed one interesting thing...

MY KUHLIS WAS BREEDING... I think.

I have a seriously thick layer of crystalwort ...
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by malfunkshun
Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:18 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: My rivertank.
Replies: 3
Views: 6763

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A better pic of one of the Schistura cf. balteata.
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by malfunkshun
Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:31 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: My rivertank.
Replies: 3
Views: 6763

My rivertank.

Bought a 280 l tank dirt cheap and decided to turn it into a rivertank. got 2 2000 l/h powerheads and some PVC tubing. After some glue mishaps and head scratching I had myself a rivertank setup.
After a few months of waiting for the algae to start growing I started chasing down the fish I wanted. I ...
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by malfunkshun
Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:43 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Shistura pridii
Replies: 5
Views: 10005

Thanks :)
How about updating the species index on Shistura pridii now?
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by malfunkshun
Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:29 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Shistura pridii
Replies: 5
Views: 10005

Shistura pridii

A retailer here in Sweden just got a shipment of Shistura pridii and from what I read in the species index they have a extremely limited distribution in the wild.
I emailed them and asked if they had this information, and I got this reply:


Thanks for your mail. The fish is not protected or ...
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by malfunkshun
Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:20 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Loaches for Food
Replies: 16
Views: 30043

But I think we have reached a point in our existence were it's not "natural" any more the way we manipulate our environment and surroundings.

I totally agree with you on this. But regarding the threads original intention re using Loaches for food, I don`t think we have gone to far. Fish is ...
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by malfunkshun
Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:02 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Loaches for Food
Replies: 16
Views: 30043

Yes I agree with you on that. But it wasn't my intention to sound so extreme in the point I was trying to make.
Of course we are a part of nature and the environment we live in. But I think we have reached a point in our existence were it's not "natural" any more the way we manipulate our ...
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by malfunkshun
Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:52 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Loaches for Food
Replies: 16
Views: 30043

Well, if there were (more) natural predators in the wild that could control the population of deer for instance, that would be ideal.
But since man hunt even predators there will be a need for hunters to control the deer population.
Nature will find a balance on it's own, without our intervention ...
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by malfunkshun
Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:47 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Kuhli breeding attempt.
Replies: 7
Views: 13932

Looking good.

What sort of filtration do you have in there ?

I have found that my Pangio's really like it when the almond leaves are shredded up or cut into pieces with the hard stems removed, they spend hours swimming in and out of the bits of leaves.

I have a small "shrimp safe" internal ...
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by malfunkshun
Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:22 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Kuhli breeding attempt.
Replies: 7
Views: 13932

Kuhli breeding attempt.

The leaves are indian almond ( Terminalia catappa ) bought from a eBay shop.
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by malfunkshun
Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:12 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Shistura/Sewellia tankmate?
Replies: 1
Views: 4247

Shistura/Sewellia tankmate?

I'm about to start a rivertank and found Opsarius pulchellus for sale in a shop close to me. Would these do well with Schistura balteata and Sewellia sp.?
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by malfunkshun
Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:13 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Loaches from Rakhine state.
Replies: 18
Views: 28560

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Is that a Misgurnus of some kind in the background?

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