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Hi,

yes, it is an Aborichthys.

Cheers,
Thomas

Hi,

For me it looks more like a doriae than an anguillaris. It is to less mottled for an anguillaris. And it has the doriae typical dark snout.

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Thomas

Looks like P. doriae, yes.

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Thomas

You can mix it. Both are the same species, the golden are only a color variant of M. anguillicaudatus (Weather loach).

I would suggest you to take some more as only three.

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Thomas

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Hi,

First pic: on the left seems to be a skinny Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, right looks like a Paramisgurnus dabryanus. Both occurs together and comes often in mixed shipments in trade.

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Thomas

Here: http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/

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Thomas

On every pic I see only Acanthocobitis.

Very nice!

I would feed them with brine shrimp nauplii.

Couldn't see anything.

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Yes, it is a Cobitis. Maybe it is the undescribed Taiwanese species that is sometimes in trade last few years.

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Thomas

It is a Cobitis.

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Thomas

Dieter Tönsmeier, Einheimische Fische im Aquarium, Ulmer Verlag (Not easy to get, at amazon for a horrible price: http://www.amazon.de/Einheimische-Fische-Aquarium-Dieter-T%C3%B6nsmeier/dp/3800171953/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342365888&sr=8-1) Andreas Vilcinskas, Ihr Hobby - Heimische Aquarienfische, ...

In german books about cold water fishes you can read that breeding of barbatula in aquariums is possible. Of course they need an overwintering. There are also pictures of spawning Barbatula. If you want to breed them, you need a group with both gender. I bet there aren't an exact sex ratio which cer...

Gastromyzon crenatus? For me the cranbrooki looks not very similar to mine and Stefs loach.