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Hi,

plaalye wrote:I see that there is description in other languages(other than English). Are these in the native language of the particular loach?

I think so, but i don't swear on it

Hi, I'm not a stamps collector, but I've seen some stamps with cobitis on it. So I've searched some internet stamp stores and wants to show you which loaches I've get. Cobitis taenia http://sandkauer.de/Foren/lol/DSCF0496.JPG Cobitis vardarensis http://sandkauer.de/Foren/lol/Marken2.jpg Niwaella mul...

that would be nice, Jim

I have seen that I've at least two females with eggs

Hi,

A new autumn, the same fish:


Looks like eggs, she is got very plump in the last weeks

Thomas

Hi,

Here is a pic of a pectoral fin of a male. The fin of the females are shorter and the first (or second) ray isn't so thick.



maybe it helps,

Thomas

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ch.koenig wrote: thanks thomas. have you seen the stocklist? "Indischer steinbeisser"?
cheers charles

of course, of course. And postet it in our german loach forum. For myself I don't need any more, I've eleven of them. From the same source.

Hi Charles,

i'm also sure they will fit fine together. A few years ago I've kept H. confuzona and H. zollingeri in the same tank, no problems.

Thomas

Thanks for sharing!

a few seconds in the life of Homaloptera yunnanensis...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o37k9DW9iM

Does your sister live in Spain? No, it's not my sister, it's my girlfriends sister. :) She is married with a spanish, and they often spend their holidays in spain. But they live in germany. The Rio Tormes is up by Salamanca right? Yes, here is a pic from the shallow water. I have marked the Cobitis...

Hi Matt, I have here a picture of an adult C. paludica. It's from spain too, and were caught last year in the river tormes. The sister of my girlfriend caught it and take a photo for me. As yours, this one is also released back in the river. http://sandkauer.de/Bilder/C_paludica3.jpg They aren't aqu...

I would say Pangio doriae.

See this thread: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=13233&

Yours looks more like the golden "variant" of P. doriae

Thomas

The last Crossovid. Of course with the bull's eye look, as ever. The loach is searching for food and very active.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYD4eGGe1u4

In a garden center with pondfishes I have seen a label "Misgurnus fossilis" but in the tank were only one (nearly dead) Misgurnus. In this bad condition I couldn't say if it really a fossilis, I couldn't see the typical stripes. And it's more than ten years ago. But it is possible to buy them at pon...