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Hi everyone! It has become late, but I would like to share pictures of riveres in Hokkaido in Japan in autumn of last year. "Salvelinus malma miyabei" is Dolly varden which is landlocked in the Lake Shikaribetsu. https://youtu.be/Auznh2DUfmE http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized...

Hi Taddei01, Wellcome to LOL!

Taddei01 wrote:What substrate do you use? your substrate appears to be small white and clear rocks, but I was wondering if there is a specific name for it.

Quartz sand(Silica) is most.
However various kinds of sand are mixed in the bottom sand of my water tank during long time.

Can you distinguish between S.atratus and S.ornatus ,it is Too difficult for me. Hi sj861008! In fact, according to the book of "Indo-Pacific Sicydiine Gobies" of last note, S.atratus seems to have been unified by S.pelewensis! Though I thought that I found the S.atratus in Australia with much effo...

Karim Li wrote: Please let me know if I can have ur email, because as u know China block a lot of website and I am also hard to put pics here.

Because a private email system is prepared in this forum, please try it

fishguy122 wrote:

odyssey wrote:What I mean is how did you place the wood and rocks before planting the tank to create hiding spots?

I 'm just placing them without doing special consideration.

fishguy122 wrote:Also, how did you aquascape your tank before putting the plants in?

I don't care about aquascape.

Hi Odyssey how do you keep so many stiphodon together in a quite small tank? I'm applying light to an water tank from 4 directions for 14 hours a day.. A great deal of optical illumination promotes multiplication of an alga. Furthermore I plant many waterweeds. Those leaves are helpful as an algal ...

Hi Odyssey I really want put our picture on this space,but I have tried long time still not work, feel headace, I also plan go to Halmahera Island on May do u have any good suggestion? do u think we will find Stiphodon percnopterygionus? Hi Karim, nice to meet you. Welcome to LOL. Unfortunately, it...

Hi everyone. An awesome book was published! :shock: ************************************************************************************* "Indo-Pacific Sicydiine Gobies" Biodiversity,life traits and conservation Philippe Keith, Clara Lord, Ken Maeda **************************************************...

Hi fishguy122 I'm sorry that a reply is late. 1) I keep two water tanks of 60*30*36 cm. http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2015/12/07/tank_a.jpg http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2015/12/07/tank_b.jpg Please refer to this topic http://forums.loaches.c...

I visited a lot of wide-ranging rivers in Japan during summer vacation. Let me share the underwater imagery of that time. :wink: Gifu Prefecture Middle Gifu district Niwaella delicata https://youtu.be/awGxhCSZmqE http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2015/10/11/201507_4.jpg http...

I'm sorry that it is very delayed to reply :oops: Thank you for your explanation，and i have some pictures about Sicyopterus，Can you distinguish them？ http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/photo/5350108038/005Q4vv8ty6VydVk8BYa2 I don't know this Sicyopterus :| http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/photo/5350108038/0...

Hi! It will be useful to compare Fig.1 of two following articles so that you distinguish them. Stiphodon palawanensis "having a line of black blotches (male) or a black band (female) on distal part of second dorsal fin" Stiphodon palawanensis http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt04018p395.pdf Sti...

Hi everyone.

There was new species of announcement of the Stiphodon genus today.
Stiphodon palawanensis
http://novataxa.blogspot.jp/2015/09/sti ... ensis.html

The scientific article is this.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt04018p395.pdf

Do you have some new video recently？I am looking forward to it by the way，Do you know what is this language in the picture？That is about stiphodon ！Indonesian？Malay？or Latin？ http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/photo/5350108038/005Q4vv8ty6TVNs9f2ie2 It's only the sub-tropical area in the most south that ...