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correct sir, theyve been known in the trade for many years as barilloides to all of us which was a wrong ID.
thanks for bringing it up, for the life of me i couldnt remember the proper name. lol

mick

they first came into the UK in 2002, but seemed to lose favour within a tear and now are imported infrequently, possibly because they stay too small for many community tanks plus at the time they were finding and exporting loads of new species of danios? mick just a note to see this fish at it's bes...

Mark, your pics are sorted mate, youv'e really got the hang of your new camera.

mick

if i can find some pics of habrosus fry i'll post them up, so you'll know what they look like in case you get them breeding.

mick

aeneus fry, definite

mick

they're very good looking chunky fish as are the rest of the clan. 8) iv'e found the same thing with rtbs's any new fish and they would pounce on them, my fish have tamed the one i have at the moment, he chased everything in the tank for the first day but got a battering the same night now it keeps ...

love the diamond tetra male Katy, one of my many favourite fish, thanks for showing luv.

mick

they should be ok Katy, i found just having weighted wool mops in the tank stopped any aggro from the group i had, which was 11 of them.

mick

i'd say yes as well Thomas.

mick

they will be fine in your tank Katy, their feistiness is amongst themselves but they soon find their own areas.

mick

Hi Thomas, i'm sure its between Homaloptera smithi and tweedie but of the two i think smithi.

mick

yes the fry are striped it will break as the go on. your daughters got keen eyes as they are tiny.

mick

they will Matt if youve ever seen the reticulatus you'd know mate.
the reticulata is tiny compared to vulcanus, in a way it looks like a brittani in miniature.

mick

just a little info Jim, the vulcanus was confused with R reticulatus for as long as i can remember, some years ago BAS got a shipment of the true reticulatus which were a drab looking fish in comparison with vulcanus. Andy rushworth bought some to see if they coloured up but they never did. so you c...

iv'e just got 4 of these of a mate, in the UK they are fairly rare it seems the only way to get them is from some of the members of the killi club and even there only a few members are keeping them. the last time i had these was over 10 yrs ago, they are easy to keep and breed, the only problem i've...