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Fantastic photos and a stunning fish!

Beautiful fish Andy!

About a week ago i completely re-did my rio 400. I wasn't happy with the look, green algae completely thrived and the sand got into the wood making it look bad and i noticed it actually started clumping in some places. So i spent over £150 on some new aquarium sand, fake plants, wood, many many pebb...

Do you mean vertical bars here? http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/daspricey/IMG_4933-1-1.jpg If so i've got one specimen with 3 and a very bold black bottom line or caudal band. The giant nan loaches, Yasuhikotakia cf. nigrolineata confuse me. Are they a different species? Have they ever been ex...

You cannot go wrong with Yasuhikotakia nigrolineata ! I have 4 around 2" in a 5ft tank. The tank as it stands now is 25*C without the heater on - i'de prefer it lower. It usually sits at around 22-23*C and they are doing well. Before i added a river manifold they were quite shy apart from one in par...

Though it does look alot like mizolepis i would lean toward anguillicaudatus for two reasons. Mizolepis is from Asia and is rarely seen in the trade so how could it have go to Spain? Its just a hunch David , I spoke to a friend of mine after he returned from Taiwan around 3 years ago and he said th...

Can't wait to see some photos!

Photobucketis the best IMO.

David

Finally go this done today All the peices after cutting, (the brown bits on the long pipe was tape - i got that off after) http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/daspricey/IMG_4916.jpg Ready to be put together, http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/daspricey/IMG_4914.jpg Final shape with one of the p...

Though it does look alot like mizolepis i would lean toward anguillicaudatus for two reasons. Mizolepis is from Asia and is rarely seen in the trade so how could it have go to Spain? where as the common anguillicaudatus is commonly seen in the trade and has already been introduced into Spain (NE Ibe...

Fantastic loach Mick!

Thanks guys,

Sorry to hear of your losses David!

When isn't Yorkshire prone to power cuts!

Thanks guys, So sorry to hear that, its always unfair when its something beyond your control. Yeah, definitely. Oh well, just one of those things i supose, just glad i didn't any more fish! We had a problem with the house electrics today and the supply must have tripped out about 20 times this after...

WoW! That really is a beauty!

Oh bu**er! :( Got home earlier on from a day in York to find we'd had a five hour power cut! The rainbows, barbs and danios were heavily gasping at the surface. Henry (A large male geophagus ) was gasping, but not at the surface and the sinibotia were the same. Only the fluval 304 turned back on, th...

I'm glad your clowns are doing ok! Sorry to hear about your losses of rainbows!

Hope your little clowns make it through ok!

David