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by ch.koenig
Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:05 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: My small Hillstream effort
Replies: 24
Views: 18113

@CatsandFish The Ctenocephalus right in front of it,s dorsal fin. hi after having checked about two hundred of cteno/scitulus I think it's a scitulus. lucky you that the fans fit exactly. I've tried this last year on a tank just for curiosity if it worked, but the opening was to small, the rotor rum...
by ch.koenig
Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:39 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New Gastromyzon sp. pictures...and their water parameters
Replies: 17
Views: 17595

o yes. can I send you a list? :)
I have informations about export/transport/import. here in zurich all is ready for a max of 50 boxes :D
I told you about a friend travelling: came back with news about a new hillstream loach. I'll see the pictures next sunday.
cheers charles
by ch.koenig
Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:26 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New Gastromyzon sp. pictures...and their water parameters
Replies: 17
Views: 17595

hi borneosucker thank you for the mail. good to have more pictures. now: the species is monticola, even if not all details fit perfectly with the description of tan. taking in account that the pattern is changing from juvenile to adults and addtionel colour in the fins - red in the caudal fin - occu...
by ch.koenig
Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Borneo Suckers Gastromyzon sp. Habitat
Replies: 10
Views: 9209

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!! So which is which Charles?? I as wondering what species they were. Not you everyday run of the mill gastros! Beautiful!! hi one is monticola. spots are relatively big but it fits with the region and the appereance all in all. the second - striped one is still in qu...
by ch.koenig
Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Borneo Suckers Gastromyzon sp. Habitat
Replies: 10
Views: 9209

hi all
saw it saturday and naturally was asking for more details from the author.
imagine: to have the real ga. punctulatus right out there in the wild! not to think of the marvellous auronigrus!
fantastic.
charles
by ch.koenig
Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:58 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: My new Sewellia breviventralis/diardi/elongata
Replies: 29
Views: 30682

hi graeme would be great hi farid quicker than a flash! seem to have been taken just after I left?! ok just give a little more light with your powermachine :D I'm convinced by now they are all elongata and the second type above is breviventralis. take a bet? just until j.freyhof is back! cheers char...
by ch.koenig
Fri May 29, 2009 5:50 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: My new Sewellia breviventralis/diardi/elongata
Replies: 29
Views: 30682

hi graeme
thanks a lot. we do our best. specially farid with a perfect equipement and his knowledge as professional.
cheers charles
by ch.koenig
Thu May 28, 2009 3:25 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Gastromyzon with the strange pattern
Replies: 17
Views: 16212

hi odyssey sorry for you :o it keep's me busy too. but fortunately not at night. I'm far from having answers. appearence is one thing. as a mattter of fact I just transferred older pictures of stellatus and had the same questions: to the stellatus box or is it for zebrinus. no problem with ctenoceph...
by ch.koenig
Tue May 26, 2009 3:40 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: My new Sewellia breviventralis/diardi/elongata
Replies: 29
Views: 30682

I finally found a picture in the big pic-rest-fundus of sewellia sp "breviventralis" type 2 from underside

Image
by ch.koenig
Mon May 25, 2009 4:57 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Gastromyzon with the strange pattern
Replies: 17
Views: 16212

you mean all of them? I love all seven species, but ocellatus are special an farragus are alike: they have the most extensive social life of gastromyzon and they seem to be the curiest and cleverest. after work it takes me only minutes in front of the tank to relax and settle down. about breeding: g...
by ch.koenig
Sun May 24, 2009 6:54 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Gastromyzon with the strange pattern
Replies: 17
Views: 16212

yes I know. I nearls fell off my seat. dr tan says he watched about 300 of this species im the wild and it's true. they are different in pattern and colours. imortant is the breeding now. not so easy as sewellia. as a matter of fact I count now 7 species in the trade: ctenocephalus, farragus, ocella...
by ch.koenig
Sun May 24, 2009 3:30 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: "Sewellia lineolata fry special"
Replies: 10
Views: 6987

hi farid
jajaja
that's the right stuff :D
:D
was I right?!
:D
see you
charles
by ch.koenig
Sun May 24, 2009 10:33 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Gastromyzon with the strange pattern
Replies: 17
Views: 16212

hi all I've got the information from dr. tan lately for the the following pictures. all are ga. zebrinus. it' amazing for the last three! : :lol: http://thumbimg.img-box.de/6/5/5/4/5/65545.jpg http://thumbimg.img-box.de/6/5/5/4/6/65546.jpg http://thumbimg.img-box.de/6/5/5/4/7/65547.jpg http://thumbi...
by ch.koenig
Sun May 24, 2009 9:01 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: HUGE surprise fry
Replies: 13
Views: 8702

hi graeme
right for lineolata. take about 1 year for 3 cm.
not sp spotted: they grow fast, 3 cm in 3-4 months.
cheers chrles
by ch.koenig
Sat May 23, 2009 7:42 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Traccatichthys taeniatus
Replies: 15
Views: 16431

great pictures!
the fish could seduce me as sids did.
I think should build another "aqua-bar"-complex