Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei

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Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei

Post by Batch » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:48 pm

Hey,
Looking for free advice again :)
I was buying dog-food at one of our few LFS (hey its a small town)
and they had "peppered loaches for sale (~2.5"). I think they were
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei or something similair. Do they need
to have a sand substrate? Or would a very heavily planted tank
(lots of places to hide) with gravel work? They had several for sale,
and I have room for a group of 5 or so (75gal tank)...
The other bottom dwellers in the tank that I'm considering them for
are black khuli loaches (Pangio oblonga???), juli cories and sids.
Good idea or not?

Thanx
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Post by mickthefish » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:05 pm

Batch if it looks like this fish then they are berdmorei, check on the tail and dorsal for the barring bud.
here's a pic of mine.
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mick

ps mine is on a sand and gravel base, i'll leave it up to the others to say wether it's alright to go on gravel.
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Post by Batch » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:37 pm

Hey mickthefish,
One thing that I'm wondering about these guys is do they act
like dojo loaches? My dojos seem to coexist/ignore each other,
as opposed to my Pangio oblonga Khulis which like to live/rest/forage
practically (and sometimes literally) on top of each other.

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Post by starsplitter7 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:00 pm

Funny, how fish behave differently. My Dojos lay on top of each other. They are always together.
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Post by Thomas » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:26 pm

Your Lepido. looks very very good, mick!
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Post by mickthefish » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:54 pm

Batch just call me mick bud, and no i only have one but it seems to be a bit secretive as in i only see it if food is out.
it co-exists with a few guntea.

thomas mate, your shelfordi are a fish i'm looking for. :wink:

mick
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