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Yunnanilus cruciatus (I promise)

Post by palaeodave » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:13 pm

Some (terrible) pictures of the 12 I bought in Peterborough. They're feeding on the brine shrimp Tetra Fresh Delica. They loved it! I spread it around on a long-ish piece of bogwood (so nobody could dominate) and let it set for twenty minutes. It stayed stuck really well although bits would fly off when the messy botia got into it...but the harlequins got a shot then so it was all good.

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Emma very patiently netted out the larger of the specimens in the tank but a tiny one did manage to sneak in. I was a little worried about it at first but it's eating well and it is one of the most outgoing of the lot! Already looks a bit sturdier. These are great fish. They come to the front of the tank when I walk past and they've taken to shoaling with the harlequins!
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Post by mickthefish » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:33 pm

you can spot the females a mile off and they look great.
very nice fish mate.

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Post by Graeme Robson » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:35 pm

Bah! Bah! and Bah!

Wish i got mine on the friday..... :wink:
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Post by palaeodave » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:35 pm

You're better at this game than me. I take it they're the slightly chubbier ones, or is there some other distinguishing feature?
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Post by palaeodave » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:36 pm

Graeme Robson wrote:Bah! Bah! and Bah!

Wish i got mine on the friday..... :wink:
Did you get the smaller ones left over? :P Post pics of yours up in this thread when you get your camera sorted. That goes for Ashleigh and anyone else who has any, too. :D
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Post by Graeme Robson » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:39 pm

I will do mate. :wink:

New Nikon DSLR D60 arrives on Thursday.
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Post by palaeodave » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:41 pm

Hmm...I think I'm going to be badly outdone in this thread!
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Post by Graeme Robson » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:45 pm

Of course if i cant capture them in the main tank..............out comes the show tank.. :wink: :lol:
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Post by mickthefish » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:57 pm

here's one of ten i got around the same time as Ashleigh of my matey Neil.
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Graeme put them in a show tank mate they're buggers if they see a camera.

you got it Dave, just the body girth.
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Post by Bully » Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:42 pm

I live vicariously through threads like these, stunning fish :D

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Post by helen nightingale » Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:53 pm

thats a really nice tabnk setup, as well as great little fish :D

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Post by Cup » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:56 am

Is that an otocinclus flexilis I see?

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Post by palaeodave » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:23 pm

Nope, Parotocinclus maculicauda! Only ever seen them once in a shop and I grabbed the only two they had left. I was a little worried they wouldn't do very well but I've had them for about 6 months and they're looking great!

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... otocinclus


Those pictures are actually up on the species profile on Planet Catfish (under Lee's login as I don't have one).
"Science is a lot like sex. Sometimes something useful comes of it, but that’s not the reason we’re doing it" ー R Feynman

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