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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:31 pm
by Emma Turner
My thoughts exactly, Jim. They have a very similar body shape to each other, but the colouration and size are different. Both were sole survivors of a 'shakey' batch of fish that came in from Vietnam, which they had simply listed as 'Homaloptera sp'., but which HH reckoned were actually Annamia.
Have you got any pics of yours? If it's anything like mine, it probably hides from you and the camera though...
Emma
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:18 pm
by Jim Powers
I have been trying to get pics of mine for some time, but he isn't very cooperative. I do have one pic, but its in my old computer and I haven't had the opportunity to get it into the new one. Its not very good quality, though.
By the way, was the only fish that showed up in a shipment labeled "homaloptera sp. " at a lfs.
He occasionally comes out and sits in the current in front of the tank but generally hangs out behind a bubble wand with a fish that looks similar to your large Amnamaia. I think that fish is either a H. yunnanensis or a Sinohomaloptera kwangensis (sp?), however.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:33 pm
by Emma Turner
That's interesting, I wonder if they came from the same supplier? It's funny that you say yours occasionally comes out and sits at the front of the tank in the flow, as that is exactly what mine does! Here is a photo of the underside of this fish, as it clings to the front glass in the flow from the Eheim spraybar (taken last night):
Emma
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:23 am
by Emma Turner
Ok, here's a photo of one of the baby loachies taken today 24/6. As you can see it was 'clinging' to the back glass
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I can't work out whether the pectoral and ventral fins are overlapping?
Emma
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:40 am
by mikev
Wow again! It does look very attractive.
Should be bigger now too? 8mm???
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:40 am
by Jim Powers
Interesting pic. It does look less schisti-like in that shot, though.
I'm getting REALLY confused, now.
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:13 pm
by Emma Turner
mikev wrote:Should be bigger now too? 8mm???
Yeah, between 7 and 8mm I'd say.
Emma
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:30 pm
by Graeme Robson
Ooooh i give up on guessing!
Looking lovely!
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:52 pm
by Martin Thoene
Guessing is fun. So is graphic extrapolation......
Just playing because I wanted to see what it looked like. I'm totally not convinced, but it's possible. For my mind there's way too many proportional changes and it's illogical at this stage (IMO) to have striping in the dorsal and caudal but not the other fins in a fish with such bold adult markings.
The mouth does it for me. I can't see that structure altering drastically. Also look at the gill plate area. So I'm in the
Schistura camp at present, but I'm still not convinced that they're
Schistura balteata, but what else could they be?
Martin.
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:06 pm
by Emma Turner
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:16 pm
by Emma Turner
Loach fry pics 25/06/2006. They seem to be starting to take on a slightly deeper colouration.
Emma
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:05 pm
by Jim Powers
In the pic, they appear to be losing their pattern.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:16 pm
by Graeme Robson
I can see a 'band' appearing!
aff aff!
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:20 pm
by Martin Thoene
Graeme Robson wrote:I can see a 'band' appearing!
aff aff!
Actually, you can see a "double" band appearing. Guess we know then
Martin.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:25 pm
by Graeme Robson
Martin Thoene wrote:Graeme Robson wrote:I can see a 'band' appearing!
aff aff!
Actually, you can see a "double" band appearing. Guess we know then
Martin.
Steady now Martin!
I've only had one glass of "red" tonight.........
