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Cyclingknitster
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Identify Please

Post by Cyclingknitster » Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:57 pm

I need some help to identify the loaches pictured below. please let me know
if anyone has any idea.

thanks in advance

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Post by mickthefish » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:12 pm

i'm sure theyre Schistura mahnerti . nice looking fish.

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Post by Cyclingknitster » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:07 pm

Thanks. That looks like them except for the red fins and tail. I have four and they're about three inches long. I was sad to read that they are territorial. So far mine hasn't shown any aggression. They get along really well with my clowns, almorhae, and kubotai. They're so much fun to watch. They look like silver bullets shooting across the tank, very active.
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Post by Joe Khul » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:47 pm

If not what Mick said, I would have thought they were Schistura carbonaria. Of course, I was out scavenging for more sids and have seen sumos two days running, so I probably have them on the brain. :oops:
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:29 am

Sure looks like the Schistura mahnerti. They will colour up once you give them time to settle and some good feedings.
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