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Menagerie got in a bunch of Rostrata and Histrionica...

I REEEALLY like histies....

Remember my polkadot issue with them munching my angels?

Well, since histies are a bit more sedentary especially once theyre grown up... would the problem be more/less/the same?

Would I have better luck with rostrata or striata?

I really dont like the striata or rostrata's looks... Histies are my favourite I like them even more than clowns...

Can I try it?

Thanks

I saw them this afternoon.

I have one word for you.

Levamisole.

Martin.

I dont follow... whats wrong with them??

Well.......skinny.

Plus Harold has the histrionica tank tagged NFS. Didn't ask him why, but I suspect the little white spots I saw on various of the histrionica.

You need to look closer.

They all need some TLC.

The striatas are nice though.

Martin.

Martin Thoene wrote:Well.......skinny.

Plus Harold has the histrionica tank tagged NFS. Didn't ask him why, but I suspect the little white spots I saw on various of the histrionica.

You need to look closer.

They all need some TLC.

The striatas are nice though.

Martin.

I find the loaches always look like they were stranded on a desert island there though....

Won't they be 'acceptable' once they clear up?

The striatas weren't bad but they remind me of a nightmare I had when I was a kid long story...

I didn't mind the other whatchamakallitskionicaz as well...

I really would love to have like 5+ histies though... theyre so cute at 5" and all fat and dumpy and lazy

Oh yeah, absolutely they'll be OK once treated. They come in like that, not Harold's fault.

Martin.

Martin Thoene wrote:Oh yeah, absolutely they'll be OK once treated. They come in like that, not Harold's fault.

Martin.

Ya I know... dang importers

Did you see the fullgrown male redpoint? I think its MacFish's old male.. nice stuff..

Those Chinese Paradise were cool also...


So what do you think? Shalst I tryeth it? eth?

ya just my luck to be in the big smoke and have 3 tanks with the histies that have on them NFS.
got 6 kubs though...
some look more like rostrata's.
the big H said he was also getting some EOS/Sun's but I couldn't find them.

newshound wrote:ya just my luck to be in the big smoke and have 3 tanks with the histies that have on them NFS.
got 6 kubs though...
some look more like rostrata's.
the big H said he was also getting some EOS/Sun's but I couldn't find them.

Im not quite that loachesque so youll have to tell me what a sun and an eos is... :S

angelfish83 wrote:

newshound wrote:ya just my luck to be in the big smoke and have 3 tanks with the histies that have on them NFS.
got 6 kubs though...
some look more like rostrata's.
the big H said he was also getting some EOS/Sun's but I couldn't find them.

Im not quite that loachesque so youll have to tell me what a sun and an eos is... :S

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vgsIs9KsY ...... Yasuhikotakia eos

Photo: Richard Wildman.

The last one's Harold had in beat the cr*p out of everything in the tank including Tiger loaches.

Martin.

Very tough guys! Was actually my very first loach. Had NO idea what I was getting into. got it for my husband who admired his attitude. and boy, do they have attitude!