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616
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ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by 616 » Thu May 31, 2018 6:28 pm

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Hi all
Rescued the last 2 of these, just need to know the Latin name so I can research them. Tried picture search on this site, but nothing like it really

Appreciate the help and I can then give them the best conditions for a long life
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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by loachnoob » Thu May 31, 2018 8:25 pm

not the slightest idea, but these dudes look really cool! Think they're a loach?

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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by 616 » Thu May 31, 2018 11:42 pm

They have barbels if that’s anything to go by

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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by Bas Pels » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:40 am

Can´t help you, but please do try and overfeed them for a while, they are skinny.

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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by Diana » Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:53 am

Closest I can come is something like this:

https://www.loaches.com/species-index/niwaella-delicata

Here is a link to some more relatives:

http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/Sc ... chList.php?
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

Happy fish keeping!

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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by NancyD » Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:47 pm

I was going to suggest niwaella too & agree they need extra foods. Handsome fish, good luck!
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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by 616 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:14 am

Bas Pels wrote:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:40 am
Can´t help you, but please do try and overfeed them for a while, they are skinny.
Yeah I know, got frozen 2 types of mosquito larvae, tubifex and bloodworm. So hopefully they’ll fatten up

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Re: ID Please Serpent body large head

Post by 616 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:23 am

Diana wrote:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:53 am
Closest I can come is something like this:

https://www.loaches.com/species-index/niwaella-delicata

Here is a link to some more relatives:

http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/Sc ... chList.php?
Thank you, I’ll drop my temp slightly and get some more food to them

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