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Vietnamese Homaloptera
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:31 pm
by Graeme Robson
I found these
Annamia sp the other day. They seem a little under weight at the moment. They are around 3 inches TL. Emma, these came in from Vietnam listed as above in my topic title. You may be interested
Here's one lousy picture for now. These chaps like the shaded area's.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:37 pm
by Martin Thoene
Nice....definitely needs plumping up though.
Martin.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:00 pm
by Emma Turner
I've had these chaps in stock for the past 2 months.
Mine are much fatter though! They have remarkable colour changing abilities too.
Emma
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:31 pm
by Graeme Robson
Cheers.
You know Emma. I had a feeling that you already had these in stock after i posted.
Any favorite foods for them or are they the same as the usual foods for other
Annamia sp's and
Homaloptera's. Here's a couple more pictures.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:39 pm
by Martin Thoene
Hmmm....that yellow-finned Gastromyzon in the first pic (last post) is sexy. Very nice.
Martin.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:47 pm
by Jim Powers
Martin said:
Hmmm....that yellow-finned Gastromyzon in the first pic (last post) is sexy. Very nice.
You know, that's the first thing I noticed, too.
Nice
Annamia sp. , Graeme. They remind me a bit of
H. yunnanensis
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:31 pm
by Graeme Robson
Ah yeah! This chap below. I've kept this contamination for a few months now. He came in with other
Gastromyzon's. I posted a picture of him a while ago. I still have no idea what he is. I've even looked in the Tan Heok Hui book.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:42 pm
by Graeme Robson
Jim Powers wrote:Nice Annamia sp. , Graeme. They remind me a bit of H. yunnanensis
Thats correct Jim. A larger version. My
H. yunnanensis are acting very aggressively as of late. This is mainly with each other, especially at feeding time.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:43 pm
by Jim Powers
I need a drool icon.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:28 pm
by Martin Thoene
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:33 pm
by Jim Powers
Thanks!
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:56 pm
by Emma Turner
Graeme Robson wrote:Any favorite foods for them or are they the same as the usual foods for other Annamia sp's and Homaloptera's.
We started them off with our famous 'small foods mix' - baby brineshrimp, daphnia and cyclops - (which seems to get most fish feeding), plus white mosquito larvae. Now they take pretty much any small foods, including dried stuff such as catfish pellets and fine granular foods. I'm sure you'll get yours fattened up in no time.
Emma
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:00 am
by Graeme Robson
Cheers Em.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:00 pm
by Matt
Just got a couple of these and thrown them in the stream tank. I think they're a really interesting fish, love the shape. How are yours doing, Graeme? Any tips?
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:03 am
by Graeme Robson
Hi Matt. At the moment i'm feeding mine with a variety of small sized foods like Black/White mosquito larvae, crushed flake/catfish pellets, Bloodworms, Brineshrimp, daphnia. They seem to enjoy nibbler-ling around for foods on the substrate and pebbles. I try to spray the food around so that they can search for food in their own time, without others devouring it before hand.
