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Meet General Musharraf!

Post by connor » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:36 pm

Hey there,

a few days ago I visited one of my favourite fish stores, "Aquaristik Silbermann", and spontaneously decided to buy the last yoyo loach available. I don't have any other yoyos in my tank .. but 6 clowns and 5 zerbra loaches, and from what I've seen so far he's accpeting them as family and vice versa.

So, without further ado, let's go to the picture part, shall we. ;-)

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Meet General Musharraf!

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He (she?) is a bit shy ...

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... when being photographed ...

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... or with a much larger clown around. :)

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Wriggly!

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YouTube?

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MyTube!

Some botia striata who demanded webspace, too:

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I like the looks of the algae.

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Crazy banding.

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The favourite game of the day: Playing catch.
The favourite game every day, in fact.

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Caught in flagranti. You better call your lawyer. :cry:

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Another rather new addition, this is "Plug", my clown #6. Chosen for the weird markings.

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The other side looks even weirder. :)

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

-Connor
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:51 pm

Impressive Botia almorhae! Are you looking to add a few more play-mates for him?

Superb array of pictures also! 8)
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Post by connor » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:58 pm

Graeme Robson wrote:Impressive Botia almorhae! Are you looking to add a few more play-mates for him?
To be honest, I'm not sure yet.
Like I said, it was an impulse buy and s/he was all alone in the shop tank except for some tetras so my thoughts were he'd be better of in my tank.
He seems to get along well with the other loaches, especially the striata. They "play catch" with each other, i.e. they "hunt" him and he hunts them back just like the striata do it among their own kind to establish a pecking order.

I will watch this closely and if he appears to be lonely I'll have to change it.

-Connor
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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:13 pm

Lone B. almorhae are known to become moderately aggressive. It would be best if you could find him 3 or 4 buddies long-term, which will allow them to form a natural hierarchy and help to spread any aggression amongst themselves.

Great photos by the way, love the clown with the odd markings. 8)

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Post by crazy loaches » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:00 pm

I love those photos of your striata!
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Post by Pixelated_Pirate » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:41 am

Cool pictures. I have a clown like Plug. I'll take some photos in a few weeks
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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:48 am

He (she?) is a bit shy ...
Looks like a she because of no red on her mouth (I could not notice any) :P

Nice guys you got there.

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Post by lf11casey » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:20 am

Lovely pictures. I agree with Emma, my lone yoyo was a bit aggressive to my other fish, even the couple platys I had in there at the time. But that stopped when I got more yoyos.
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Post by Ded1 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:27 am

I really laughed out loud reading your comments under photos. Nice one!!

Wonderfule pictures, great fishes. i like the one with the Big Clown..."general musharaf" looks so tiny on it :).

What plant is beeing masacred on the picture? :D
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Post by Whitey_MacLeod » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:12 pm

Great pictures. Those striata are lovely.
Fast and bulbous!
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Post by connor » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:29 am

@ all
Thanks for the nice comments.

@ ded1
It's an anubias barleti, a plant generally recommended for loaches and chichlids. :roll:
While it's true that loaches leave the full-grown leafes alone, it is NOT true for the fresh soft ones as you can see. On the positive side, they seem to grow faster than the loaches can eat them .. for now.

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