Pangio periscopes

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:04 pm

Not all of these Pangio anguillaris pics are in brilliant focus (teeny fish!), but I'm sure you'll get the idea.

First there was one:

Then there were more. Lots more:

Emma

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:13 pm

Gotta love those wrinkly face's! Picture number 3 has to have 'Caption of the week' installed.

Excellent images!

chefkeith · Post by **chefkeith** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:20 pm

Those are about the coolest pics I've ever seen.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:10 pm

That's amazing

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They remind me a bit of garden eels.

worldrallynut · Post by **worldrallynut** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:10 pm

those pics just made my night

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:16 pm

Brilliant! They look like whales spy-hopping.

Martin.

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:29 pm

amazing! It's like they swim through the sand.

Mark in Vancouver · Post by **Mark in Vancouver** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:16 am

Those are sensational, Emma! I'm hoping you can get some better, hi-res versions of these? I took shots of mine doing this a long time ago, but to see a little forest of heads is pretty cool. I think we can safely assume that this is a behaviour to expect in their habitat, which is why you are lucky to see them in a planted tank at all.

More great observations from Ms. Turner!

We have seen some specialty tanks come along since Martin's manifold system for hillstreams. A species tank designed for these chaps would be rather good. To see them in numbers like that, not just in a crappy bare tank as they appear around here, is wonderful.

Littlelady · Post by **Littlelady** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:11 am

Awwwwwww was all you heard in this house as we looked at the photos!

Followed closely by "I want some"

Lovely pictures Emma!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:13 am

Thank you, I'm glad everyone liked them.

These actually do this most evenings, which I see whenever we happen to be working late, but never during normal opening hours.

The difficulty I have with these photos is the depth of field, as quite often the big bundles of these kuhlis are spread about in the tank, and it is impossible to get them all in focus.

But I will keep persevering!

I think we can safely say that in the wild, these are likely to congregate like this in their thousands, rather than the odd few that are usually kept in the home aquarium. Like I've mentioned before, large single species shoals/groups/bundles (whatever you want to call them) of loaches have to be very beneficial. And this is not only to the fish in terms of natural bahaviour, but also to us, the observers.

Emma

Barracuda518 · Post by **Barracuda518** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:22 am

Wow, thats really cool. Ive never seen a picture like that before

palaeodave · Post by **palaeodave** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:31 am

Emma,
There was a photo I remember seeing a while back from one of the tanks in your shop. It had the highest number of B. striata I have ever seen in one place. Absolutely stunning, but I haven't been able to find it since!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:08 am

palaeodave wrote:There was a photo I remember seeing a while back from one of the tanks in your shop. It had the highest number of B. striata I have ever seen in one place. Absolutely stunning, but I haven't been able to find it since!

Hmmm, I will have a search. I'm wondering if it was a shot taken by one of the British LOL gang at one of our meets?

Emma

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:28 am

Yup! It was I

It's in the forums somewhere.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:25 pm

Found it!

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