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Ooh...some nice stuff listed there. Those Whiteclouds are gorgeous.



I wonder if "Pony-faced loach" is Acantopsis octoactinotos or something else?

I bet freshwater Blennies are neat too

Martin.

I think Frank must be using the same supplier as me. I was due to receive the Ponyface Loaches last Tues but there was a mix up and I got those Homaloptera instead! The Ponyfaces are listed by the supplier as Acantopsis cf. choirorhynchos.

Emma

I have to admit to lusting for the whiteclouds. They should taste well with Sewillia's.

There is not enough information on the Ponyface, but I suspect Somileptes gongota. Either way, it is something interesting....hopefully will know by Monday.

Have you seen his stock list?

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Emma, you are making me hope for a similar mixup here.

Maybe they're small horsefaces so they classify as ponies?

Wonder if there's a Acantopsis shetlandhos? ...... for small tanks.

Martin.

Those Ponyface Loaches are coming in from Sumatra, so it's highly unlikely that they will be Somileptes gongota.

Keep us updated on what comes in, I won't be trying that supplier again for a couple of weeks now.

Emma

Even more interesting.

(My guess was based on a low quality photo.)

Will let you know what happens.

The anubiasdesign group guy has gotten the ponyface loaches and has pics posted (you can only see them if you are in the Yahoo group). They look like small horseface loaches with heavy almost cobitis looking markings.

My lfs has the freshwater blennies. They are very cool looking fish.

I know the Acanthopsoides molobrion is possible to be called the Pony-Face Loach. These are like what Jim describes. There's around four different species. The A delphax. A gracilentus. A hapalias. and the above A molobrion.

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/identifica ... &areacode=

PS: I should be receiving a group of these next week, from just up the road.

From looking at the pics on anubiasdesign, the fish he has looks most like
Acanthopsoides molobrion, but I can't be 100% sure. The markings on his fish are a bit darker than the ones in the fishbase pic.

Yeah Mikev just Pm'd me the picture. Certainly a Acanthopsoides of some sort.

Assuming you right (I think so), what are the requirements for these guys?

Seems like a brookstream species, probably with similar needs to the rosies?

Yeah, a steady/moderate flow with loach friendly substrate and temps in the mid 70's.

Martin Thoene wrote: I bet freshwater Blennies are neat too
Martin.

The freshwater blennies look cool but they usually don't live very long unless you only have one in a tank by itself. Must be a territorial stress thing

Emma Turner wrote:

Tony T. wrote:So how is the rosy brookloach now? Getting nice and firm body yet?

Here's a few updated pics for you :

They are still very active (hence hard to photograph!) and are feeding well.

Emma

Look like they are losing the red color?

Females= Pale.

Males= Colourful.