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While i was at our lfs to purchase some frozen Blood's, i stumbled across a tank full of Liniparhomaloptera disparis disparis!! WoOt!! :D

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Post by Jim Powers »

Cool!!! 8)
I only have one now, and haven't seen any for a couple of years.
The goby shippers are getting better at weeding them out I guess. :roll:
How many did you get and what size?
You'll probably be having pits dug in the gravel before you know it. :D
Looking again at the pics, however, I think Martin needs to take a look at these. They may, in fact, be Vanmanenia. The two species look so similar. Martin has had both and should be able to confirm the ID.
Regardless, they are cool.
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Cheers. Yeah, these chaps are 1 inch TL. I purchased 8 of them. Hopefully batches of these will end up over your way. :wink: I agree on the ID, something makes me wonder about their head-shape. I'm just not sure.
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Post by clownloachfan »

nice find, good luck with them.
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Clowns-6 is a group and more is never too many, providing the aquarium is large enough.
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Post by Whitey_MacLeod »

Nice find, whatever they turn out to be 8)
Fast and bulbous!
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Another great find! 8) We need to see an inventory of all the species you keep now Graeme.

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I'de love to see Greames inventory! :D

Beautiful!
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I've been thinking about that for a while now. Okay i'll make up one tomorrow sometime. :wink:
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No no, don't make one up, the real list will be more than impressive enough! :P :wink:
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As if i would lie................. :P

Okay. I will type in every single loach species that i have ever kept dead or alive. You spin me right round baby, right round :wink:
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I'm pretty sure that these are juvenile Vanmanenia hainanensis now.

Another one to my inventory.... :wink:
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Post by Mark in Vancouver »

I don't know if you're right, Graeme. The moment I saw the first picture in this thread, I thought - that's the one that I had. I was sure this was L. disparis. What makes you think otherwise?
Your vantage point determines what you can see.
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Just the general head-shape and the gold spot on the center of the head, plus the caudal fin shape and pattern reminds me of Martin's. Hmm more ponderings perhaps.
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Post by Rocco »

Graeme Robson wrote:You spin me right round baby, right round :wink:
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bad... mental... image.................

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nothing to see here folks, carry on.
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Hahah! It just jokes with the spin on the words in which Emma used in my post before hers. :wink:
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