P pentazon = algae eater?

**Simon** · 23rd Nov 2003, 10:23

Manage to take this shot..

**budak** · 23rd Nov 2003, 10:55

simon, i think your fish is actually Eirmotus octozona, the eight-banded barb.

**ckll** · 23rd Nov 2003, 10:59

Cool! Visible 7 bands! Perhaps the 8th is on the mouth ?

**hwchoy** · 23rd Nov 2003, 12:15

yah lah budak, Simon got a new hobby inventing new fish names

anyway this little fish from West Kalimantan (Sungai Tekam, Kalimantan Barat) is quiet and &quot;laid-back&quot;, does not cheong for food and so should be kept separately from &quot;hungry&quot; fishes like most other barbs and rasboras. However I have never seen them eating algae.

Here's another pick courtesy subzero.

**Simon** · 23rd Nov 2003, 13:03

oops... kekekekee..

**hwchoy** · 23rd Nov 2003, 13:12

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On 11/23/2003 1:03:49 PM

oops... kekekekee..
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ermmm… you could write a thousand lines, &quot;this is an Eirmotus octozona&quot; [

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anyway how many do you have? mine became very skinny and went AWOL after a while. [

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**Simon** · 23rd Nov 2003, 13:34

5, only one is skinny.. the rest are fairly broader..

I will email you &quot;this is an Eirmotus octozona&quot; one line per email [

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**hwchoy** · 23rd Nov 2003, 14:03

DIE SPAMMER!

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**anke** · 23rd Nov 2003, 16:29

May I know which LFS can find this eight-banded barb. Thanks in advance.

**Simon** · 23rd Nov 2003, 19:05

anke, I bought them from Biotope

**anke** · 23rd Nov 2003, 20:08

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On 11/23/2003 7:05:54 PM

anke, I bought them from Biotope
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Thanks. Will drop by Biotope and take a look. Btw, does they really eat those algae as shown in your picture?

**kenny** · 24th Nov 2003, 00:32

wah really cute!
wats the size ??
have to see if they fit into my 3 ft...

**hwchoy** · 24th Nov 2003, 00:36

around 3-4cm.

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