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    Grey-Banded Loach

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    A friend from Malaysia gave me this wild-caught fish : Nemacheilus selangoricus. Friendly and lovely loach.



    Taken with Sony F707, macro mode, built-in flash, f4, 1/60s, ISO 100.

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    very nice and cute!
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    These are about 4~5cm. Anyone has experience rearing this fish ?
    I was told that they like to burrow into the sand but I have not seen them doing it yet.

    Gan

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    They are beautiful and the picture is well taken!

    The gravel is a bit too big for them to bury themselves. If you have finer gravel, they will sure be hiding all over.

    I have some in one of my tanks. Very active fellas.

    Cheers,
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    Gan, nicely coloured up! Mine is not so strongly coloured yet

    Benny, can you check yours (they're local right?) whether they have red whiskers and the black/red dot on the dorsal spine.
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    Re:

    [quote:6da34fe07e="benny"]They are beautiful and the picture is well taken!

    The gravel is a bit too big for them to bury themselves. If you have finer gravel, they will sure be hiding all over.

    I have some in one of my tanks. Very active fellas.

    Cheers,[/quote:6da34fe07e]
    Thanks. What is a good number to keep in an 18" tank ?

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    [quote:1f14e4af80="hwchoy"]Benny, can you check yours (they're local right?) whether they have red whiskers and the black/red dot on the dorsal spine.[/quote:1f14e4af80]

    Red whiskers yes. I can still see in in the photo I took. But the marking on the dorsal I'm not too sure. The little fella is some where around. hardly see him since I got him a few weeks ago.

    Assuming that the 18" tank is only for these loaches, I think you can keep 15 comfortably, with plenty of hiding places.

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    [quote:7ec7997839="benny"]
    Assuming that the 18" tank is only for these loaches, I think you can keep 15 comfortably, with plenty of hiding places. Cheers,[/quote:7ec7997839]

    I have 15 Rasbora espei and 4 GBL in the tank now. I think I am going to stop at 4.

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    where can i get them here?

    nice fishes. Nice pic taken, Gan

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    Re: Grey-Banded Loach

    Anyone know of any shops selling this loach ?
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    Re: Grey-Banded Loach

    Not at all common in local lfs. Will let you know if I do see them.

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    Re: Grey-Banded Loach

    Thanks. I have one lone fish in my tank and want to get a few more.
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