Khemul
11-26-2010, 3:17 PM
The store these came from doesn't list scientific names and the employees tend to be helpful mostly only with Cichlids and SW fish. They've even changed the common name a couple times.
When I got the first one a few months back it was labeled as "Red-Tailed Loach" and the employee kept calling it "Red-Tailed Botia". Botia is definately out, but Red-Tailed Loach does seem to fit with a bunch of different loach species. A month or so back the tank label changed to "Assorted Loaches", which definately doesn't narrow it down. Just got a 2nd one today and this time they were labeled as "Red-Tailed Weather Loach", which again doesn't sound right.
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/khemul/2010-11-21112918.jpgThis is the original one I got. Usually refered to as "Big Loach" or "Cthulhu". He was a lot brighter in color when I got him with bright red on the tail, fins, and nose. That picture was during one of its 'redecorating' moods. It sometimes like to run back and forth very quickly along the glass, kicking sand over everything.
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/khemul/2010-11-26144719.jpgThis is the newbie. This one's stripes are much brighter then the first one but the redness in the fins, tail, and nose is the same.
So far I'm thinking Schistura mahnerti, Aborichthys elongatus or Schistura notostigma most closely resemble it. Aborichthys elongatus seems to look just like it in some pictures, but nothing like them in others. Maybe one of the Schistura types is more likely. The older one seems in the 4-4.5" range. The newer one is a little smaller. No more then an inch smaller, more likely half an inch.
When I got the first one a few months back it was labeled as "Red-Tailed Loach" and the employee kept calling it "Red-Tailed Botia". Botia is definately out, but Red-Tailed Loach does seem to fit with a bunch of different loach species. A month or so back the tank label changed to "Assorted Loaches", which definately doesn't narrow it down. Just got a 2nd one today and this time they were labeled as "Red-Tailed Weather Loach", which again doesn't sound right.
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/khemul/2010-11-21112918.jpgThis is the original one I got. Usually refered to as "Big Loach" or "Cthulhu". He was a lot brighter in color when I got him with bright red on the tail, fins, and nose. That picture was during one of its 'redecorating' moods. It sometimes like to run back and forth very quickly along the glass, kicking sand over everything.
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/khemul/2010-11-26144719.jpgThis is the newbie. This one's stripes are much brighter then the first one but the redness in the fins, tail, and nose is the same.
So far I'm thinking Schistura mahnerti, Aborichthys elongatus or Schistura notostigma most closely resemble it. Aborichthys elongatus seems to look just like it in some pictures, but nothing like them in others. Maybe one of the Schistura types is more likely. The older one seems in the 4-4.5" range. The newer one is a little smaller. No more then an inch smaller, more likely half an inch.