PLEASE HELP!!!!

[Lauren88]

I have no idea what kind of fish this is or what to feed it, the last thing I want to do is have it suffer so please could someone help me identify it so I can look after it properly, thanks, Lauren.

 

[Deanthoreu]

looks like it may be a chuka chuka....if it is.......they hide in the sand dont do much..play dead so well that you have no idea they are alive and they wait for a fish to swim by and they open their huge mouth thereby creating a vacumn and the fish is gone...and they go back to lying so still that even if u poke it it will not move and u are convinced it is dead till u take it to the porcelain goddess for burial at sea..and as soon as u toss it in and reach for the final flush it swims..u then spend several minutes trying to recapture it and put it back in your fish tank.....they only eat live food....and because their mouth is huge in comparison to their body size.....what they can swallow whole will surprise you...if you can catch them in the act of attracting prey..catching prey...etc they are fascinating. It is said they have some sort of "poisonous stuff they inject their prey with" i dont know....but i do know their skin feels like soft velvet,,,,

 

[snoopy65]

That is a Hillstream Loach. Check the 2nd picture http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169359

 

[Lauren88]

Yes, a Hillstream Loach!! Thats definately him thank you so much!!!

 

[jackiomy]

looks like it may be a chuka chuka....if it is.......they hide in the sand dont do much..play dead so well that you have no idea they are alive and they wait for a fish to swim by and they open their huge mouth thereby creating a vacumn and the fish is gone...and they go back to lying so still that even if u poke it it will not move and u are convinced it is dead till u take it to the porcelain goddess for burial at sea..and as soon as u toss it in and reach for the final flush it swims..u then spend several minutes trying to recapture it and put it back in your fish tank.....they only eat live food....and because their mouth is huge in comparison to their body size.....what they can swallow whole will surprise you...if you can catch them in the act of attracting prey..catching prey...etc they are fascinating. It is said they have some sort of "poisonous stuff they inject their prey with" i dont know....but i do know their skin feels like soft velvet,,,,

:lol: Nice.

 

[ChrisK]

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[thesixis]

Welcome.

 

[Rbishop]

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[msjinkzd]

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