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[andre]

For the time being, i would put it down to lack of information within these Loaches as to why we know not as much. Thankfully TDO and others are trying their best to sort this out. I'd say in a year or so we will have the answer..

Isn't ironic that The Dark One will bring light to the subject?

Thanks guys, I'll stay tuned.

[Graeme Robson]

I'll have to look into my pictures on the CD's. I have some basic patterned ones with more complex patterned ones and also some silver/black/grey looking chaps along with gold/brown/beige looking chaps.

[piggy4]

See if you can find my old favorite Graeme , you know the one

[bslindgren]

Interesting. That looks like some that my LFS had that they call "Indian zigzag loach" - I thought they were histrionicas but they look very much like the one in your pictures. (I managed to resist buying them - perhaps that was a mistake but I am probably overstocked as it is, so probably not). Too bad that they will in all likelihood end up as loners or in pairs somewhere (they had 5 or 6 at $8.95 a piece I believe)