another new fish… pink polka dot hillstream’s

[Magnum Man72 186]

https://dansfish.com/products/pink-polka-dot-hillstream-loach?_su_rec=Be1CAkedHKjStD3ZxtP0nBFIkfh3zv0-Wx8zbrXe9Li81vGQWzjThg87Q0DcP9vuH2dVZ2LYbzIAdIg9NWZaQO8OZpZWQjuMCDsM9zbuVHALKyX5jDFS3aUqXkkzZzYv_K3dovViZJfjkJ0fTbUsTlUMbVWmEx8A-dbzmxORHnfxDBitkQ7yMH1eiCGJoEXdjBD4e4anJTFFILg0M4KjAfGz1p8dtG9TwgKccN9cVsW0Rmw-2MlkxM3pNcrZ6--UtsmG-edaa6Ee0PeCt1CWBQIja0-Wby-zbtNJ3No7v0_1m8S7CWT3EtQu95LqMvg0djwH8ZqTTW8C2D_3An-xZooUFT7PODEXG4It2pwLTmlWYIGK&_su_rec_id=d7b974e1-03aa-4900-bba7-d06cf96472de-1794178546

for sale, yet to be scientifically described… of course I have a few coming…

 

[Magnum Man72 186]

 

[CassCats44 10]

Those sure are adorable

 

[MattW71 187]

of course I have a few coming…

A sentence we can only associate with Mr Magnum man

 

[MuddyWaters2]

Our club (Atlanta Area Aquarium Association) had Sam Fernald, an expert on Hillstream Loaches, give a talk on Saturday. It was really informative- guy is super-knowledgeable. Once they get into the taxonomy and all that it leaves me behind but I was intrigued by all the kinds of hillstream loaches he showed along with other fish that have Guanine Plates in their scales- (see slide from talk below). Sadly I went to his site tonight to look at all he has there and it's not working. The site is https://hillstreamkingdom.com/ when it works LOL.

He imports hillstream loaches and other fish from China- some are very unique. Might be worth a look when the site comes back up.

 

[Magnum Man72 186]

I was able to get the site to load… a few pictures from it…

 

[MuddyWaters2]

Yeah I got there after I posted lol. Those fish are beautiful. Some of them are bigger than "regular" hillstream loaches too- topping out about 4.5 inches. Also, he said some of them live up to 20 years or something like that? Crazy lifetime. I WANT.