Out and about, meeting Longstocking

[Shane]

Drove up to House of Tropicals in Glen Burnie, MD today to check out the stock.
http://www.houseoftropicals.net/

I have been very disappointed with the availability of interesting fishes to keep since my return to the States, but finally had a bit of luck today.
A nice woman in the store offered to help me, and as soon as she started talking about L Numbers and odontodes I knew she had to be a fellow catfish nut. Turned out she was none other than PC's own Longstocking! Small world.
Anyway, between lots of cat chat, we bagged up four

Hemiloricaria eigenmanni

(2 pair), a single

Mystus mysticetus

(I got lucky, this is the first smaller Mystus sp I have seen since returning, it was a trade in from an aquarist) and a pair of large (6" plus SL)

Liosomadoras oncinus

. I also picked up a school of "micro" Rasbora that I have yet to identify.
All in all a good fish day, and even better to run into a forum member.
-Shane

[racoll]

Cool! Post some pics of the cyprinids, and help you ID them.

[longstocking]

It was cool to meet and hang out a while Shane! Let me know if you want those blue lips. Obviously I couldn't really discuss it in the store Here is the CCA forum... you can pm Fanny Mscichlid is her screen name. Minifoot is the guy with P. typus in our area ... also on that forum.

http://www.capitalcichlids.org/index.php?

[Barbie]

Shane if you want P. typus I've got a couple pairs going to waste in my basement right now. Let me know! I'm glad Sarah was good to you ;). She used to be a hard core Tanganyikan nut but somehow rooming with Julie and I at conventions rubbed off on her, I think!

Barbie

[longstocking]

Hey hun!

Hope all is well! Coming this year to the convention?

[Barbie]

Planning to . Not sure how on earth I'll afford it, but I can't bear to miss it either ;). Time to get some fish pumping out fry!

Barbie

[Shane]

Post some pics of the cyprinids, and help you ID them.

Found them, Bororas merah. I am liking them alot. Great micro fish.
-Shane

[DutchFry]

Boraras are fun to keep indeed! I've kept merah, maculatus and brigittae, the latter being the most beautiful by far.

keep em warm, 26 degrees Celsius is best, when temp drops they are sensitive to ich... very inquisitive little fish that like to 'bite' your hand when doing water changes

[racoll]

Yes, they like it on the warm side. I am keeping B. maculatus, and the temp hit 32C due to a faulty heater and they were fine.

I also keep them in pure RO water, being mostly blackwater species, as you know.

Great fish. They love microworms. Combine well with Pangio.