bryanisag Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Back story: about 5 years ago I bought a horseface loach at an lfs in Monterey CA. I unfortunately lost this guy in a move last year. After setting up a new tank at the new house I bought 4 more horseface loaches from Dan's fish. I have had these fish at least 6 months now. These fish look vastly different from the one I had before. Does anyone know from experience or on good authority that these fish are the same species? Do they take years to grow perhaps? Also the four I currently have look different from each other. 2 have a long white band along their belly. Is this a male vs female trait? Or are these potentially different species as well? Any info on the subject would be awesome. I have read the seriously fish page on them but other credible websites would be appreciated too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/7/2024 at 3:45 PM, bryanisag said: Back story: about 5 years ago I bought a horseface loach at an lfs in Monterey CA. I unfortunately lost this guy in a move last year. After setting up a new tank at the new house I bought 4 more horseface loaches from Dan's fish. I have had these fish at least 6 months now. These fish look vastly different from the one I had before. Does anyone know from experience or on good authority that these fish are the same species? Do they take years to grow perhaps? Also the four I currently have look different from each other. 2 have a long white band along their belly. Is this a male vs female trait? Or are these potentially different species as well? Any info on the subject would be awesome. I have read the seriously fish page on them but other credible websites would be appreciated too. I did a little research and only found info on the one species. I'll assume that as they mature the patterns change. @bryanisag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) Been reading up on these and there are 5 species spread over south Asia I don't no how often the other species are exported acantopsis rungthipae seem to be one that's readily available in the aquarium trade Edited March 10 by Colu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanisag Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 On 3/10/2024 at 6:50 AM, Colu said: Been reading up on these and there are 5 species spread over south Asia I don't no how often the other species are exported acantopsis rungthipae seem to be one that's readily available in the aquarium trade Can I ask what you were reading perhaps? I'm looking for all the sources I can. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) Was looking in some of my books Indian ornamental fishes vol 1 by Heiko Bleher has information on a couple of species' and I just did some random internet searches can't remember the website name it was a couple of week ago @bryanisag Edited March 10 by Colu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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