whats this fish!?!?!?!?!?!?

[ickyfishywishy]

i bought these 2 fish thinking they were rainbow sharks, but then i noticed that they looked like loaches ALOT and rainbow sharks have black bodies not blue!!!! what is this a loach? shark? why is it blue!?!? ooooh and one of them is abselutly CRAZY! he would jump up into the filter area and act like a salmon!!!!! whats with this guy! a few minutes ago he learned his lesson when he actualy got up there and allmost died i had to dig him out for a while!!!! lol crazy FISH!







i think he watched finding nemo tooooo much

[twoluvcats]

i *think* thats an off-color red tailed black shark...once he gets used to his new home, he should be black with red fins.

[amanichen]

Just for reference...

rainbow sharks, black sharks, red tailed shaks = loach family

bala sharks = barb family

iridescent shark = catfish family

[ickyfishywishy]

thanx for ur replies all hehehe well idid some research and found out its a orange finned loach, allthought i couldnt find any information page on it only photos hehe duuuh im a litle slow so dont mind meeeeeee

BTW, is he pretty??

[twoluvcats]

he's VERY pretty...I didn't know there were orange tailed loaches ;D

Loaches eat snails, so if you've got those annoying ramshorn snails, you are in luck...he'll thin the population for you.

[amanichen]

Icky: didn't you have, or were planning to get some clown loaches?

[ickyfishywishy]

well,,,, "USED" to want some clown loaches, but every time i see some they r either too big or too small,,, the last bunch i saw were no less than a centimeter! they were adorable but now that i found these guys! THEY R ADORABLE!!! i got 2 more so now i have this tiny school of 4 blue loaches swimming around! i prefer calling them blue loaches! sounds prettied ;D lol hehe.

BTW, i sugest who wants loaches to get these guys they r so active and pretty to watch with theyr blue colors and orange fins they realy are fun to watch! but watch out for the "nemo syndrome" lool when they would jump into the output area of the filter like salmon jumping into a waterfall!!! LOL THEYR NUTZ!!!!