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Odd and unusual fish you find in your local fish store

They certainly do, I love a half beak and don’t see them that often round my way.

Another entry from me, as I was on a hunt for pond plants I visisted Amwell aquatics, I’d say they’re not quite worth going out of your way for but they did have some nice looking fish, especially this guy.

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Pao baileyi, 149.99£. The first time I’ve seen one of these.

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I love my Hairy Puffers they have brilliant characters.
 

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From what I researched, they're fairly tolerant of one another in a big enough tank. They're on my list to get.

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Got two more contenders, really nearly bought them.

homaloptera orthogoniata, what a very pretty fish this is.

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And barbucca diabolica, again nearly bought them.
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This was from riverside aquaria Livingston. A really nice selection of unusual fish, lots of ”rare” corydora, mostly soft water South America/Asia fish.
 
Got two more contenders, really nearly bought them.

homaloptera orthogoniata, what a very pretty fish this is.

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And barbucca diabolica, again nearly bought them.
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This was from riverside aquaria Livingston. A really nice selection of unusual fish, lots of ”rare” corydora, mostly soft water South America/Asia fish.
Those Barbucca don't look in very good condition at all,probably a good thing you didn't buy any 😔
 
I bought a couple of rough looking, one with an open wound, female Dario “Myanmar” from another store that day. Else I’d have probably gone for them.

I can’t help but want to give some runts a chance 😅
 
I bought a couple of rough looking, one with an open wound, female Dario “Myanmar” from another store that day. Else I’d have probably gone for them.

I can’t help but want to give some runts a chance 😅
I'm all for giving fish a chance but those are almost at the point of no return poor things.
Probably got a hefty burden of spironucleus and worms.
Surprised they've got them on sale in that condition to be honest.
 
They certainly do, I love a half beak and don’t see them that often round my way.

Another entry from me, as I was on a hunt for pond plants I visisted Amwell aquatics, I’d say they’re not quite worth going out of your way for but they did have some nice looking fish, especially this guy.

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Pao baileyi, 149.99£. The first time I’ve seen one of these.

Edit, better photo:

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I used to have one of these, common name is the hairy puffer.
Brilliant little fish but can be pretty aggressive so best as a species only
(Mine was about £30 15 years ago lol)
 
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@MichaelJ I don't think the catchment area of these fish get visited very often, hence they seldom seem to appear in the shops over in the UK, which is a shame because they're incredibly active and make a refreshing change to the standard otocinclus sp.
 
@MichaelJ I don't think the catchment area of these fish get visited very often, hence they seldom seem to appear in the shops over in the UK,
Yes, that make sense.

which is a shame because they're incredibly active and make a refreshing change to the standard otocinclus sp.
Yeah, I wish I could get some from my favorite online reseller. They recently had these but I didn't act fast enough.

Cheers,
Michael
 
don't think the catchment area of these fish get visited very often, hence they seldom seem to appear in the shops over in the UK,
I think H&K discus in Brazil are breeding these now, I don’t believe the fish coming into the trade are wild caught. They seem to be breeding a lot of unheard Brazilian species from difficult to reach places. I think pier also got in some other new plecs that haven’t been seen in the trade before with these.

Cheers
 
I think pier also got in some other new plecs that haven’t been seen in the trade before
Pseudancistrus genisetiger also came in with this shipment, which I was tempted by but didn't end up getting.
You could be on the money with hk breeding them as they weren't advertised as wild caught.

I suppose if someone has managed to breed these in high numbers it should bode well on a conservation level and benefit the aquatic community to boot.
 
suppose if someone has managed to breed these in high numbers it should bode well on a conservation level and benefit the aquatic community to boot.
Definitely, looks like they were breeding a ‘new’ hypostomus too as pier had them at a very small size. I was tempted for the big tank but they end up a large messy fish.

Those psuedancistrus looked very nice, fingers crossed they get bred too.
 
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