View Full Version : Another new loach: Panda Gara Gara
ewurm
01-12-2007, 10:13 PM
This was labeled as a loach, but I can't find any info. It has a suckermouth like a pleco, but is apparently a loach. It acts like a loach. It's very spastic, and it was tough even to get this crappy photo.
ewurm
01-12-2007, 11:39 PM
Nobody? help a wurm out.
ewurm
01-13-2007, 10:24 AM
BUMP
Nice but it is to hard to tell anything from that picture...see if you can get a better one.
fishnutham
01-13-2007, 2:00 PM
I just did a search and couldnt find anything close to it where did you buy it from i know some
lfs label fish wrong..
Nice but it is to hard to tell anything from that picture...see if you can get a better one.
I will try, but it acts like a pleco too, likes caves. Will get a pic when it's out.
1ra8der
01-13-2007, 7:48 PM
YEAH TRY TO POST A NICER PIC.... HE LOOKS LIKE A COOL LOACH....
YEAH TRY TO POST A NICER PIC.... HE LOOKS LIKE A COOL LOACH....
I'm trying dammit, settle down. LOL
OK. According to one of the experts at http://www.loaches.com/ your fish is not a loach; it is a cyprinid known as Garra flavatra. He said to make sure your tank has a secure top and to check out this link:
http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=4040&start=0
ewurm
01-13-2007, 10:24 PM
That's a positive ID. Thanks for the info. In retrospect, the fish does look like a cyprinid, but with a pleco type mouth. It acts like a combination of a pleco and a loach.
Here's another good shot, although he's hiding.