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Sid Guppy
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Can't withheld this one, can I?

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Orinocodoras eigenmanni
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and with African company:
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These live in a huge tank, wich is owned by my cousin Marc.
some numbers:
720 liters
T = 25'C
Gh=6
pH=7
substrate: riversand; about 2-3"
back- and sidepanels: PURfoam panels.
decoration: bogwood and Mopani; loads of it.
plants:
Vallisneria neotropicalis
Anubias barteri
Javafern, just a bit.
fish:
22 Methynnis sp (2 or 3 species at least)
3 Auchenoglanis occidentalis
4 Orinocodoras eigenmanni
1 Synodontis angelicus
2 Goldnuggets (Bayancistrus L177)
1 Blue eyed Panaque (P cf suttonorum)
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My cats species list: 13 (i:0, k:0)
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rapheal

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Why is his so yellow when all (6) of mine are white? Is it a color morph? Breeding color's?
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Re: rapheal

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oneoddfish wrote:Why is his so yellow when all (6) of mine are white? Is it a color morph? Breeding color's?
Not sure....all of my O. eigenmanni are quite yellowy-orange.
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Post by Pectorale »

That's just the picture, the stripes are bright white, which makes them easily recognizable when compared to Platydoras costatus, whose stripes are 'dirty' white indeed.

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