has anyone kept a hi fin banded shark with thier goldfish,they can handle the salt and ph they make good algea eaters just looking into getting one only problem they get big
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when i first saw this fish at a pet store i wanted to buy it immediately!!! they are sooo cool looking!!! however, after doing some research i decided otherwise! read the following link for more information about this species...

http://www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/Aquariums...xocyprinus.html

in my opinion the educated decision here would be not to get one... especially since they are an endangered species!

The Chinese high-fin loach is not endangered... it's been successfully farmed in Asia in large numbers. Endangered in the wild maybe. The only valid argument about getting them is that they become 2 feet long and they lose their attractive coloration eventually. They're more suited as pond fish.

Man yu's correct,they aren't fit for any normal range aquarium. They are adorable when they're small,but as they become adults,they lose their stripe and become rather drab looking.I actually thought the adults were kind of ugly.

i dont like the look of an adult

Link of tons of pictures and discussion:

http://bbs.cnfish.com/viewthread.php?tid=3...%3D1&page=1

Can't read a thing it says, it's all ???????? ??? ?????....???!!! I don't understand the fine language of question mark.

Those pictures are amazing tho. I actually like the coloring on the adults. Some of them are gorgeous!

WOW! they get as big as 1 meter.