@ Zakk, thanks for your comments Zakk, yes these fish did cost more than a new small hatchback car. This is why I got so frustrated (and still am to a certain degree) but I have lots and lots of them so hopefully in time they are justified.
@ Cleaner thanks for your post - wow that is a pretty tank bred 66, for me I would never have guessed that from the colour and pattern. As I and many people have previously said Hypancistrus have become a complete messso many have been shipped, bought, sold, bred together without knowing there true bloodline. Also I think that in many years time with DNA testing we will find there are only a few differant species and like the malawis and tangyanikan cichlids of the rift the valleys they are just regional variations. I have learnt that in evolutionary scale Hypans are very young and so are still trying to work themselves out.
I will keep everyone updated
Alan
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