does anyone know were i can find these little fellows?

They are normally readily available. They do prefer to be in a small group and good snail eaters. I'd be ringing the LFS around, some one must have some.

Hollywood Fish Farm in Mt Roskill and Albany usually have them in stock.

They should retail between $15-22 each

What David and Simian said... i bought mine for about $12.50 give or take a dollar.

yeah got some for about $12 each at Hollywood FF Albany a few weeks back.

I musta got mine for a steal then! They were just $7 each from my lfs - he was selling dwarf chain loaches as sparkling loaches as thats what the wholesaler was selling them as. I told him what they were and still got them for $7. 8)

thanks alot. ive found somewhere that has lochachata? they look like they have a bit more personality but im not really familar with the diff types of loaches yet. has anyone had experience with them? thanks alot

I'd say they are all quite gregarious in nature when in a group.

Reseearch the sizes as some are smaller than others -the dwarf chain smaller still. I 've had 3 Angelicus loaches for two years and still 6-7cm yet I had a golden Zebra that was almost double that inside 1 year.