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Post by Mad Duff » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:18 am

Just thought I would share these 4 pictures that I managed to get while taking photo's of the hybrid Botia's last night.

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Post by Emma Turner » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:04 am

Absolutely stunning! 8) 8) 8)

I think those B. rostrata pics need to be added into the species profile, and if you don't mind I'd like to add the weirdy B. striata to the 'strange markings' section of the B. striata profile to keep Helen's company.

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Post by clownloachfan » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:07 am

Wow, where do you find all of these nice hybrid loaches? I am lucky if I can get 1 brown kuhlii out of a tank of 50. That first one looks like a cross between a Botia striata and a Botia almorhae.
The third one looks like a Botia kubotai variant.
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Post by Emma Turner » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:09 am

clf, none of those are hybrids, just naturally occuring pattern variants. :wink:

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Post by helen nightingale » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:51 am

WOW, lovely fish.

if your front door is ever broken down, and a striata missing, the3n you know where to look. how big is it? mine still isnt growing much.

they all how wonderfull fin colouration.
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Post by Jim Powers » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:24 pm

Beautiful!!
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Post by Mad Duff » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:24 pm

Thanyou for the comments :D
Emma Turner wrote:Absolutely stunning! 8) 8) 8)

I think those B. rostrata pics need to be added into the species profile, and if you don't mind I'd like to add the weirdy B. striata to the 'strange markings' section of the B. striata profile to keep Helen's company.

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helen nightingale wrote:WOW, lovely fish.

if your front door is ever broken down, and a striata missing, the3n you know where to look. how big is it? mine still isnt growing much.

they all how wonderfull fin colouration.
It is around 2 1/2" now, growing very slowley :)
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Post by kaz » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:51 pm

Fantastic markings...especially on the first one.

Great!

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Post by Ashleigh » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:59 pm

Very beautiful and well cared for fish :D

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Post by Emma Turner » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:02 pm

Thanks MD. Helen's weirdy B. striata now has a weird friend! 8)

Scroll down to the bottom of the profile to view: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-striata

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Post by Whitey_MacLeod » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:56 pm

Wow. That striata is amazing.
Fast and bulbous!
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Post by jones57742 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:55 am

Md:

You done very, very good wrt the loaches and the photography.

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