Emma, the darios are scrapping again.

[mickthefish]

HI Emma, the largest are just on the 90mm SL, but the rest are'nt far behind that.
the size book i mention is the national norm size book for showing fish, if any fish came on the bench larger than stated it used to be ammended at the end of the year.
as you can tell i used top show fish.
these books are printed yearly by the federations around the country, your would be the FBAS, mine is the FNAS plus you have yorkshires YAAS and the scottish book.
ask Mark when he come down soon to bring you one to browse through.

mick

[piggy4]

Just read Newshound's solution to Pesky Dario's

[piggy4]

here's a pic i took earlier on when bloodworm went in this fish is at maximum size for darios.


cheers mick

Note the doubling up of the yellow bands on this fish somthing not always noted when describing Dario's WONDERFUL !

[Graeme Robson]

Stop showing these superb pictures of Mick's B dario Andy!! It makes me have a 'tear drop' in my eye for old U2 that i used to keep. You can just see the extra yellow bands that would of developed.

[mickthefish]

is that one of the fish you got shut of Graeme, i'd have got rid of the kids myself, they only clutter up the house.

mick

[Graeme Robson]

Yup! I got rid of all my Botia's (at times i wish it could of been the wife)

[mickthefish]

ah well these things are sent to try us mate, just think you ain't gonna get another fish like that, now has'nt that made you feel good.

mick

[Graeme Robson]

[Diana]

I had a single one for a while, hoping to pick up more. This one was a little pushy to the other fish in the tank.

[mickthefish]

Emma, this is the largest and the smallest dario in the tank, in the adult you can see slight damage to the dorsal yet nothing at all on the youngster who was right in the middle of the battle.



mick

[Emma Turner]

Very interesting discussion!

There is a reference number quoted on FB against the max size quoted there, I wonder if this fish was definitely a B. dario at 6"?! I would love to see an image of it!

Emma

[Emma Turner]

Here's a few old pics that show a juvenile alongside an adult. Although not as pronounced as in Mick's fish, you can just see the 'stripe splitting' starting on the adult (from the ventral side going upwards):







Emma

[mickthefish]

you and me both and i suspect everyone else about that pic, although fish base ain't bad they do get alot of things wrong so i err on caution whenever i'm searching for a certain fish.
i did have another site i used to go on that although it had no pics it gave you the valid name and any synonym it had and when, but i've lost the site name now.
Emma do you always get young dario so well marked and with that bright yellow bands, as i,ve only seen this type a few times, Andy calls them the yellow form.
great pics of great looking fish, still don't like them background pics though.

mick

[Emma Turner]

Hi Mick,

Yes, I get the B. dario direct from India and this supplier always sends specimens with this sort of appearance. I got a new batch of youngsters in on Tues night but haven't been back in to have a good look at them yet. I'd be surprised if they aren't the same type again, as they are from this same supplier.

Emma

[Emma Turner]

Here's some pics of different looking juveniles:









Emma