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For those WA loachaholics, Aquotix have a bunch of these. I got just two.

don't know what the others think, but i'd take a gamble and buy quite a few more if i was you.
it does ressemble in a roundabout way rostrata but it also has the look of the emperor botia as well.
thats why i'm saying take a gamble.

mick
ps it just seems to have to much bright yellow to me?.

Its a bit on the skinny side but the colour is exelent , a few good feeds would do the trick

That chap will develop some Crazy patterns once matured!

Yeah i tad on the skinny side, some good rounds of Bloodworm's should do the trick over a couple of weeks.

Here's the other one for comparison. Pattern more broken up.

mickthefish wrote: but it also has the look of the emperor botia

ps it just seems to have to much bright yellow to me?.

That was my first reaction as well Mick

Thanks Mark, i thought it was just me mate.

mick
just seen the second pic now that is a deffo rostrata, but if there's anymore like the first pic i'd run out to that shop and buy the lot.

I'm thinking it's just the camera flash with the aquarium lights that make the yellow tinge. Saying that, i've never been to spec-savers either.....

you would.

mick

Well Done there. Get as many you can!!

How did they come in? Were they a contamination of something else? Or were they allowed in?

I would appreciate if you could find out any info for me as I would like to see some here in Brisbane!

Thanks.

That second fish looks great ! now here's a fish that evolves as it grows , not only that it improves with age , like a fine wine

Botia Robert wrote:Well Done there. Get as many you can!!

How did they come in? Were they a contamination of something else? Or were they allowed in?

I would appreciate if you could find out any info for me as I would like to see some here in Brisbane!

Thanks.

I didn't buy them in person and haven't been to that LFS for a few weeks so I'd be guessing at the answers to all those questions, but I can tell you that they had a whole tank of them labelled as rostrata on their own so it's clear they're not 'contamination'.

Unless there are some Emperors in amongst them :>

They were bought by a friend who thought they looked interesting, looked them up in a book they had in the shop and bought them only because the book said categorically that they have a max size of 7cm.

When I showed him several sources which had them getting to 20cm he offloaded them onto me PDQ, being somewhat allergic to bigger fish. My 7-foot tank already has eight striata and a solitary yoyo so they'll fit right in.