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Botia dario pics
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:54 pm
by Mad Duff
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:34 pm
by Ashleigh
These are lovely, I bought some of this lot aswell, Neil had lots of fun picking me out some unusually marked individuals
Im surprised he doesnt hide each time I come in now!
I think the biggest I measured from mine was 12cm or just off it, also a few that have 'giraffe' markings
They have been in with my clowns for the time being and so far been angels-all 13 of them.... who says 13 was unlucky
Ashleigh
Nice !!!!
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:09 pm
by Northern Monkey
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:40 pm
by mickthefish
i want my Fing big striata first bud.
mick
ps they don't come near the size of mine, but you said Ash had been in and picked all the biggest dario's Neil.
Re: Nice !!!!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:24 am
by Mad Duff
Northern Monkey wrote:Really happy you guys are happy with these nice fish !!!
Couldnt be happier Neil
Oooohhh yes please
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:51 pm
by piggy4
Hi Mark, Botia Dario is one of my absolute favorite's , and your pics more than do them justice
Yellow Dario
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:45 pm
by Northern Monkey
Hi Piggy4 did you ever uravel the yellow dario mystery...did you ever see any ?
Are they just a regional variant ?????
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:34 pm
by mickthefish
it's a regional variation mate, BAS have had them in not so long ago.
its just that the yellow bands are wider and very yellow, i have'nt seen a full grown to see what they turn out like, andy's more likely to have grown them on so wait for his answer bud.
mick
btw thanks for taking care of my lad the other day, much appreciated mate. you have his custom forever now mate.
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 11:57 am
by piggy4
Hi Niel, not really as Mick says probarbly colour varients , different rivers different camoflage techniques ?
A lot of my thoughts were based upon Hamiltons original descriptions , he described B.dario and B.geto , but its since widely percieved that the Geto's were juvenile Dario's , it just seemed a bit odd to me because colouration aside Dario's have a pretty unique kind of look , for me the Dario head shape is like no other really , I suppose Striata is similar , but not the same and easy enough to tell apart !
The thing that is always in the back of my mind is that Hamilton described both Puntius Gelius and Puntius Caninus which are believed to both be just P.gelius , thogh to me Gelius and Caninus are distinct from each other ! so on that proviso perhaps there is a Botia Geto hiding out there
