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Hey everyone,

The last two shows I have put fish into, have had interesting choices for "Best in Show"

The first one was in London Ontario Canada on 26 September 2010.

Here are some of the fish in the show:











Yes, the Tiger Botia wins Best in Show:


That is not my Loach, mine is the Dojo Weather Loach to the right

The following weekend in Hamilton Ontario Canada, another Show:











Yes ! once again a Loach is awarded "Best in Show"



and this time it is my Loach, a beautiful Orange Fin Blue Botia

If you have some time and you want to see all the photos from the Auction and Shows, click below:

London:
http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/ ... =slideshow

Hamilton:
http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/ ... =slideshow


If you have any questions, post them here or send me a personal message using PM

Wow! You have some nice fish.

congrats on the win. bet it was a fun show. Thanks for showing the pictures and links.

Crissyloach wrote:Wow! You have some nice fish.

Most of the fish in the show were not mine, but many in the links to my photo albums were mine

bookpage wrote:congrats on the win. bet it was a fun show. Thanks for showing the pictures and links.

Thanks

Best in Show got a $100 gift card from Big Al's Aquarium Services, and other class winners got at least $20 in cash, so that more than covered my purchases in the auction

Well, this past Sunday, my home club had their annual Show and Auction called Oktoberfish ( yeah, heavy German heritage in this area we have the largest Oktoberfest outside of Munich )

Here is my Clown Loach and Histrionica, they finished 1 and 2 in the Loaches class, but my Clown Loach did not win best in show, that was awarded to a Tiger Pleco shown by another member of my club.







Oh well, I will try again next year. I have about 7 other species of Loaches but I did not have enough time to catch any of them this time around

That is a beautiful with really lovely colors. THanks for sharing these amazing pictures. I love that Oktoberfish!

(I was pretty thrilled a friend of the family brought me an Oktoberfest sweatshirt from Germany this year.)

Very nice looking fish. I'd like to see the winner of best in show.

bookpage wrote:Very nice looking fish. I'd like to see the winner of best in show.

Here is the Tiger Pleco that won Best in Show, he had spectacular fins, but they are clamped down in this photo:



Here are some of the other entries in the show, there were close to two hundred entries in total:

Marine Clown fish


Maroon Clown fish


Native Local caught Long Ear Sunfish


TinFoil Barb


Rosy Barb


Congo Tetra


South American Bumble Bee Catfish


L-340 Pleco


Nezzie Swordtail


Gold Molly


Orange Chromide


Red Peacock


Pearlscale Angel


Platinum Angel


Gold Severum


Red Shoulder Severum


Red Betta


Crowntail Betta


Snakeskin gourami


Golden Wonder Killi


Some of the Category trophies

The sunfish doesn't look very happy. What a beautiful fish.

Congrats on your winning loaches, very nice

starsplitter7 wrote:The sunfish doesn't look very happy. What a beautiful fish.

That sunfish always looks that way
Dave has had him for a few years now ...

NancyD wrote:Congrats on your winning loaches, very nice

Thanks, I love all my loaches.

I think that for the next show on Sunday, I will show some smaller loaches, like Striata, Kubotai, Dario and maybe a Kuhli if I can catch one

Here are some photos from the Show last Sunday in St. Catharines Ontario ( near Niagara Falls )

Kubotai or Polka Dot Loach


Striata or Zebra Loach


Braziliensis cichlid


Not sure what kind of African Lake Malawi cichlid ?


Labidochromis caeruleus Electric Yellow Lake Malawi cichlid


Blotch Labeotropheus fuelleborni Lake Malawi cichlid


Virginiae cory catfish


Synodontis multipuctatus catfish


Honeycomb Perugiae catfish


Betta


Platy


Veil Tail Cherry Barb


Serpae Tetra


Killifish


Bosemani Rainbow


Neon Dwarf Rainbow


Marine Reef Lobster ( I am trying to get the Latin name )
Hawaiian Reef Lobster Enoplometopus occidentalis


oops, getting carried away with the non-loach photos ...

Anyway, the Best in Show did not go to a loach this time, but rather a close relative, a Red Tail Black Shark:





Really tough to take a photo of a black fish in a black tank

Wow! Amazing fish. Could you please lable them for my curiosity? At least cichild, catfish, . . .