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Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:20 pm**

Bad pic

They are ~5.5-6" TL

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:28 pm**

Nice fish! They are, in my opinion, one of the best botias. These look like they have retained some of the yellow color of the juveniles.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:59 pm**

Superb markings!

One of my personal favorites also.

Posted: **Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:42 pm**

Interesting that they seem to get more silvery with age - like B. almorhae. My histies have all kept a more black than silvery/gold appearance. They're hard to shoot though.

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:32 am**

I'd have to agree. A great fish! It is up there with B. striata in regards of how peaceful they are. Mine retained some of their yellowish coloration as well, although most specimens I have seen become silvery like almorhae as they grow older and the longer they live in captivity.

Some have speculated that this is do to the fact that there is something lacking in their diet that is present in their diet while they are in their natural habitat that contributes to their golden coloration; some have speculated that these could be shrimp, larvae, some sort of mollusk, etc.

I didnt do anything special in terms of feeding them that made them keep the gold. A daily supplement of flakes, sinking wafers and bloodworms was all.

Nice photos!

Mike

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:09 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:15 pm**

Cool photo Mark and awesome specimen!

Mike

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