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Couple of loach pictures
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:46 pm
by Barracuda518
I took some pictures of my loaches tonight and thought I would post them...
Botia Kubotai:
Clown loach with different markings:
Thanks for looking
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:57 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Handsome kubs! Remember to clean your glass before shooting. I try to clean the glass about an hour before I plan to take pictures - it gives the loaches time to relax.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:34 pm
by mikev
Very nice.
What is on the other side of the Dotted one?
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:16 am
by Barracuda518
Thanks for the nice comments
Mark in Vancouver wrote:Handsome kubs! Remember to clean your glass before shooting. I try to clean the glass about an hour before I plan to take pictures - it gives the loaches time to relax.
I know, I always forget to clean the glass before I take the pictures. I always drip water when doing water changes
mikev wrote:Very nice.
What is on the other side of the Dotted one?
That is a female
Melanotaenia boesemani
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:07 am
by shari2
What is on the other side of the Dotted one?
I think mikev may have meant what does the other side of the dotted clown look like? As in, is there a matching spot on his other side? ...
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:06 am
by Barracuda518
shari2 wrote:What is on the other side of the Dotted one?
I think mikev may have meant what does the other side of the dotted clown look like? As in, is there a matching spot on his other side? ...
oh
That stripe in the middle goes half way down the other sied of the body and stops. Im trying to remember exactly what it looks like. I will try to take some pictures tonight when I get home...
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:23 pm
by Emma Turner
Great pictures, Jason!
Your loaches look to be in as good a condition as all your lovely Cories.
Emma
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:06 am
by Barracuda518
Emma Turner wrote:Great pictures, Jason!
Your loaches look to be in as good a condition as all your lovely Cories.
Emma
Thanks
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:59 pm
by mikev
Barracuda518 wrote:shari2 wrote:What is on the other side of the Dotted one?
I think mikev may have meant what does the other side of the dotted clown look like? As in, is there a matching spot on his other side? ...
oh
That stripe in the middle goes half way down the other sied of the body and stops. Im trying to remember exactly what it looks like. I will try to take some pictures tonight when I get home...
It seems that in most cases a dot on one side means that the pattern on the other side is deformed in some way, it would be interesting to see exactly how.
(It is the case with my Dotty too,....but I'm not posting his bad side as not to embarass him.)
PS. Kubs are great, btw. Nine of them, right?
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:18 pm
by Barracuda518
Yeah, the other side of the dotted one has the "saddle back" look to it. For some reason, I guess because the way the tank faces, I only see the dotted side.
I currently have 7 kubs with plans to get some more later on when I get my clowns their own tank.
Im thinking of upping my B. Striata group and putting them in a 55 with the kubotias. What are your thoughts on that?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:55 am
by Barracuda518
Anyone ever noticed their B. Striata going crazy in the air stone bubbles? Mine have been going crazy the last couple of days. They just swim circles up and down the bubbles. Im not sure they have always done this and this is the first time Ive seen them doing it. The air stone is in the back of the tank behind some plants. They are so fast, sometimes I dont even see them go back up to the top and down again.