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I thought I would post an up to date picture of the Botia Straiata that I got a while back


Also here are a couple of photos of one of my Botia Rostrata and Botia Almorhae

Mad Duff wrote:I thought I would post an up to date picture of the Botia Straiata that I got a while back

Looks great, I want one too.

Beautiful pics! I love the breaks in the pattern on the B. rostrata. Now we need Hels to get a good pic of her 'weirdy' B. striata for comparison to yours.

Emma

Very interesting. I wonder what causes them to have different markings like that.

YellowFinned wrote:

Mad Duff wrote:I thought I would post an up to date picture of the Botia Straiata that I got a while back

Looks great, I want one too.

Me too, what a beautiful fish.

Kris

Could it be a hybrid loach?

worldrallynut wrote:Could it be a hybrid loach?

I suppose there is an outside chance that it could be or it could be caused by a slight genetic hiccup, in most breeding programs of any fish there will be abnormalities either because of in-breeding, over intensive breeding or purely down to genetics. Either way its going to be a lovely fish when it grows and it should really stand out from the rest of the shoal and I am looking for more

Ok, Ok, im trying, but my talent just doesnt match up to yours. Mark i think i had better meet you at the loach section armed with one of those huge foam beaty-uppy sticks they used to have on gladiators.

i liked the orange finnage on pics 2 and 3. very pretty

Lovely pictures!

Barracuda518 wrote:Very interesting. I wonder what causes them to have different markings like that.

genes.

<runs for cover>

Nice fish and photo's Mad Duff.

The rostrata and almorhae ones: have you got any of them when each of the fish were younger, and older? The reason I ask is that it will assist in the article I'm doing on the names of these loaches.

Thanks