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Y. lecontei
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:40 pm
by Jeremy
I found 3 of these guys atleast i think they are. I was showing my wife a tank of "skunk" loaches, and how some have the dotted tails and some don't, when we noticed one more elongated wich didn't have the center stripe. I think this kinda makes me officially a loach nut, because they were diffrent they had to come home with me. :lol: After a half hour of going through the tank ended up with 3. When i get the opportunity I'll post some pics.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:03 am
by Martin Thoene
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:34 am
by Graeme Robson
I've just placed a order for a group of 5 of these Y. lecontei. I wonder what will turn up. Looking forward to seeing your pictures.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:19 am
by Jeremy
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:38 am
by Jeremy
wich code line do you guys use to get pics up? Yet again I did it wrong.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:44 am
by shari2
Jeremy,
it worked for me using either the img code, url+highlight and click the img tag here, or open photo, right click, select properties, highlight url, hit img here and paste.
The urls I used are the same that you posted. Don't know why they didn't work for you.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:51 am
by Jeremy
I think it may have somthing to do with my cpu, not sure how. On other forums I have not been able get pics to post also. Thank you for posting them for me.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:12 pm
by shari2
You're welcome.
You may want to look at
Botia eos too.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:25 pm
by piggy4
Nice pics Shari, it must be said Leconte are a wonderful addition to an aquarium , they have a superb temprement ! even as adults [5 to 6inches]they are total sweethearts , in my expeiriance anyway , the ones depicted are the yellow finned variety ! they come with red fins also !
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:12 pm
by shari2
those are Jeremy's pics Andy, but yes, they do the trick.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:21 am
by Graeme Robson
Lovely additions.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:13 am
by Martin Thoene
Those look like really nice specimens.
Martin.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:50 am
by Jeremy
I don't know if it is normall behavior, but they are very good at findding there way through all the pebbles and rocks. I haven't seen them come out yet, even the pics are because I moved some of the bigger rocks. Seems a little wierd to me for a botia to be that adept at moving threw rocks, only description I can think of is simillar to some of the dwarf cichlids of Tanganyika.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:36 pm
by Graeme Robson
They sound and look still very much juvenile, Jeremy. Give them time. What size are they? (1,5 inches?)
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:21 pm
by piggy4
It has to be said , that for all the good points this fish has , they are rather shy , even as adults , in fact it is while they are growing that you will see more of them , [feeding times] still a real treat when spotted ! sometimes it is nice when a normally shy fish puts in an appearance, tends to make each glimpse, that bit more special !