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Post by AnneMarie » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:02 am

I went shopping today. I have been looking for Botia Striata, I found them at a LFS in San Diego.

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The one on the left is it Striata?
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I am in love, again is it all your guy's fault. If I hadn't seen the pictures of Emma's striata I would never have gone looking for these.

I womanfully resisted the Hillies, I will not be assimilated that easily. :lol:
I will admit it was hard, my husband would have a cat is I wanted to set up ANOTHER tank.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:05 am

What an interesting bunch of pictures! Looks like a Botia rostrata to me.
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Post by palaeodave » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:26 am

Yup, B. rostrata! Great looking fish though, I really want a group of these some day.
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Post by loachmom » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:32 am

You take great photos, Anne Marie :D
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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:27 am

Yes, those are Botia rostrata. Nice photos AnneMarie. 8)

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Post by Martin Thoene » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:33 am

Well.....they may not be Botia striata, but they look like nice healthy little fishies.

You will be assimilated.....resistance is futile.
I foresee felines bursting forth in your husband's future. He has but one recourse.....keep you away from here :wink:

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Post by AnneMarie » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:14 am

Oh well if the are B. rostrata! I will just have to keep looking. <sigh>
It's just so hard to go to LFS after LFS to look for new and interesting fish, but I think I am up for the challenge :lol:
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:18 am

Don't <sigh> These chaps are lovely additions! And not that common compared to the Botia almorhae's! :wink:

I remember searching for years to find these back in 2001.
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Post by AnneMarie » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:29 am

Oh I'm not giving them up, can you belive they were in a tank with Africans? Ha I would taken them anyway just to get them out of that tank. Ofcourse it took two hours to drip them but I wanted to be sure. I will post pictures on the FW forum of the apistogrammas and the Mikrogeophagus ramirezi I got also.
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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:35 am

Great rescue, AnneMarie. 8) You will really enjoy these, they undergo such amazing pattern trasformations, so you'll want to take lots of photos as a record of their development. (hint hint!).

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Post by AnneMarie » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:50 am

Emma Turner wrote:Great rescue, AnneMarie. 8) You will really enjoy these, they undergo such amazing pattern trasformations, so you'll want to take lots of photos as a record of their development. (hint hint!).

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Post by palaeodave » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:58 pm

sorry, messed up my posts.
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Post by palaeodave » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:58 pm

Speaking of B. striata, how many would you recommend keeping in a 1m long 180l. tank if they're the only loach?
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Post by LoachOrgy » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:32 pm

wow they look really good. cute little guys.
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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:54 pm

palaeodave wrote:Speaking of B. striata, how many would you recommend keeping in a 1m long 180l. tank if they're the only loach?
I'd say you'd be good to keep 9 or 10 in there, Dave. 8)

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