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Hi guys, just wanted to give those of you who have a local PetSmart a heads up that they have the b. kubotai on sale again for $9.99. I have noticed they do this every 4-6 months or so. I was pleasantly surprised to see this so I snached up a few.

I was also SHOCKED to see Panda Corys on sale for $1.00. Of course the tank was empty.

FYI,
Kris

well found Kris. i hope you enjoy them

helen nightingale wrote:well found Kris. i hope you enjoy them

Thanks Helen,

They are so cute, I will enjoy them but not half as much as they are enjoying each other right now...it's playtime!

Kris

GIRL, you are gonna get me in SO MUCH TROUBLE

Has anyone tried mixing them with Yo-yos? will they act like they are the
smae species?

Batch

I have them together and they do fine

mamaschild wrote:GIRL, you are gonna get me in SO MUCH TROUBLE

Good, we can both be in the dog house together.

Kris

Sounds fair

Batch wrote:Has anyone tried mixing them with Yo-yos? will they act like they are the
smae species?

Batch

They are ok together, but IME they really don't socialize, and I have one exception to the OK: one of the kubs here does not like yoyo's. No real damage ever occurred, but it is rather funny to see a slim <3" fish chasing a fat nearly 4" fish, and he does it every day.... Kubs, or at least this one, can be very determined.

Incidentally, the price at a lfs here is $7.50, Kubs are around 2", and seem good. Their presence has been noted in my qtank since yesterday... so far they eat flakes and turn down frozen bloodworms and shrimp (?!). A bit unusual marking too, a couple fully lack the horizontal line, and they are not rostrata for sure.

LUVaLOACH wrote:Hi guys, just wanted to give those of you who have a local PetSmart a heads up that they have the b. kubotai on sale again for $9.99. I have noticed they do this every 4-6 months or so. I was pleasantly surprised to see this so I snached up a few.

I was also SHOCKED to see Panda Corys on sale for $1.00. Of course the tank was empty.

FYI,
Kris

Something tells me those C. panda were very small to be at that price. They are one the most popular corys people keep these days. I told you were to get some nice wild caught, healthy ones

mikev wrote:

Batch wrote:Has anyone tried mixing them with Yo-yos? will they act like they are the
smae species?

Batch

They are ok together, but IME they really don't socialize, and I have one exception to the OK: one of the kubs here does not like yoyo's. No real damage ever occurred, but it is rather funny to see a slim <3" fish chasing a fat nearly 4" fish, and he does it every day.... Kubs, or at least this one, can be very determined.

Incidentally, the price at a lfs here is $7.50, Kubs are around 2", and seem good. Their presence has been noted in my qtank since yesterday... so far they eat flakes and turn down frozen bloodworms and shrimp (?!). A bit unusual marking too, a couple fully lack the horizontal line, and they are not rostrata for sure.

I agree. I kept yoyo's and kubs together for a long time, with no problems. Like what Mike said, they didnt really socialize. A while back something went through my tank and killed all my loaches, but one clown Still havent figured out what it was. I re-did the whole tank and got 4 more clown loaches to join the one I had left. All is well now and they are growing quickly.

Mike, that is very stange they turn down the bloodworms. Mine went crazy when I fed them. They all tried to snatch it out of my hand before I could put it in the tank

I went to three Petsmarts in Atlanta today (i'm a slow learner), and Kubotai are $21.95 here. One store said they'd been on sale, but then shot up in price even more than they were originally. Anyway, I'm glad you you got them when you did!

I was in a Petsmart the other day and noticed the $9.99 price too.

Barracuda518 wrote:
Mike, that is very stange they turn down the bloodworms. Mine went crazy when I fed them. They all tried to snatch it out of my hand before I could put it in the tank

Tell me.

All other Kubs I have (or had) go nuts, and have almost the same reaction to frozen shrimp. A few minutes ago, I saw one of these new things eating an algae wafer while a nice juicy bloodworm was lying next to it.

I think the stay at the store messed them up..hopefully it is fixable, they should be able to learn from other kubs.

As for socializing: yoyo's and zipper's seem to do this a bit. IMHO, it is a better combination that yoyo's+kubs, just provide more current and air to keep zippers happy.

my petsmart put kubotai on sale from 19.99 to 9.99 back in january. that was the first time i even noticed they carried a loach besides the clown. the price has remained at 9.99 ever since, no sale tag of course, its just been the normal price

How's this for a deal. Last month in all local Pets Unlimited stores they had a buy one get another for free sale. Fine, but then they put out another flyer with Clown Loaches $ 2.88 each CDN $ too. Wouldn't you know it, I was in the process of cycling my 75 gallon tank and could not buy any. Watched a guy come in store and he bought 12 for $39.40 taxes in. Now when I can buy them they are $ 12.95 or 3 for $ 35.50.

Bad timing or what??????