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Post by Mad Duff » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:24 pm

I picked up my first 3 Emperor Botia's today :D

I have housed them in their own 25 gallon tank for now so that I can give them 4 or 5 doses of Levimasole.

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And a couple of shots of the fish
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They should look stunning when the are put with the 4 I am picking up on Friday so needless to say I am well chuffed :D
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Post by Graeme Robson » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:35 pm

Very nice!! 8) (good luck with plenty of lev's treatments)

Knowing you Mark! I bet you got them with a good price! :wink: :lol:
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Post by LoachOrgy » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:38 pm

lookin good!
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Post by Tinman » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:17 pm

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Post by Emma Turner » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:45 pm

They may need quite a number of treatments. A good proportion of our Emperor Botia stock have responded well to the Levamisole and have gained weight, yet there are a few others that still look far too skinny for my liking (despite regular feedings). We will persevere though!

Best of luck with your new additions MD, we'll pick you out some 'fatties' on Friday. :wink:

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Post by wasserscheu » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:33 pm

They really deserve their name.

So you should feel titled now as well :D
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Post by Mad Duff » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:52 pm

Graeme Robson wrote:Knowing you Mark! I bet you got them with a good price! :wink: :lol:
Cheers Graeme, you know me :wink:
Emma Turner wrote:They may need quite a number of treatments. A good proportion of our Emperor Botia stock have responded well to the Levamisole and have gained weight, yet there are a few others that still look far too skinny for my liking (despite regular feedings). We will persevere though!

Best of luck with your new additions MD, we'll pick you out some 'fatties' on Friday. :wink:

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They have had some White midge larvae and when I released them into their tank I put a couple of pieces of bogwood in out of my rock tank in the garden and both pieces containing quite a few gammarus shrimp came out of the bogwood and they certainly enjoyed them so they are eating well.

I cant wait for my fatties on Friday :lol:
wasserscheu wrote:They really deserve their name.

So you should feel titled now as well :D
I do feel privileged to own such wonderful fish :)
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Post by Jim Powers » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:22 pm

Great fish!!
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Post by Martin Thoene » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:35 pm

Lovely. They have such big heads although I think that's accentuated by the camera angle. Big whiskers too.

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Post by Whitey_MacLeod » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:40 pm

Very nice :D
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Post by Emma Turner » Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:17 pm

Martin Thoene wrote:They have such big heads although I think that's accentuated by the camera angle.
Yes, they definitely do have 'larger than normal' heads, and they also have very fleshy looking lips too. The head shape/lips remind me of my old Sinibotia pulchra.

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Post by ckk125 » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:25 pm

Brilliant!

Couldn't get any of them here, simply too rare.

A 12 inch clown loach and leptobotia sp. is easier to find compared to these guys. :D
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Post by Mark in Vancouver » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:03 pm

They look uncannily like foreshortened (or stretched) B. dario. Or is that just the images? Either way, it's an exciting opportunity to keep such an obscure loach. Best of luck.
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:25 am

Funnily enough that's exactly what I thought Mark.

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Post by Mad Duff » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:53 am

There certainly is a resemblance to B. dario, that was probably the first thing that struck me and the second was the size of the mouths on these things, its huge :lol:

They had a good feed on pacific krill this morning after the first dose of levimasole went in, they do look long and stretched but hopefully after a few doses of levimasole and some good feeds they will fatten up nicely :)
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