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Winners of Best in Show

Post by zenins » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:18 pm

Hey everyone,

The last two shows I have put fish into, have had interesting choices for "Best in Show"

The first one was in London Ontario Canada on 26 September 2010.

Here are some of the fish in the show:

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Yes, the Tiger Botia wins Best in Show:
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That is not my Loach, mine is the Dojo Weather Loach to the right :wink:

The following weekend in Hamilton Ontario Canada, another Show:

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Yes ! once again a Loach is awarded "Best in Show"

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and this time it is my Loach, a beautiful Orange Fin Blue Botia :D

If you have some time and you want to see all the photos from the Auction and Shows, click below:

London:
http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/ ... =slideshow

Hamilton:
http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/ ... =slideshow


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Post by Crissyloach » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:42 pm

Wow! You have some nice fish.
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Post by bookpage » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:17 pm

congrats on the win. bet it was a fun show. Thanks for showing the pictures and links.
240 - Clowns(15), Polka-Dot(6), Sids(57), Zebra(12), Burmese(5), Red-fin(4), YoYo(5), Sumo(2), Skunk(4), Peckoltia sabaji(1), L144 Black Eye Bristlenose Pleco(3), Odessa Barb(9), Roseline Sharks(6)

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Post by zenins » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:10 am

Crissyloach wrote:Wow! You have some nice fish.
Most of the fish in the show were not mine, but many in the links to my photo albums were mine :wink:
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Post by zenins » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:13 am

bookpage wrote:congrats on the win. bet it was a fun show. Thanks for showing the pictures and links.
Thanks :)

Best in Show got a $100 gift card from Big Al's Aquarium Services, and other class winners got at least $20 in cash, so that more than covered my purchases in the auction :lol:
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Post by zenins » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:49 pm

Well, this past Sunday, my home club had their annual Show and Auction called Oktoberfish ( yeah, heavy German heritage in this area :wink: we have the largest Oktoberfest outside of Munich )

Here is my Clown Loach and Histrionica, they finished 1 and 2 in the Loaches class, but my Clown Loach did not win best in show, that was awarded to a Tiger Pleco shown by another member of my club.

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Oh well, I will try again next year. I have about 7 other species of Loaches but I did not have enough time to catch any of them this time around :lol:
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Post by starsplitter7 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:02 pm

That is a beautiful with really lovely colors. THanks for sharing these amazing pictures. I love that Oktoberfish!

(I was pretty thrilled a friend of the family brought me an Oktoberfest sweatshirt from Germany this year.)
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Post by bookpage » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:03 pm

Very nice looking fish. I'd like to see the winner of best in show.
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Post by zenins » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:09 pm

bookpage wrote:Very nice looking fish. I'd like to see the winner of best in show.
Here is the Tiger Pleco that won Best in Show, he had spectacular fins, but they are clamped down in this photo:

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Here are some of the other entries in the show, there were close to two hundred entries in total:

Marine Clown fish
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Maroon Clown fish
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Native Local caught Long Ear Sunfish
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TinFoil Barb
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Rosy Barb
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Congo Tetra
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South American Bumble Bee Catfish
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L-340 Pleco
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Nezzie Swordtail
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Gold Molly
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Orange Chromide
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Red Peacock
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Pearlscale Angel
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Platinum Angel
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Gold Severum
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Red Shoulder Severum
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Red Betta
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Crowntail Betta
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Snakeskin gourami
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Golden Wonder Killi
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Some of the Category trophies
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Post by starsplitter7 » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:07 am

The sunfish doesn't look very happy. What a beautiful fish.
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Post by NancyD » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:33 am

Congrats on your winning loaches, very nice
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Post by zenins » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:11 pm

starsplitter7 wrote:The sunfish doesn't look very happy. What a beautiful fish.
That sunfish always looks that way :lol:
Dave has had him for a few years now ...
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Post by zenins » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:13 pm

NancyD wrote:Congrats on your winning loaches, very nice
Thanks, I love all my loaches.

I think that for the next show on Sunday, I will show some smaller loaches, like Striata, Kubotai, Dario and maybe a Kuhli if I can catch one :lol:
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Post by zenins » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:26 pm

Here are some photos from the Show last Sunday in St. Catharines Ontario ( near Niagara Falls )

Kubotai or Polka Dot Loach
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Striata or Zebra Loach
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Braziliensis cichlid
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Not sure what kind of African Lake Malawi cichlid ?
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Labidochromis caeruleus Electric Yellow Lake Malawi cichlid
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Blotch Labeotropheus fuelleborni Lake Malawi cichlid
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Virginiae cory catfish
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Synodontis multipuctatus catfish
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Honeycomb Perugiae catfish
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Betta
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Platy
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Veil Tail Cherry Barb
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Serpae Tetra
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Killifish
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Bosemani Rainbow
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Neon Dwarf Rainbow
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Marine Reef Lobster ( I am trying to get the Latin name )
Hawaiian Reef Lobster Enoplometopus occidentalis
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oops, getting carried away with the non-loach photos ... :lol:

Anyway, the Best in Show did not go to a loach this time, but rather a close relative, a Red Tail Black Shark:

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Really tough to take a photo of a black fish in a black tank

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Post by starsplitter7 » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:41 pm

Wow! Amazing fish. Could you please lable them for my curiosity? :) At least cichild, catfish, . . .
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