Breathtaking balteata

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:47 pm

They were already coloured up when they arrived (see pics at the beginning of this thread when we were acclimatising them in the actual bag they arrived in). Some are naturally paler than others though. Give them a few days in good water, with lots of hiding places and a good mix of foodstuffs and hopefully they will settle in.

Emma

Frank M. Greco · Post by **Frank M. Greco** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:59 pm

Emma, thanks. They are already eating (flake and blackworms), and appear to be settling in nicely.

mikev · Post by **mikev** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:01 pm

Frank M. Greco wrote:Emma, thanks. They are already eating (flake and blackworms), and appear to be settling in nicely.

Pics plz?

Frank M. Greco · Post by **Frank M. Greco** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:17 pm

mikev wrote:Pics plz?

Once they settle in, I'll post some pics.

Tony T. · Post by **Tony T.** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:26 pm

Nice balteatas. In nature both yellow, pink and orange tail individuals are found in the same place.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:41 am

Tony T. wrote:Nice balteatas. In nature both yellow, pink and orange tail individuals are found in the same place.

Would you suggest the colouration is Male/Female

Barracuda518 · Post by **Barracuda518** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:33 am

Those are incredible. They really have colored up nicely and I see they have been eating like crazy

Tony T. · Post by **Tony T.** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:03 pm

Not likely. Not sure for balteatas but a related species has females with weaker color, but still fine color nontheless [with weak orange/red/yellow]. You can see in my avatar what male's head should look like with its puffy cheek

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:02 pm

I have two old-timers in my River Tank, which I had thought might have been a pair, after they whittled down their numbers from eight. But both are an overall dark purpley-grey colour (bands hardly visible) and look to be pretty plump. So now I'm thinking that maybe I have two females. I've tried for ages to look at their faces head-on for the puffed cheeks, but they are very shy and rarely out, so I haven't been able to. I'm in two minds as to whether to try adding another one or two, but would feel awful if the old ones gave them trouble.

Anyway, this evening I took a few more pictures of the new ones at the shop and thought I'd share them with everyone:

Close-up of the beautiful dorsal fin:

Pucker up:

Another close-up:

Hope you like them. I'm really pleased with the results I'm getting from my new camera.

Emma

Barracuda518 · Post by **Barracuda518** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:49 pm

Nice closeups. Those are some very nice loaches. I know I would buy some if I could

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:32 am

You certainly have got to grips with your new camera!

Absolutely stunning!

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:34 am

Very nice Emma

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:16 am

Thanks guys.

Frank M. Greco · Post by **Frank M. Greco** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:40 pm

Got this pic of a sumo from a supplier in Malaysia. Not exactly the best advetisement for these fish, IMO.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:41 pm

That looks like a Panda garra. I forget the scientific name.

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