Y. lecontei

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:40 pm

I found 3 of these guys atleast i think they are. I was showing my wife a tank of "skunk" loaches, and how some have the dotted tails and some don't, when we noticed one more elongated wich didn't have the center stripe. I think this kinda makes me officially a loach nut, because they were diffrent they had to come home with me. :lol: After a half hour of going through the tank ended up with 3. When i get the opportunity I'll post some pics.

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:03 am

Could be: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ya ... gidorsalis

Martin.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:34 am

I've just placed a order for a group of 5 of these Y. lecontei. I wonder what will turn up. Looking forward to seeing your pictures.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:19 am

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/ ... C02512.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/ ... C02513.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/ ... C02507.jpg[/img]
Not the best pics in the world.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:38 am

wich code line do you guys use to get pics up? Yet again I did it wrong.

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:44 am

Jeremy,
it worked for me using either the img code, url+highlight and click the img tag here, or open photo, right click, select properties, highlight url, hit img here and paste.

The urls I used are the same that you posted. Don't know why they didn't work for you.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:51 am

I think it may have somthing to do with my cpu, not sure how. On other forums I have not been able get pics to post also. Thank you for posting them for me.

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:12 pm

You're welcome.

You may want to look at Botia eos too.

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:25 pm

Nice pics Shari, it must be said Leconte are a wonderful addition to an aquarium , they have a superb temprement ! even as adults [5 to 6inches]they are total sweethearts , in my expeiriance anyway , the ones depicted are the yellow finned variety ! they come with red fins also !

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:12 pm

those are Jeremy's pics Andy, but yes, they do the trick.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:21 am

Lovely additions.

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:13 am

Those look like really nice specimens.

Martin.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:50 am

I don't know if it is normall behavior, but they are very good at findding there way through all the pebbles and rocks. I haven't seen them come out yet, even the pics are because I moved some of the bigger rocks. Seems a little wierd to me for a botia to be that adept at moving threw rocks, only description I can think of is simillar to some of the dwarf cichlids of Tanganyika.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:36 pm

They sound and look still very much juvenile, Jeremy. Give them time. What size are they? (1,5 inches?)

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:21 pm

It has to be said , that for all the good points this fish has , they are rather shy , even as adults , in fact it is while they are growing that you will see more of them , [feeding times] still a real treat when spotted ! sometimes it is nice when a normally shy fish puts in an appearance, tends to make each glimpse, that bit more special !

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