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Sidthimunki are & have been bred with hormones for many years...

Yes, I've had gravid sids but nothinig beyond that...sniff...Good lucK!


Iirc the links Greek gave me in that old thread went over that; I assume the guy is still keeping the recipe top secret?

Dang, I was hoping that some ...

Hey all, been out of the game for awhile but lately noticed one of my sids seems to be gravid (or just fat?):
https://i.imgur.com/WuE0nZw.gifv

Last time I was around Greek gave me some good info here:
https://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25452&p=203307#p203322

Is that still the most up ...

I won't have time to read that til after work but thank you very much for the detailed reply!

Edit,
So I got a chance to read some of it. As far as sidthimunki go, all I can see is discussion on the absence of cheek scales. I get that that is used for placement purposes, but does that imply that ...

A sidheymunkey are in the Botinidae family, that is, they are Botids

Now the phrase scaleless is most often used for catfish, which loaches are definitely not.

What do you need this for? For medication? or for other purposes

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/comments/4m0090/autopost_potm ...

Botia are scaleless, Pangio are not, or so I've heard. Are sids scaleless?

Edit
So i've been reading tons of links on this and getting like a 50:50 ratio of sites saying scaleless or tiny scales.

Thanks! Has there been any news from him since that first spawn?

I just picked these guys up yesterday (sold as sids) and was reading their caresheet (for probably the fifth time...) when I noticed the related article about nigrolineatas. I'm pretty sure these guys are sids, but can you guys verify that for me?

http://www.imgur.com/c7x3IFq.gifv

Also, has ...