Loaches Online Forum

Cool. Sorry mick, had some more questions for you...are these guys diurnal or mostly active at night? Are they a schooling fish or loners? Thanks!

Great to here....and is their coloration holding up in captivity or does it fade like for the histrionicas?

Thanks mick...also was wondering...how big are they now as opposed to when you got them? fast/slow growers?

Mike

thanks mick, how big a tank u have...?

Mike

questions for splendida owners.....how peaceful are they compared to other modesta type botiids? Ie morleti, caudipunctata, modesta, lecontei, etc. What are they feeding on? take flakes? my caudis take flakes no problems. I have this set up: 3 Y. caudipunctata, 6 B. udomritthiruji, 1. Y. eos, 6 B. s...

Thanks mick,

She looks like shes gonna explode....i can see a green tinge in the belly too.

Will keep you posted.

Mike

Haha, thanks Maximus. I will keep you updated how my escapades go...

Mike

Yea, I think I will get some, they are just too hard to resist....although who knows how much $ I will have left for my other life-related neccessities like food.....ah well.

Mike

Hi all, So I had a good look at my tank today and observed one ridiculously gravid Y. caudipunctata. I mean, this fish is just laden with eggs as far as I can tell. I never had Botiid fish spawn in my aquarium before...I know they are egg scatterers, but what are the chances some fry would survive.....

Am i Crazy for considering buying some of these at that price?

Mike

I wonder if Y. splendida is found in the same locales as Y. caudipunctata....it appears to me that Y. splendida is also found in Laos if I am not mistaken...are they also found in Thailand? Where were these Y. splendida collected from?

Oh man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are simply stunnin!! Beautiful fish!!! Freakin a, I think I get my loach obsession under control and now these photos....

My favorite loach of all time has to be Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata, hands down. Beautiful fish, and even more beautiful behavior.

Mike

thats a real cutey.......a lot cuter than most puppies and kittens I have seen.

Mike

10 is absolutely phenomenal, phenomenal! Did he say if its a described species or color morph, etc? 14 looks like a botiid I had seen years ago at Uncle Ned's in MA.

Mike