vastly different patterns in B kubotai
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vastly different patterns in B kubotai
hi loachy folks
i don't know wether youv'e seen this in your lfs but the pics coming up were all out of the same shipment,
ive never seen so much variation in the kub's until i tarted taking a few pics of them.
Andy and i were wondering if it could be down to the location where they were caught?.
here's the pics
the last 2 pics show the growth rate on a kub that i bought earlier last year to one that i got just a few months ago.
enjoy
mick
i don't know wether youv'e seen this in your lfs but the pics coming up were all out of the same shipment,
ive never seen so much variation in the kub's until i tarted taking a few pics of them.
Andy and i were wondering if it could be down to the location where they were caught?.
here's the pics
the last 2 pics show the growth rate on a kub that i bought earlier last year to one that i got just a few months ago.
enjoy
mick
Do the spots change as the fish age?
Around here there seem to be two general patterns, refered to as large spots and small spots. They come in (as far as I know) in the same shipments. Both are yellower than some of your pics.
Around here there seem to be two general patterns, refered to as large spots and small spots. They come in (as far as I know) in the same shipments. Both are yellower than some of your pics.
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I got a Loach as a contaminant from a tank with Queen Botias. It looks in general like a Kubotai. Are there other Loaches that look similar? Kubs seem to have such a range of patterns I might very well have another one. (I have several in one tank, and now this 'not Queen Botia' in quarantine.)
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i think they can sometimes look a bit like some rostrata. rostrata can look very different from each other too and change as they grow
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I have 5 Kubs in my tank, one small one is losing his spots and almost has just brown bars. Two large ones have the brown bars with three medium spots in each brown bar, and then other spots. Then the other two large ones have multiple tiny spots in their brown bars, along with the bluish tinged light spots in other areas - these ones also have more of the cream/yellow tinge to their white.
I took a (bad) picture of the small one, and another (bad) picture of two larger ones, each a different pattern. My tank has a mirrored back, and if I use the flash, I get a reflection of me, my hands, and my camera (multiple levels of reflection). If I don't use the flash, the pictures are blurry. So these are without the flash, so not so great, but at least you don't have random lens, fingers, and bits of stuff near the tank reflected into the tank! I dont' know which is worse - focus with junk, or out of focus without it. I'm experimenting with the tissue paper, but haven't found the correct amount - also with standing further away.
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Errrr, I guess since I don't know BBC code, I can't include the picture in my post ... I'll have to put the pictures up on a site on Thursday and post a link to them. I work 12 hour shifts the next two days.[/img]
I took a (bad) picture of the small one, and another (bad) picture of two larger ones, each a different pattern. My tank has a mirrored back, and if I use the flash, I get a reflection of me, my hands, and my camera (multiple levels of reflection). If I don't use the flash, the pictures are blurry. So these are without the flash, so not so great, but at least you don't have random lens, fingers, and bits of stuff near the tank reflected into the tank! I dont' know which is worse - focus with junk, or out of focus without it. I'm experimenting with the tissue paper, but haven't found the correct amount - also with standing further away.
Shell
Errrr, I guess since I don't know BBC code, I can't include the picture in my post ... I'll have to put the pictures up on a site on Thursday and post a link to them. I work 12 hour shifts the next two days.[/img]
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LOL! My 3yr old picked out the sub . I had to silicone the bottom shut (it was completely hollow), one day I found the 3 inch pleco, 2 clowns, a kub and a dojo in there! The clowns were getting a tad too big for it, and I had been wondering where all the fish were! Usually the clowns and the kubs hang out inside of the log in front - it has connecting tunnels made into it. The dojos usually dig holes under the plastic plants and hang out there with their heads sticking out. The sub is usually just the hang out of the pleco.
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