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Red-blue Botia????
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:41 pm
by tender
A fellow aquarist on a Norwegian forum came across a species that was only labelled red-blue Botia. The body was a deep-red colour and the tailfinn was dark blue/black. Anyone who has any idea what species this might be?
Kind regards
Marius Podolski
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:52 pm
by Doc
Have you got a link to the forum? Or better still a more detailed description?
It may well have been a dye injected Y.modesta or Y.eos, that is of course assuming that is in that complex of Loaches.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:53 pm
by Emma Turner
Hi Marius,
If it was a botiid type, could it have been dyed? The pic below shows a dyed
Yasuhikotakia modesta on the right:
Or one of the Russian hybrid loaches?
Emma
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:54 pm
by tender
The forum is in Norwegian and she doesn`t have a picture. She saw it in the shop today, and posted a question as to what this might be, since the shop basically knew nothing
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:11 pm
by Tinman
Dark fin makes me say Y. eos in the specie section....
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:42 pm
by Emma Turner
Not with a deep red body though!
It would be handy if Marius could obtain a photograph of the loach in question from the woman over on the Norwegian forum. Sadly, the dyed
Y. modestas are still doing the rounds (WHY?
) so a dyed specimen is possible.
Emma
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:24 pm
by Tinman
Sadly, the dyed Y. modestas are still doing the rounds (WHY? ) so a dyed specimen is possible.
absolutely, just hoping these were real.....I couldnt think of any other dark tails.....
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:14 am
by Blue
There wasn't a reason to dye these fish. I wonder why some people are still not satisfied with their natural beauty.
