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Post by Bully » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:50 pm

Just a couple of photos of my chunkiest sid. She's a fatty for sure! :D


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Post by Donna » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:26 pm

LOL, test her for steroids :lol:

Sure doesn't look like she's missed many meals lately. Is she gravid?
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Post by raecarrow » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:31 pm

I thought that Polkadot loaches are Kubs and Dwarf chains are sids
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Post by irab » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:29 pm

Nice and full
240 Gallon Tank
22 Clown Loaches 2-7''
5 Red Fin Botia Loaches 3-6''
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Post by plaalye » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:13 pm

Yikes, that is a chunky munkey!! It'd be great if some get fertilized, good luck.
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Post by chefkeith » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:48 pm

I never saw a sid that fat before. Wow.
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Post by Doc » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:10 am

raecarrow wrote:I thought that Polkadot loaches are Kubs and Dwarf chains are sids
You would be right there. However who mentioned Polkadot Loaches? All I see in the pics are Y.sidthimunki and B.striata.
So many species of fish yet so little time, space and money to keep them all...
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Post by raecarrow » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:58 am

Doc wrote:
raecarrow wrote:I thought that Polkadot loaches are Kubs and Dwarf chains are sids
You would be right there. However who mentioned Polkadot Loaches? All I see in the pics are Y.sidthimunki and B.striata.
I see B.Striata and B.Kubotai. I've never seen a sid that was that close in size to a Striata or was tan and brown. The only sids i have seen have looked like this.
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The loach in the picture looks like a B.kubotai to me
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Then again, I could be wrong. Maybe this fish is just so old and so pudgy that it looks like a B.kubotai to me. Too bad you don't have a full side picture of the fish, that might make it easier to tell the difference.
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Post by Bully » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:34 am

The fish is definitely Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki. As sids mature the chain pattern tends to develop all over the body. This fish was bought as a small specimen approximately two years ago. Whilst, I see a passing resemblance to B. kubotai I would expect it be confused with Y. nigrolineata first :)
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Post by raecarrow » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:38 am

Bully wrote:The fish is definitely Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki. As sids mature the chain pattern tends to develop all over the body. This fish was bought as a small specimen approximately two years ago. Whilst, I see a passing resemblance to B. kubotai I would expect it be confused with Y. nigrolineata first :)
Gotcha, I didn't realize that their pattern grew like that. I have (aparently young) sids and a full patterned kub. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a Y.nigrolineata so I don't think that I could be able to confuse them. Thanks for the correction :) Now I know.
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Post by Bully » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:43 am

If you go into the profile for Y. sidthimunki and view the additional images you will see photos of more mature sids, including two of my own that were added:

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and, the following photo, by Dave Rinaldo, of a group of adults which better shows the markings:

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Post by raecarrow » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:56 am

Beautiful fish. Now that I can see their sides they definately aren't Kubs.

Thanks for setting me straight :)
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Post by piggy4 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:02 pm

Bully those Sids look absolutely stunning 8) how many have you got ?
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Post by Bully » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:36 pm

I've only got 13.

If you're referring to the very last picture in the thread, then it's not my picture, I borrowed it from the species index gallery for illustration :)
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Post by saint_dracula » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:57 pm

That shocked me enough to make me actually comment...That is one fat sidthimunki!
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