Loaches Online Forum

Hi, my name is erwin from borneo Indonesia. Im interest with botia. i hope i can be accept in this community. thanks. THE VIDEO MADE IN THE FIRST TIME WHEN IT CAUGHT FROM ITS HABITAT. truely i dont want to bought it, but in the fisherman hand,this fish must be dead,because botia is one of the most delicious fish to eat.

Welcome borneo24! Those are some fine looking loaches! How big is the big one on the right?

its length about 30cm. its the bigest of mine. its very rare in it habitat.

Beautiful fish and we can't wait for more photos, videos and any other information on your fish and setup.

Hi Erwin, welcome to Loaches Online

Am I correct to think that the big specimen is a wild caught fish and not tank grown?

That is a great picture showing a juvenile clown with such a large adult.

Hi Erwin and Welcome, I see you live in Kalimantan and export live fish.
Your 30cm Clown Loach is a beautiful specimen - one we rarely see of that size. You must have a good pick of the fish, being in the business.
Cheers Graeme.

thanks for all. i'm very luck can got this one.its from wild caught. 5 years business being seller clown loach, just now i got this size. very veru big and very rare. but Indonesian rule, ban it for export. only legal till size 5 inch. is there any seller of fresh water ornamental fish you know?, i need some one to distribute my fish to america or europe.

Hi Borneo24, wonderful pics !

Do you ever come across Botia [Syncrossus] Reversae , there are very few pics of them , they have a reverse pattern to S.hymenophysa !

Also some of the wonderful Barb sp/s P. collinwoodi ?

Nice collection, needs some decor though!



quote="Mad Duff"]Hi Erwin, welcome to Loaches Online

Am I correct to think that the big specimen is a wild caught fish and not tank grown?

That is a great picture showing a juvenile clown with such a large adult.[/quote]

I have 2 11.5-12" clowns that was raised in a tank from 3-4"s in a (short) time

hi erwin and welcome here. thanks for the pictures. I think everybody would like to know how you bring them up to this size. what sort of fishes do you sell? any gastromyzon among them? best adress for importers in germany is glaser. for the reselling in a shop there's a problem of quantity needed for an import (fix costs are high). just write me a pm.
cheers charles

Fotonya keren banget...

Halo...Erwin very nice seeing other people from indonesia too.

Thanks