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Aloha,
and for start, please, be patient for my poor english im from Poland.
I saw Loaches Index and as i see i can have few different Botias whos look very similar!
Can experienced Loaches fans help me with identification my fishes? Its patetic probably for older users but in Poland we have only one good site about loaches and on other peoples think the Lohachata is one type with others.

This is few photos of my Botias:



from old aquarium:


If more photos will be needed i make it quickly tommorow.

In the first pic I would say the loach on the left is Botia rostrata and the one on the right Botia almorhae.

I maybe wrong but, those look like yoyo's...

Thank You Jim and Failed .
I made more photos, if this will be helpfull. Im very interested about know good identification, cuse i wanna make a good life place, in new tank 40 american galons/200l.?. for only my Botias. I dont know good behaviour of Botias, in point of grouping only similar fishes. If i have one Almorhae and 5 Rostriata this one Almorhae will be aliened? Now all six Botias lives and eating together.
It was v. hard to make a good Botias photo with my idiot camera then i do more than better... I tried to catch all my 6 Botias.
Ofc the same Botia can be catched few times.






Here we have 6 in one photo:




This one is my Botia Elder, have more than 10 months, 12 cm (5,2 Inches) and a little other pattern:






I will be gratefull for helping me
Good day to all!

I am not certain now after looking at the new pics.
I'm beginning to think you may have all Botia almorhae due to the pattern and head shape. Check out the links below to pics in the species index and see what you think.
The patterns of both species change as they mature so identification can be confusing.



http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... age-search
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... age-search

Your right Jim, as i see my Botias can be all Almorhae but one or two can be younger Rostriata. Do You think its huge problem for they? Botias like other group fishes must be in pack minimum 6 x?

Thanks for helping

Most of the botias will group together with other botia species if they are in the tank together.
But, you may find that they are all the same species as they mature.

Then i will be patient with ID mature Botias . I hope so , if other Botias grouping with Almorhae, they dont have higher stress lvl cause by lower number of fishes in group.
In Poland, specialists suggest minimum 6 x the same Botias, in other occasion Botias can be weaker and more stressed.
But if You say they can group between species it would be OK!

Great thanks for working with my title, good day for all.