my first ever clown

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:00 pm

i went in a shop round the corner from me and saw this fella in one of the tanks, i noticed it had just started getting ich but at a very low level, so i told the lad running the shop about it and at the same time asked him whats the pricetag an it, he said 8 quid now my grey cells started working, the botia is around 5 inches SL and at that size your looking at around 24 quid so i said bag it up i'll have it.
at the mo it's in a Q tank with some treatment for it's spots, it's friendly and eating well on live bloodworm.
here's a couple of pics of it.

mick

Ashleigh · Post by **Ashleigh** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:23 pm

Lovely find Mick

Hes not to bad looking either, and a steal at that price!

Are you going to be converted to get a clown loach shoal finally

Ashleigh

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:32 pm

probably will do, once i get some 6 foot tanks for the fish room.
i still like the botia family best though but this fish has got alot of character about him, it comes up to the tank to have a nosey at his keeper.

mick

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:52 pm

Best of luck Mick!! Your pocket will need it!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:59 pm

Well rescued, Mick. Now you're going to get totally addicted!

Emma

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:10 pm

Naw, i just want to find out whats so great about this particular fish.

time will tell.

mick
looked at a dvd of fish caught in borneo and going of the pattern that is where my fish has come from.

helen nightingale · Post by **helen nightingale** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:05 pm

you will get addicted

the loach must be happy you rescued it.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:21 pm

Very nice and as mentioned very addictive. I started with 3 and have almost a dozen now!!

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:49 pm

that won't happen bud, i plan to get another 5 once i have the tank setup and that will be the limit.
there's too many other fish i want to keep to devote my time to just a couple of fish.
i'm thinking of getting Channa bleheri as a future breeding programme.

mick

Sea Sprite · Post by **Sea Sprite** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:23 pm

Nice find!

I found myself at Petsmart looking at them again today.
I'm addicted & I don't even own any.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:01 pm

it's been out of the Q tank and living with some assorted loaches and botias.
i was doing a clean up in the tank as well as a WC and it deemed to come to the front and as i had the camera handy i shot this pic it's mopping up some bloodworm.

mick

Ashleigh · Post by **Ashleigh** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:55 pm

Hes looking great Mick

Ashleigh

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:56 am

Certainly looks healthy!

PS: Clean that Glass!!

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:43 am

don't shout at poor little me mate,

listen bud i had to do a mountaineering course just to get to that tank,
everything out of the kitchen is now in the fish-room.

mick

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:59 am

Yeah Mick, what ya been up to? Loads of spare tanks and moving things around. Are you re-shuffling the tanks and home?

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