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Wich of the loaches are the most funny, weird, crazy, active, curious - IOW most entertaining ones according to YOU?

Botia almorhae - Yo-Yo
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4%
Botia dario - Queen
1
4%
Botia helodes - Tiger
1
4%
Botia kubotai - Polka dot
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21%
Botia striata - Zebra
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Cromobotia macracanthus - Clown
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33%
Other
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33%
 
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Wich loach have the best entertainment value?

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Wich of the loaches (most common ones) are the most funny, weird, crazy, active, curious - IOW most entertaining ones according to YOU?

If answer is "other", post which one!


Come on, please answer the poll :D I have got to know!!!!
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Post by mikev »

Take out the clowns!!! Otherwise it is not even interesting.
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Post by wasserscheu »

cool, my vote hat impact of 50% :wink:

... As Mike states, clowns are "everyone´s darling" (I mean... you know... English is also my second language :lol: and I love mine that I described them in another post as "under water dogs"

I hit "others", because my aborichtys is a top entertainer, his eye-contact was so obvious already in the store... Digging a lot, rebuilding his cave daily.
I pLayed with my finger tip on the glas, he comes toward me when I do that. Sliding my fingertip towards the sand, he started "digging out" the fingertip, when I went below the sandline, that was sooo sweet...

He goes for my finger outside the tank, inside the tank he is rather carefully taking offwhen I approach with hand...

I am still looking for more, but still not lucky...

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Sidthimunki's :P
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Post by Emma Turner »

I think everyone will know which species I voted for - it's rather obvious! :lol: Marge is watching me right now from the shady depths of one of her bogwood hidey-holes, so I couldn't not vote for them!!! :P

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Post by Graeme Robson »

I keep Too many Loaches to just narrow it down to one. But these Botia Dario are quite 'Goofy' at times.

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Post by Martin Thoene »

Entertainment? What's in a name? I like mine chromed.

Gets my vote anyway.

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Post by Mark in Vancouver »

I'm with Graeme - and Martin!

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Awsom pictures, I love it

Great idea from -Clown- to kick off a poll
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Post by LES.. »

I have got to go with 'other' and vote for hillies ;-) I don't think you can beat the franic feeding anticts of cheni with their flashing dorsal fins...

(of course i am very biased on this not keeping any other loaches!)
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Post by pedzola »

My yoyos are insane. Way more fun than the clowns!
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Post by shari2 »

Yeah, I have to say that my yoyos (when I had them) were WAY fun to watch. Also enjoyed my botia eos alot too, but he was a killer... :roll:
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Post by The-Lion »

I’ve voted other & will put forward Blackline Loaches (Botia nigrolineata). They’re constantly on the go, chasing all over the tank in every nook & cranny, they come to watch you watching them, an absolutely brilliant fish.
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Post by Dave_2133 »

My baby skunk botia's are fun as they never stop moving and chasing each other. they seem as tho they never sleep.
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Post by mikev »

OK, I voted for the Kubotai's.

The honest vote would have been for the Clowns, but I think they are doing fine without my vote, and "None of the Above" never got anyone elected. :wink:

But I do find some hillstreams (Chenis, Schisturas) more exciting than Botia's.
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