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I thought I would share a couple of photos of my B Dario and B Rostrata.
They are all living happily together in a 30 gallon at the moment with some cories but will soon be going into a 44 gallon.

There are 3 Darios but the other one was camera shy :) :
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And the 2 Rostrata:
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Nice looking specimens. :D
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Lovely loaches! 8)
It will be interesting to see how the markings change on the 'rostrata' in the foreground. It looks very much like some of the juvenile B. kubotai I have seen.

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I'm with Emma. Those are B. kubotai, IME.
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one way or another
good looking fishies :-)

I too have some what appear to be rostrata mixed in with some histronicas. Time will tell what they are!
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Just a little update, I have now got the two botias that I thought were Rostrata in my 44 gallon tank and their markings have changed quite alot.

I think B. kubotai is looking more likely.
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Colouring up nicely! :D
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