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I'm going on a river trek sometime this or next month. The problem with the Philippines is that a lot of the locals have seriously polluted our rivers and streams or introduced some fish that has wreaked havoc on the local fish so if we did indeed have a Philippine Loach, it may already be extinct.

Still, I'm going to strap on my snorkel and fins and search that river, which is practically in the backyard of the farm my folks own in the provinces. I'll post pics of when I do go on the trek but for now, the weather is bad and I'm just waiting for a clear day.

Who knows, the next Botia on the list might even be Botia Mapua.

Rocco wrote:I'm going on a river trek sometime this or next month. The problem with the Philippines is that a lot of the locals have seriously polluted our rivers and streams or introduced some fish that has wreaked havoc on the local fish so if we did indeed have a Philippine Loach, it may already be extinct.

True that. Some people do not know how to take care of the natural environment.

Still, I'm going to strap on my snorkel and fins and search that river, which is practically in the backyard of the farm my folks own in the provinces. I'll post pics of when I do go on the trek but for now, the weather is bad and I'm just waiting for a clear day.

Is the river there clean?:shock:

Who knows, the next Botia on the list might even be Botia Mapua.

The case being similar to Heiko Bleher who discovered a rummy nose tetra which was later on named as Hemigrammus bleheri or the fact the ember tetras were named Hyphessobrycon amandae after Heiko's mother.

Rocco wrote:Who knows, the next Botia on the list might even be Botia Mapua.

Heheh! I would love to find a Cobitis Robsoni in our local waters!

Paleodave, as requested, here are the pictures of my two large BGKs. I also took some more pictures of the Kubs, who were more active today and enjoying themselves.





apologies for the filthy glass

but you can get a sense of scale in these photos, given that the skunk is around 2"

Hope you find your Cobitis Robsoni Graeme.

Blue, yes, the water is clean and there were a few fish, just not sure what species as i wasn't a fish-geek back then. I'll report when I manage to wrangle a few.

Martin, Vancman, Mike, Clownloachfan, capeldrae, and everyone else. Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.

Ummm...Why do I never have luck with devilish skunks?:shock:

Great photos. Is the yellow on the sterbai breeding colouration? I've seen a lot of them in the shops round here, but looking nowhere near as good as yours. Enjoy the river trip Rocco.

You need to get sterbai that are plump and around the 2 inch mark and feed them a lot of live food. I think those are breeding colors but I'm not sure.

I got mine from a local breeder who conditions his fish really well.

Rocco wrote:You need to get sterbai that are plump and around the 2 inch mark and feed them a lot of live food. I think those are breeding colors but I'm not sure.

I got mine from a local breeder who conditions his fish really well.

How much do they cost?8)

Blue wrote:

Rocco wrote:You need to get sterbai that are plump and around the 2 inch mark and feed them a lot of live food. I think those are breeding colors but I'm not sure.

I got mine from a local breeder who conditions his fish really well.

How much do they cost?8)

100PHP but the dude is out of sterbai at the moment.

BGK's are beautiful. Another day, another tank (another one of the many I have planned )

nice fish.

i am very envious of the pond plans. please show us pictures, as there are not that many people here who are lucky enough to have the weather for anything other than goldfish (well, nothing as exciting as loaches) in ponds