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	Botia sidthimunki
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	I knew i had seen it for sale somewhere on the internet quite a while ago. Heres the exact page where you can buy it. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1587 Heres the website. http://www.liveaquaria.com Heres the link to the loaches page. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=885 It is quite pricey but such a nice fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	isn't the common name dwarf chained loach?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	They're very nice loaches. Like cories, the larger the group they're kept in the more active they are. They don't stay on the bottom of the tank and will even surface feed. I think I paid $10 each for mine. Theresa_M attached this image: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	And this species is the best snail-eater you will ever find. At work, our spiny eel tank (which has a fine sand substrate), was infested with Malaysian Trumpet Snails. I put in a Botia sidthimunki, and the next weekend when I cam back there was not a single snail in the tank... Just a bunch of eels and a very fat, very happy loach. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	Those are adorable I want some!!! But, I'm not willing to pay $30 US each, so where did you find them for $10? I also have a question about something they said on liveaquaria, under the facts about it... How can both of these be true? Or am I just being a bit too detailed? Currently due to the low numbers in the wild, they are being farm-raised in Malaysia. The breeding habits of this species are not known, and successful captive breeding has yet to be recorded. It seems that if it is one it can't be the other to me:%) Also if I were able to get a few 2-4, how would they do in my 125? The stocking in it right now is: * 4 clown loaches * 8 adult metae corries * 6 adult agazzis corries * 3 adult albino corries * 1 Arched corry * 10 adult hasbrosus corries * 5-10 juvenile and fry metae corries * 22 Neon Tetras * 6 Harlequin Rasboras * 2 Emperor Tetras * 2 Albino BNs * 1 Betta * 1 Male Guppy I think that is it:%) Oh and I know the metae are breeding, and possibly the hasbrosus heidi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember when old ones died and new were born And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged We came together, fell apart And broke each other's hearts, Remember when ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Jeremy Fingerling Posts: 42 Kudos: 42 Votes: 4 Registered: 26-Aug-2004	It is possible to farm raise fish with put seeing the actual spawning activity because of shear size of the water they are in, many Asian farms don't use tanks for their breeding they use hand dug ponds and collect with nets. Last edited by Jeremy at 24-May-2005 15:46
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06


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