Once in a Lifetime Experience!!!

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JamisonBWolsh

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Nov 1, 2002
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Yea..Im back from vacation.


Just found out a local warehouse here in Los angeles just got 50 Loaches of Angelicus Botia (a type of Loach). My LFS sell them at 14.95 and they bought about 10 of that supply. I bought 3 of these guys. After doing some research, these guys have Just been "discovered" and new in the aquarium trade. To know that I am one of the first to expeirence the life and personality of this fish in an aquarium Bogles my mind.
As an aquarium hobbyist, I have always wanted to have have a fish no one or very few people have. This fish is "it". The pictures on the website does NOT do it Justice. It is Yellow with blue dots and dark Brown coloring. An amazing fish. Just wanted to share. They do not even have a set scientific name as I seen it as "Angelicus" and as "Myanmar".
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/botia_sp_myanmar.html

I am going to try to "breed" these guys...wish me Luck!

Ps. If you can get your hands on a type of fish that is newly discovered, GRAB it!!!
 
Watch them closely and keep a diary, Jamison. Your chances of breeding any Botia are slim, but the better you can describe their interactions the more chances everyone has.

Do some sleuthing and you have an article for one of the hobby magazines. You can write. Go for it.

What a terrific new fish! First I've heard of it.

Congratulations!
 
If you go the Loaches Online forums there are actually quite a few people that have had this fish for a few weeks now. In loaches it actually isn't very hard to get new species quickly, since the demand is normally lower than say fancy plecos, their prices are normally more reasonable.

Personally I like my Botia sidthimunkis more.

--Mia
 
Yes. I checked that. There are only a few people that have them. They were "discovered" unofficially about 2 years ago. Maybe a handfull of aquarium hobbyists out there own them. Between then and now, there has not been any large quantities shipped. This shipment (with mine) was 50. And these are only collected in the wintertime when the water levels are low. So you can see, I am about to experience something not many poeple have.
As for personal favorites. This has nothing to do with it. There are Millions of species of fish out there. There are many more still undiscovered. You my like your type of fish better. fine. But can you say they are a "newly discovered fish"? Or can you say that you are experiencing a fish very few people have expeirenced? This excitement alone is priceless.

Hmmm...ok. Maybe I worded that wrong. A Planted tank with neon tetras is a NICE setup. Its personal preference. I like the idea of having something no one else has. I am not saying this fish is better than another fish. I am just saying its a new species that have just been discovered and very few poeple have...
 
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Interesting looking loach..I'll keep my eye open for any that may pop up in my area.
 
sorry for braging

but if im not mistaken ive had those loaches in my shop awhile back and they were hopless and they were put under th name of mongolial flying loaches but im pretty sure ive had them before this is like 2 and a half years ago?


soooooo sorry for braging its a habbit:p
 
Neat fish Jamison.

I'll have to keep my eyes peeled. My goal for the spring is trying to find some sidthimunkis (I think they're coming into season about now).

From the looks and the locale of them I'd guess they're related to the sids, nigrofasciatus and rostrata botias. I know the sids are next to impossible to breed in the aquarium (I've heard reports that its happened a few times at best). If your having trouble getting info on your guys I'd look into these others.

I don't want to start an argument about it, but sometimes you come across as being more interested in the obscurity of the fish than in the fish. If there were a hundred or a thousand would you think less of it? Its a very cool fish, enjoy it for what it is.

:cool:

Gotta love dem loaches :D
 
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