2 of my New loaches. Supposedly rare fish

[Sky042]

(Botia angelicus)

Around here they're hard to come by. my LFS had 3 so I bought them. They're a little bigger than my Yo-Yo loaches and a little thicker. I could only get 2 of them on camera since they're still getting used to the surroundings. They were kinda precy at about $12/fish but worth it to have something out of the ordinary.

The LFS had them labled as Polka-Dot loaches but they're not according to loaches.com. They're the Angelicus Botia Loach. and I think they're great. and so far an awesome option to those who want a clown loach but can't deal with a 12" fish. These guys grow to about 4" and mine are about 3"

 

[Sky042]

I'l try to get more pics of these guys over the comming days.

 

[freshmike]

They are gorgeous!

 

[DOLORES]

cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute cute i remember you tellin me about them! i really like them, and they do look like "angels" fishy angels of course! i really like thm! when did you get them?

 

[cometcattle]

Great pics sky!

Those are beautiful loaches.

LOL, I saw them called "Mongoose Loaches" at a LFS a few weeks ago.

 

[Sky042]

Brought the little guys home tonight. Since the ich is finally gone and my tank is back to normal. brought them home with a few otto's

They're still a little camera shy since it's been a big night for them just having been in the tank a few hours so far. I'll get better pictures in the next few days I'm sure.

 

[DOLORES]

awww they newbies then huh? they are the cutest little fishies! i thought they grow up a little more! than 4"

 

[ryan]

Very nice fish, I have a few and they are great characters, I just thought I would inform you that their scientific name is Botia kubotai, but you probably knew. Great pictures.

 

[silver]

Oh MAN do I love those loaches!

God knew what he was doing when making those guys.....sheesh, they're so beautiful!!

I really wish I could try loaches, but I'm so afraid to with them being scaleless and all

 

[Sky042]

Very nice fish, I have a few and they are great characters, I just thought I would inform you that their scientific name is Botia kubotai, but you probably knew. Great pictures.

thats wierd when I looked them up they came up as Botia Angelicus.

 

[LoachLover]

in the LFS they are rare, but they aren't to hard to get.

 

[mwm]

The pictures dont work for me

 

[SirMinion]

The pictures dont work for me

Me neither... bandwidth exceeded?

 

[Ben]

whoa, talk about digging up a post

for a second there i thought DOLORES had come back

anyway yeh the pics dont work for me either

DD

 

[fufanu360]

haha me too dwarfs, i was gonna tell her how hot she was jk