Botia Sidthimunki

[§tudz]

Great fish! Excellent buy. Will definitely be stocking a tank with those in the future. A nice shoal of 6-8 would really make a tank like a 36g come alive. I'm thinking about pairing them with tiger barbs. That would be a handsome tank.

Did you know there scientific name was recently changed. Many of the Botia genus are now no longer Botia, including B. Sidthimunki. Just when I was learning, They go and change 'em on me.

I had noticed they had changed the yoyo loaches scientific name, hrm, I'll have to take a look into that.

 

[Bloo]

Botia Sidthimunki is now Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki

 

[§tudz]

Botia Sidthimunki is now Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki

Botia is SO much easier to say

/me is confused... it says skunk loach but I though a skunk loach was a Botia Morleti?

 

[lljdma06]

Botia Sidthimunki is now Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki

Botia is SO much easier to say

/me is confused... it says skunk loach but I though a skunk loach was a Botia Morleti?

Try saying Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki three times fast. OK, that's not Latin, that's not even Latinized! I can imagine myself going to a LFS and asking for that. I'll get a wierd look that's all.

 

[§tudz]

I put a question to PFK about this name changes read it here:PFK

Yopu may need to register to view, I'm not too sure

 

[lljdma06]

I put a question to PFK about this name changes read it here:PFK

Yopu may need to register to view, I'm not too sure

I read it!

I think it's what bored scientists do when they've been into the ethanol!

Commencing rant.

But I don't wanna learn new names. I like saying Barbus tetrazona. I like saying Botia.

Rant over.

 

[§tudz]

Lol, some changes I can understand, for example when a species is wrong categorised. But changing it because they have decided its a subspecies of a category such as the botia to chromobotia seems a little pointless exercise IMO.

Any ways talk about derailing a thread /me is the master

back on track ================================== choo! choo!

They will still be nice fish though, just like those shown here.

 

[insanityseeker]

i bought the last one at my local lfs yesterday, sold to me as chipmunk botia, for £4.49

he's gorgeous, but i'll be damned if he's even half an inch yet...

great pics by the way

 

[Mad Duff]

That's the same name that a lot of places are selling them as now, I don't know where these names come from.

They are a lovely fish and look even better in a large shoal, it will soon grow with plenty of bloodworm. Mine are going berserk for Discus granules at the moment, they absolutely love em.

I will have to post some updated pics soon.

 

[Bloo]

i bought the last one at my local lfs yesterday, sold to me as chipmunk botia, for £4.49

he's gorgeous, but i'll be damned if he's even half an inch yet...

great pics by the way

Oh dear - cmmon names create such confusion I ask you: chipmunk ? Where the heck do they get that from
Mine are doing very well as well despite the one I lost to skinny disease.

Look forward to some new pics Mad Duff They're such fast little things - good luck with the photography !

 

[Mad Duff]

Look forward to some new pics Mad Duff They're such fast little things - good luck with the photography !

I will hopefully get some photos when they move tanks, they will hopefully soon be moving from a 30 gallon tank into a 70 gallon tank because I am hoping to replace my 70 gallon with a 7'x2.5'x2' soon.

 

[Silverlady]

I have had two of these smashing little fish in my tank.Been in there for about six months.Been looking for ages for more to add to them ,but hadn't found any, then went into Pets at home and there they were.I thought i had misidentified them so went back the next day with a picture , and it was them Bought two and it was the loveliest thing, the original pair both went on either side of one of the babies (they are half the size of other two) and guided him into their den. when they spotted the other one they did the same with him.
It was amazing to watch.

 

[Lord Zogat]

I really like the coloring on the fish. They look like small tigers.

 

[Silverlady]

Yes they are great little Fish. Highly Recommended for a community Tank.

 

[§tudz]

i bought the last one at my local lfs yesterday, sold to me as chipmunk botia, for £4.49

he's gorgeous, but i'll be damned if he's even half an inch yet...

great pics by the way

Oh dear - cmmon names create such confusion I ask you: chipmunk ? Where the heck do they get that from
Mine are doing very well as well despite the one I lost to skinny disease.

Look forward to some new pics Mad Duff They're such fast little things - good luck with the photography !

I can see where they get that name, as chipmunks are goldenbrown, with dark brown - black marks down their flanks.
But still, its is a little strange seeing they have been called chain loach and dwarf loach for many years? maybe there is a catelogue that comes of every month for fish sellers called "Random Names for the fish you Sell - Monthly"

hehehe!

Well enough of the lunacy, back to the main topic at hand, ickle chain loaches