What are these?

[BostonPatriot]

I was at the store and I was gonna pick up a couple more clown loaches, then I saw these guys. They move and act like clowns but aren't. I don't remember their name though.

Any ideas? Sorry for the crappy camera phone pics. I still haven't bought a real camera. These Sh***y quality images do not do their color and patterns justice at all.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

cant tell from the pics but it might be a botia of some sort.

try loaches.com you might find a better pic there.

[smallguy]

deffinitly some kind of botia, there are a few different kinds available with those markings, all of them that i know of stay small, realitive cheap especialy compared to clown loachs, hardy and are very peacefull

[vanimate]

Yeah it looks like Botia lohachata, Pakistani Loach

[blacktip]

I thnk they look more like Botia kubotai. In either case, I think they would look good intermixed with a group of clowns.

[halofishboy]

its a botia for sure though

[straitjacketstar]

I thnk they look more like Botia kubotai.

:thumbsup:

[BostonPatriot]

I thnk they look more like Botia kubotai. In either case, I think they would look good intermixed with a group of clowns.


I believe you are correct sir. Thanks :)

http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/botia_sp_myanmar.html

Also, thank you Gr8karmaSF for the website. :clap

[guppy]

Without better pictures it is hard to tell, they could also be monkey loaches (sp?), or even Botia nigrolineatus.

[BostonPatriot]

Without better pictures it is hard to tell, they could also be monkey loaches (sp?), or even Botia nigrolineatus.

Yeah I know my camera sucks bad. I need to get a good digi cam. What would be a good camera for under 350?