L Lupin Viviendo la vida loca! MFK Member Dec 7, 2006 20,590 66 0 Lupin Information Super Highway/Goldfish Informati Mar 1, 2009 #11 Glostik;2847417; said: prices on sidthimunkis have not dropped in several years. only one report of sidthimunkis breeding in an aquarium has ever been posted. They are still considered near extinct and are on the RED list for fish imports. Click to expand... That happens to be from Mad Duff, one of the moderators of loaches.com. He also bred Botia kubotai. None of these are planned.
Glostik;2847417; said: prices on sidthimunkis have not dropped in several years. only one report of sidthimunkis breeding in an aquarium has ever been posted. They are still considered near extinct and are on the RED list for fish imports. Click to expand... That happens to be from Mad Duff, one of the moderators of loaches.com. He also bred Botia kubotai. None of these are planned.
B Bastables Feeder Fish MFK Member Feb 8, 2008 17 0 0 Auckland New Zealand Mar 2, 2009 #12 Pretty much all the yasuhikotakia sidthimunki in the aquariums trade/hobby are fish farm bred. The dams along the Mekong rivers have made them extinct in the wild. ref http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=188 Mad Duff is talking in the context of "home" breeding. As http://www.loaches.com/species-index/yasuhikotakia-sidthimunki loaches online point out there have been no "recent catches" from the wild of the little chaps.
Pretty much all the yasuhikotakia sidthimunki in the aquariums trade/hobby are fish farm bred. The dams along the Mekong rivers have made them extinct in the wild. ref http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=188 Mad Duff is talking in the context of "home" breeding. As http://www.loaches.com/species-index/yasuhikotakia-sidthimunki loaches online point out there have been no "recent catches" from the wild of the little chaps.
