Blue Botia eating his favorite food,snails.
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Botia modesta (Blue botia)
Demetris was born in Athens in 1957 (always nice to meet someone older than me) and attended the High Public Academy of Merchant Navy. He became a radio officer and worked in trade ships for 8 years until he got married.
Orangefin Loach, Blue Botia
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Orangefin Loach - Yasuhikotakia modesta ...
Another botia, Botia lecontei, is also sold as a blue loach or blue botia, and is not dyed - though a painted blue botia is now available. Apparently the natural blue wasn't blue enough.
I have a bright orange tailed, light blue botia. I bought two in '92,
a blue and a pink one, and it's now 2008 and the blue is still alive. That's 16 years. The pink one died about 4 years ago.
I put it in my larger tank that has an Oscar, two blue botias, and Parrots.
Also called red finned loach and blue botia, this fish is feisty and quite aggressive reaching a size of 10 inches but smaller in captivity. Like other loaches, they establish a social hierarchy where the "alpha" eventually leads the group.
Painted Botias - Even though blue botias exist in nature, dyed specimens are now appearing on the market. They are dye injected to create a more brilliant blue, apparently to enhance their sale.
 See also: Blue, Fish, Loach, Botia Modesta, Cichlid
  
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