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Above: In this picture is a young premium quality Splendida Botia, swimming in one of our tanks, when one of us took this picture.
Comments: This is a Premium Pet Fish, and we never see Premium Fish like this in any of the live fish stores or online stores that we visit.
Our Premium Pet Fish are more energetic, hardier, and have brighter colors with a beautiful metallic sheen.
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Origin: These Botia are caught in streams and rivers flowing west and south through Laos to the Mekong River, and now they live in aquariums throughout most of the world.
Maximum Size: In aquariums Splendida Botia can grow to be about 3.5" long, including their tails. Rarely very old females are even bigger. In their natural habitat they can grow to be 4" long.
Behaviors: Splendida Botia usually sit on the bottom and sometimes gently quarrel with each other but are rarely aggressive.
Water Conditions: Splendida Botia seem to be tolerant of a wide range of water conditions. Probably a pH of 6.5 to 7.5 with moderate hardness is best.
Allow a 3 or 4-gallons of water for each Splendida Botia.
Decor: Splendida Botia do not need gravel, and a layer of gravel more than 1/4" thick will usually fill with bits of uneaten food that will contaminate the water.
Live Plants are beautiful and improve the water quality.
Variations: There are no variations known to us.
All of our fish are Premium Quality Fish from the best suppliers in the world. Our fish have better health, more energy and brighter colors, as you can see in our pictures on this website.
We have 380-aquariums with lots-and-lots of popular aquarium fish plus lots-and-lots of rare fish!
We consider ourselves to be the link between the world's best sources of fish and the world's best customers. We love our work, and we are very responsible about caring for our fish and then shipping them carefully.
We also offer lots and lots of information about keeping and caring for pet fish, all from the knowledge of the Bailey Brothers, who have a combined total of 100+ years of experience as breeders, wholesalers, and retailers of pet fish!
Our fish and our customers are treated with the best of care, and we work energetically everyday to make sure every customer enjoys their new fishy friends.
When you purchase pet fish from us, you know you're receiving premium quality fish and premium quality service.
"Received my fish last night and was so pleased! They all arrived alive and appeared to be healthy.
"Once in the tank, they became very active and are now thriving in their new home.
"Beautiful fish, I asked for color and aquariumfish delivered. Processing and shipping was extremely quick."
Nevin and DrTom, the Bailey Brothers
This website is owned and operated by the Bailey Brothers, DrTom and Nevin, who've been together in the fish business for more than 50-years.
The Product Manager has been with the company for more than 35-years.
So we feel very confident that this is the fishiest crew anywhere.