Loaches
Loaches are active bottom dwelling scavengers ideally suited for the community aquarium. Loach fish consist of some of the most popular of all tropical fish, adding color, interest, and beauty to any larger community aquarium.
LOACHES
SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"Loaches are represented by the family, Cobitidae (Loaches and Thorneyes). This family belongs to the order Cypriniformes (Carp-like fishes). Cobitidae are made up of two sub-families, Botiinae and Cobitinae.
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Loaches are freshwater fish belonging to the family Cobitidae. They are generally small, benthic fish, and they have barbel organs similar to those seen in catfish. They are generally hardy and will scavenge in the aquarium.
Loaches
Profiles, photos, and care information about Loaches.
Weather Loach Owner Experiences ...
Clown Loach
Common Names: Clown Loach, Tiger Botia
Scientific Name: Botia macracantha
Family: Cobitidae
Maximum Size: 12 - 16 inches
Life expectancy: 15 years
Minimum Tank Size: 50 gallons
Temperature Range: 72 - 86°F ...
Loaches are freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae, small benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish with a flattened ventral profile. There are 160 different species of them.
Loaches Species Quick Stats
Food: Feeding is not much of a problem as loaches will eat anything and everything.
Breeding: Loaches have been successfully bred in the home aquaria but usually only by accident.
Loach VarietiesThorn-eyes
Family: CobitidaeSinibotia robustaPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy Ken Childs ...
Eel Loach
Scientific Name: Pangio anguillaris
Family: Pangio
About the Eel Loach
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Cyprinids ...
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By: TheGreatBlueDiscus The Dojo Loach is an egglayer. I have 2 of them in my 75g tank. They spawn regularly.
Yo Yo Loach
Veterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith
Botia lohachata ...
Clown Loach - Botia macracanthus
Common name: Clown loach
Scientific name: Botia macracanthus
Geographic location: Indonesia, Sumatra, Borneo
Size: Up to 15cm (6 inches) in captivity, 38cm (15 inches) in the wild
Temperament: Peaceful ...
Clown Loach - Chromobotia macracanthus
Species name: Chromobotia macracanthus
Synonym: Botia macracanthus, Botia macracantha, Botia macrocanthus, Cobitis macracanthus ...
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Kuhli Loaches Cast a Magic Spell on Me!!!
April 18th 2003 - A public holiday in Sarawak. It would have been boring to stay at home, so I invited my cousin to go to the countryside to look for fish.
Loaches
Pond Fish will add drama and brilliance to your backyard haven, with their wonderful personalities and intriguing patterns and colors.
Loaches for larger tanks would be: Chromobotia macracanthus (Clown Loach), Yasuhikotakia modesta (Blue Botia) and Yasuhikotakia morleti (Skunk Loach).
Blue Loach , Orange-finned loach
Image gallery: Additional species photographs
Distribution ...
Yoyo Loach (Botia almorhae)
Photo of: Yoyo Loach (Botia almorhae)
Scientific Name(s): Botia almorhae, Botia lohachata ...
Kuhli Loaches normally reach lengths around three and a half inches (nine centimeters). Their bodies are elongate, and they appear more like the bodies of eels in shape. The body of a Kuhli Loach becomes laterally flattened as it approaches the tail.
Clown loaches are very popular aquarium fish; however they are not always easy to keep successfully since they easily succumb to ick and are sensitive to poor water conditions.
Kuhli Loaches are loners that are most active at night with the lights out. The tank should be decorated with thick bunches of plants and various rocky caves. Light levels should be low, which can be achieved through the use of floating plants.
Clown Loach
Origin= Sumatra, Borneo.
Scientific Name= Botia macracantha
Max. Size= 11.81" (30CM),
Usally does not get bigger then 6" in captivity though ...
Pakistan loach, Yo-Yo loach (referring to pattern).
A young Pakistan loach
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The clown loach is an active schooling fish that is best kept in small groups of three to six fish. It will tolerate tankmates of other species, although docile species may become agitated by the constant activity of this fish.
Botia macracantha "Clown Loach"
Origin and locale/variety: Undu Reef--Tanzania, Lake Malawi, East Africa
Size: Adults are usually 3.0 to 5.0 inches in aquarium environment.
Clown Loach
Clown Loaches are suitable for freshwater aquariums 20 gallons and up. They can get quite large but they grow very slow, so they can be put in a small aquarium as long as they are eventually upgraded to a larger tank.
Clown Loach (Botia macracantha): A very popular fish, an attractive one. It has some distinctive black stripes across the body, always with one through the forehead and eyes.
Khuli Loach - A relative of the Clown Loach but smaller and more elongated, almost snake-like. Grows to about 12.7cm (5") long and burrows in the substrate.
Loaches will often be happier if kept with a few of their own species.
Weather Loaches - Misgurnus fossilis and Spotted Weather Loaches - Cobitis taenia should be avoided.
Loaches are well known for their "bottom-feeder" behavior and this one lives up to that reputation. Normally quite passive this species can be territorial.
Some loaches are sensitive to poor nitrogen cycle management, which is why they are included here, rather than in the Good First Fish section.
Cinnamon Loach
Pangio Acanthophthalmus sp
Silver Shark
Bala Shark
Tricolor sharkminnow ...
Most Botia and Loach species are not hardy enough to start a new aquarium. Botias are scaleless fish, and are therefore more sensitive to ammonia. The most popular Botia, the Clown Loach, is definitely not a good starter fish, nor is the Kuhli Loach.
(1) Coryman, (2) loach, (3) thelivelylady.
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Considering that many freshwater fish prefer to be in schools of at least six fish, the price of adding fish to your tank can really add up. We kept this list to fish that would reach an adult size of 2-3 inches.
Examples are tetras, corys, angels, clown loaches, white clouds, barbs. Some kinds of fish do well in trios - 1 male, two females, so they don't harass the females to death. Examples are gouramis, bettas, guppies, platies, mollies.
Akanthopsis choirorynchus (Horse face loach)
Akanthophthalmus kuhlii myersi (Coolie loach)
Amblydoras hancockii (Fast fact sheet)
Ancistrinae sp. (L128)
Balantiocheilous melanopterus (Tricolor Shark)
Barbus schwanefeldi (Tinfoil barb) ...
Some "Skunk Botia" (Botia morleti) are injected with dyes and painted to produce purple, red, and blue loaches.
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.
Balitoridae(River loaches
Hillstrem loaches)Balitoridae
Callichthyidae(Callichthyid
armored catfishes)Callichthyidae
Characidae(Characins)Characidae
Cichlidae(Cichlids)Cichlidae
Citharinidae(---)Citharinidae
Cobitidae(Loaches)Cobitidae ...
Humann, Paul and Ned DeLoach. 2002. Reef Coral Identification. New World Publications Inc. Jacksonville, Florida.
Neves, R.J. 1993. A state-of-the-unionids address. Conservation and management of freshwater mussels. Proceedings of a symposium.
Twig Catfish (Farlowella sp.) and Hillstream Loaches (Balitoridae sp.) are excellent examples of micro predators which relish diatomic algae growth, but are often mistaken for vegetarians by their keepers for their affinity for these algaes, ...
The clown loach is the number one choice for eating snails. It is a scavenger by nature but has a sweet tooth for snails. They can be purchased small (usually about an inch or two) and will eat any snail it can fit into it's mouth.
For ridding your tank of snails, you have little recourse other than vacuuming as many up as possible, though clown loaches are rumored to eat snails. The SNAIL SECTION of the DISEASE FAQ describes individual species of snails and specific remedies.
Raise the tank temperature to around 86 degrees provided that you have no cold-water species like weather loaches, goldfish, minnows etc.
Laboratory studies proved that it is safe for even the most delicate fish species, including tetras, discus fry and scaleless fish, like clown loaches. It can be used with all marine fish, invertebrates, such as live corals and anemones.
3. With only 9 Tiger Barbs, a Khuli Loach, and a pleco, there seems to be plenty of room for a few more fish. Do you know any good, hardy ones that can get along with my barbs, or should I just purchase more of them? Thanks again!!! ...
(2) Discus should not be kept with other fish other than catfish, loaches, neons, or
cardinal tetras. This is due to the fact that they are very susceptible to disease, they ...
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Catfish and loaches are the most common aquarium bottom feeder fish. There are 37 known families of the catfish. But their compatibility with other fish need to be judged.
Tank Mates: 1 Common pleco, 2 Platys, 4 Mollys, 2 Guppies, 1 Clown Loach, 3 Golden apple snails
Member Comment: This tank I setup for my nan, after seeing my saltwater aquarium she fell in love with it and decided she wanted one.
Betta splendens (For comparison, Thanks Mr.Brookloach)
Betta imbellis (For comparison, Thanks Mr. Brookloach)
Betta smaragdina (For comparison) ...
Social: Does best in schools of five or more. Will successfully live with Angels, Clown and other Loaches, Danios, Gouramis, Rainbows and Tetras. Prefers to live in the middle of the aquarium.
Life span: 8 years ...
Fish such as Discus and Bottom dwellers (Catfish, Loaches, Sharks, Plecostomus) require approximately 5 minutes to properly nourish themselves.
Barbel: Whisker-like projections most often found around the mouth of certain fish like catfish and loaches. They are a sensory organ and are used for finding food and for communication.
Aquarists are sometimes advised not to let quick and lively fish (like Barbs) cohabit with slower and more placid species (like loaches), as the latter may be frustrated in their attempts to eat the food provided by their owner.
Best known examples are the sucking loach or Chinese algae, eater-gyrinocheilus aymonieri and the plecostomus and hypostomus. But unfortunately they are rare to come by in pet shops in the country.
My Tiretrack has lived with firemouths, Oscars, clown loaches, my clown knife fish and various catfish with very few aggression problems at all. Tiretracks are beautiful fish and well worth the hours spent digging worms in the garden.
clear bottomed and has no substrate, but in the planted tank I don't see it at all.They will even feed on insects and other smaller snails and their eggs, so all in all I think every tank should have at least one, not to be mixed with clown loaches ...
They also almost always have some of the rarer rainbowfish in stock as well as zebra loaches (personal favorite). It is truly a gem of a fish store for any true enthusiast. If you're ever in the area I recommend that you check them out." ...
It will appear that the tetras brought the ich to the new tank, but they can actually be reacting to small levels that were already present. Ich frequently affects tetras and clown loaches. It can also affect many other fish, including exotic plecos.
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