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.
Loaches
Profiles, photos, and care information about Loaches.
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You don't have to include a lot of plants, but some are needed to provide hiding places. Clown Loaches don't like bright lights so keep the tank dimly lit or provide floating plants for cover.
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Loaches have a heightened sense of taste and smell as well as some very flexible body shapes. They will search out stray food wherever it falls. These great scavengers are especially appreciated by the aquarist.
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By William Berg Scientific Name: Botia macracanthusOther Scientific Name(s): Cobitis macracanthus, Botia macrocanthusCommon Name: Clown Loach Clown loaches are very popular aquarium fish; however they are not ...
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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.
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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).
(Goldfish, Barbs, Loaches, Sharks, Rasbora, Foxes, Botia, Danios)
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Loaches
Clown Loach
A loach with tons of personality that needs to be properly acclimated to your larger sized tank.
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 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 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.
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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.
Loaches may be prone to parasitic (such as ich) and protozoan infestations and poor water conditions are a major factor. Treatment must be carefully monitored, as loaches are scaleless and thus highly sensitive to any medications or chemicals.
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Some loaches are sensitive to poor nitrogen cycle management, which is why they are included here, rather than in the Good First Fish section.
Clown Loaches are a hardy species. They should be in water with a temperature between 77 and 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Their water should have a pH in a range of six to seven and a half. Clown Loaches are a little more prone to Ich than most fish.
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.
Zebra loaches have no special requirements on water conditions, they do however prefer a certain aquarium setup to be at their best.
Clown loaches are very prone to disease since they have no scales. Ich is the most common ailment, and often they are seen in the pet store covered in ich spots (makes my blood boil).
Asian Loaches/Catfish
Angelicus Loach (Botia kubotai)
Banana Loach (Acantopsis choirorhynchos)
Banded Loach (Botia hymenophysa)
Candy Loach (Botia striata)
Chinese Algae Eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri)
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Silver sharks already featured in cyprinids section ...
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.
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
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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.
(Tri-Color) Shark Green Tiger Barb Black Shark Red Tailed Shark Blue Danio Rosy Barb Giant Danio Tiger Barb White Cloud Tinfoil Barb Zebra Danio Harlequin Rasbora Killifish Lyretail Livebearers Guppy Swordtail Knife Livebearer Molly Platy Loaches ...
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, ...
Many catfish and loaches wait until food settles to the tank bottom before beginning to feed, which makes them useful in cleaning up some of the scraps the other fish missed.
Clown is a name often given to fish, clown anemone fish, loaches and plecos all bear than moniker either because of bold, often brash colouration or because of comical or quirky captive behaviour. This is true of S. decorus too.
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.
Aquarium setup: Use sand or gravel as bottom substrate since it allows the clown loaches to dig. Decorated the aquarium using roots and rocks and PVC pipes etc to create a lot of hiding places.
Chapter 10 is on a large group of American fishes - the suckers (Catostomidae), related to the loaches of Europe and Asia, and the minnows (Cyprinidae).
Loaches are bottom dwellers that differentiate themselves from most of the fish in this list. They are more secretive; they tend to hang out alone, with many being nocturnal.
Bear in mind that most loaches are extremely capable of eating the fry in the dark and can keep control of the fish population in your tank. In contrast, in New world cichlids both parents usually raise and protect the fry.
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.
Other Info= Clown loaches when young may look like they would be good for a community tank, but when they are large, they are not suitable.
Breeding Info= All Info here is hypothetical
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(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 ...
"I have similar experiances my two Clown Loaches got stuck in a piece of decor shaped like a lions head. They were stuck in its mouth for an hour until a friend picked it up shook it a little and the fish came out!" ...
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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.
Additional: Most Pseudogastromyzon Hill Stream Loaches have as a common name Chinese Hill Stream Loach.
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Botia lohachata requires small amounts of food several times a day. Younger Botia Loaches will eat most prepared foods, while older ones may be more finicky.
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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.
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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.
Bottom feeders such as catfish and loaches should be fed a sinking type food sparingly three times a week. In saltwater, Moray Eels and other large carnivores should be fed three to five times a week.
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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