Aquarium setup: Skunk Botia is best kept in a well planted slightly dimmed aquarium. Plants have to be planted in pots otherwise the botia will dig them up. Use hardy plants.
Common Name(s): Skunk Loach, Skunk Botia, Mouse Loach, Cream Loach, Horae's Loach
Family: Cobitidae
Species Type: Asian Loaches/Catfish ...
Skunk Botia Loach
The body of the Skunk Botia Loach is pinkish in coloration, and like other Botia loaches it can be identified by the four pairs of barbels protruding from the mouth area. A black... [Read more]
Striata Botia Loach ...
The skunk botia is a hardy, smaller loach than can be kept with larger, more aggressive fish. In fact, I have kept them with African cichlids and they held their ground quite nicely.
The skunk loach, skunk botia or Hora's loach, Yasuhikotakia morleti (syn. Botia morleti, Botia horae, Botia modesta), is a freshwater tropical fish found in the Mekong River and various rivers in Thailand.
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.
The Clown Loach, Yo-Yo Loach, Dwarf Checkered Loach, Skunk Botia and the Bengal Loach are all Botia that may be found in a community tank and will eat snails.
Tankmates included skunk Botia and other Synodontis spp. The fish were fed mainly frozen brine shrimp, bloodworm, and ProGreen (a mixture of green, clams, and shrimp).
 See also: Skunk, Loach, Botia Morleti, Fish, Species
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