Bottom Feeding Fish: Loaches, 4 Loach Species on a Species Sunday
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Bottom Feeding fish are great in the planted tank. The bottom feeders, like loaches, will take care of all the fish food that gets past the other fish in the aquarium.
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Species Sunday folks. So today I want to bring it to you with 1,2,3 Species of loaches that I love and one that I hate. Lots of Loaches
Botias are fantastic snail killers- They simply decimate snails- it’s what they were biologically built to do. They have the down pointed nose, “fangs” that they can poke around at stuff. - But you don’t want to give them another option of food. Basically- If you have snails starve your fish for a few days and these suckers will go to work!
They also have these “Pharyngeal teeth” Or “Throat Teeth” which I thought was pretty wicked that actually a bunch of species have to help push stuff back. They deep throat it if you will.
Something else about them biologically- They also have this wicked little spike below their eyes that they stick out when they feel threatened.
They are great little bottom feeders and generally like the company others of the same species. Though I haven’t keep them in more than pairs, it is very clear by just keeping two of them together that they like having their own company around.
A note on these with other bottom feeders- I actually don’t recommend them with cory cats. They cories are too chill to keep up with the eating habits of most loaches. They are much more aggressive eaters and will swim right into the mix of larger fish eating, and can clean up the bottom leftovers faster than cories.
And here are a few species worth checking out.
Yo- Yo Loach
yoyo loach, Almora loach or Pakistani loach These come from the Ganges basin in northern India. They are called Pakistani Loach but I don’t think they are actually in Pakistan
The zebra loach (Botia striata) is another commonly available loach- It likes temperature range of 70–79 °F I have kept these a few times.
skunk loach, skunk botia
Mekong river Allie Caulfield – PHOTO
These Skunk loaches are angry bastards, who ruin the happiness of your aquarium- Mega aggressive with an “out to get you” Personality. I am not a fan of skunk loaches if you couldn't tell
Now my favorite loach is the Botia Angelicus. I love the color patten of these suckers, great looking loach. They have a good temperament that goes well with other fish.
Botea is found in the Salween River system which is mostly in Myanmar. It was first discovered in Ataran River[4] (known in Thailand as Kasat River), a tributary of Salween
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