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Loaches

Loaches Care Guides

Bottom-dwelling, often nocturnal fish, many of which are excellent natural snail controllers.

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Kuhli Loach

Pangio kuhlii

A peaceful eel-like loach that hides by day and forages by night.

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Zebra Loach

Botia striata

A peaceful striped loach and an excellent natural snail controller.

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Yoyo Loach

Botia almorhae

An active, intelligent loach marked with Y-O-Y-O-like patterning.

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Clown Loach

Chromobotia macracanthus

A much-loved orange-and-black loach that grows large and lives for decades.

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Dwarf Chain Loach

Ambastaia sidthimunki

A small, active and social loach that happily eats nuisance snails.

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Horseface Loach

Acantopsis dialuzona

A quirky long-snouted loach that loves to bury itself in soft sand.

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Weather Loach

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

A hardy coldwater loach said to grow restless before weather changes.

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Skunk Loach

Yasuhikotakia morleti

A small but feisty loach with a black skunk-like stripe.

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Reticulated Hillstream Loach

Sewellia lineolata

A ray-like loach for cool, fast-flowing, highly oxygenated tanks.

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Burmese Border Loach

Botia kubotai

The angelicus or polka-dot loach, beautifully marbled in cream and black.

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Black Kuhli Loach

Pangio oblonga

A plain dark eel-like loach that forages and hides in groups.

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Panda Garra

Garra flavatra

A colourful banded algae-grazing garra for cooler, flowing tanks.

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Hillstream Borneo Sucker

Gastromyzon sp.

A flat, ray-like sucker loach for cool, fast, oxygen-rich water.

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Rosy Loach

Petruichthys sp. 'rosy'

A tiny, active and peaceful nano loach that shoals happily in planted tanks.

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Striata Zebra Loach

Botia striata

A peaceful striped loach and an excellent snail-controller for community tanks.

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Sucking Loach

Gyrinocheilus aymonieri

Sold young as an algae-eater but grows large and aggressive - research before buying.