The Yo-Yo Loach is a cream colored fish with gray markings that look like a repeating pattern of alternating y's and o's. It is for this reason that the fish earned the name "yo-yo" loach. The tail and fins are transpearent with a few gray... Read more >
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The Angelicus Loach, known as both Botia angelicus and Botia kubotai, has a beautiful striped pattern in a deep brown over a silvery-white body. This is one of the most popular aquarium loaches and one of the most compatible for most community... Read more >
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The Red Tail Botia, Botia modesta , is generally dark gray to an almost blue appearance with red or orange fins. They are scavengers that will spend the majority of their time on the aquarium bottom searching for food in the gravel. Caves,... Read more >
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The Zebra or Striped Loach, Botia striata , is a peaceful and smaller member of the loach family. It is often found in groups and is considered a good snail eater (perfect for snail problems in smaller tanks). Feed a meaty diet of sinking foods... Read more >
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no common name
(Mesonoemacheilus triangularis)
This loach is widely known by two common names, the Batik Loach and the Zodiac Loach. It has a long, olive green body with lighter tan markings and red in its tail and fins. The eyes are set high on its head and the face ends with a flattened snout... Read more >
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Dojo loach
(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
The Golden Weather Loach or Dojo Loach is so named because it will become very active and swim erratically in response to sudden changes in barometric pressure or temperature. It is a very long, slender fish that is mainly peachy yellow in color, a... Read more >
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The Retilculated Hillstream Sucker is an interesting fish. It has a flattened body with wide, modified pectoral and ventral fins that it can use to attach to rocks, glass and other surfaces like a suction cup. The body is dark brown and is covered... Read more >
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The 12-Bar Loach has multiple thin dark stripes down the entire length of its golden-tan body. Its head is pointed downward and it has short whisker-like barbels at the end of its face. These loaches dig in the substrate and should have fine sand... Read more >
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Dwarf botia
(Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki)
The Chain Loach is also called the Dwarf Loach due to its small size. It is black on the upper body and whitish on its lower sides and belly. The black region is punctuated with a row of large white blotches giving the appearance of chain links. ... Read more >
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