Rasboras, danios, and barbs
Zebra Loach
Botia striata
Photo: Lerdsuwa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size9 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Botiidae
- Origin
- Western Ghats (India)
- Size
- 9 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 3 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- Omnivorous (small snails, worms, tablets)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; does not reproduce in the aquarium
Notes: Thin yellow and black stripes. One of the calmest and smaller-sized loaches. Requires fine sand and caves.
