Loaches
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei
Photo: Ratmuangkhwang, Sahat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH6.5–7.5
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size8 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Origin
- Burma, Thailand and Malaysia
- Size
- 8 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 5 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower (burrows)
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3 or more
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- Omnivore (pellets, larvae, food scraps)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A brown-speckled sand loach, unobtrusive and very useful as a bottom-dwelling cleaner. It needs a fine substrate in which to burrow.
