Loaches
Guntea Loach
Lepidocephalichthys guntea
Photo: Sandipan Das · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6.5–7.5
- Minimum tank80 l
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Origin
- South Asia
- Size
- 15 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 4 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 80 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A spotted loach that burrows into the sand. Very hardy.
