Loaches
Morleti loach
Yasuhikotakia morleti
Photo: Lerdsuwa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature25–29 °C
- pH6.5–7.5
- Minimum tank150 l
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Botiidae
- Origin
- Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
- Size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 25 – 29°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 5 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (territorial toward its own species)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5 or more
- Minimum aquarium size
- 150 L
- Diet
- Omnivorous (pellets, larvae, snails)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; does not reproduce in the aquarium
Notes: Silver-gray with a dark line running from the snout to the tail. It may nibble on long fins; best kept with fast-swimming fish.
