Yoyo loach
Botia almorhae
Also called Pakistani loach, almorhae.
Keep five or more or they bully each other. Eats snails.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 12 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 150 L, at least 90 cm long
- Temperature
- 23 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 4 to 15 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 5 or more
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 12 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a yoyo loach fits the tank you have.