Pakistan loach

[Dave_2133]

Picked up a pakistan loach yesterday, but the guy who sold it me didn't know much about them and couldn't tell me a great deal. Just wanted to know alittle bit more about them, will he bond with my clown loach?

[basher]

Probably won't bond with the clown loach, but also shouldn't cause any troubles either.. It all depends on how many of each species you have.

A single yoyo loach can sometimes get itself into trouble due to their somewhat 'playful' nature.

[Dave_2133]

I have three clowns at the moment(just waiting for the next good delivery at my lfs) and one YO-YO as the guy in the lfs couldn't catch the others so i've got to go back abd collect of another staff member as he was Cr*p

[Emma Turner]

Pakistani/Yo-yo loaches (Botia almorhae) can sometimes be a little fiesty, so you'll want to give them plenty of room and keep them with appropriate tankmates (i.e. no tiny or long finned fish). As with all other Botia species, you do really want to keep at least 3 of them, and preferably 5+.
I wouldn't keep them with clowns myself, although many people do.

Emma

[Dave_2133]

Thank for the advice. the yo-yo loach is the smallest fish in my tank so i wont have trouble with him eating any other fish. there's a new batch of yo-yo's coming to my lfs this weekend so they'll be ready for sale next week, then i can add some tanks mates for the other one.

[mikev]

Thank for the advice. the yo-yo loach is the smallest fish in my tank

Not for long. Yoyo's may be the fastest growing loach. I got five skinny tiny (<1") yoyo's in Jan, they are approaching the 4" mark now.

I think with yoyo's you should assume 5" size (==5g) per fish right away.

so i wont have trouble with him eating any other fish.

They would not really do this, but they will bother other fish.

[Wendie]

They grow fast and big! One of my females is no longer rocking back and forth, she is now rolling side to side when she stops. She's a year old and heading towards the 5 inch mark now. Adding insult to injury, the other female is starting to do the same thing. They stop on the bottom and catch themselves in mid roll.


She's even fatter now than she was in this picture. I'm hoping I won't have a problem with them becoming egg bound. The male does keep them on the run thou.