Botia striata
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| Botia striata (Narayan Rao, 1920) |
The zebra loach, Botia striata, is a small freshwater fish native to Southern India. The maximum size is about 3 in (7.8 cm). It lives in tropical climate with temperature range of 23 - 26 ° C, and prefers water with 6.0 to 8.0 pH, 5.0 to 12 dGH.
Zebra loaches are peaceful fish suitable to community aquarium tanks. However, being bottom feeder, they may show some aggression against other smaller bottom feeder. So small corydoras are not suggested as a tankmate. They should be kept in group of at least two or three and require some caves to hide during most of daylight. Accepted diet includes live food and sinking type of fish food.
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[edit] References
- Botia striata (TSN 640127). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 11 March 2006.
- "Botia striata". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
