please name this fish!

**greatXpectations** · 06-30-2008, 08:01 AM

I got it at the LFS and they told me what it was, but i cant remember...i know hes not native for my tank, but hes got quite the personality and was in with the malawi's so i brought it home :)

Seems to be nocturnal as it hides in the driftwood all day and doesnt move much. i caught him wiggling out of his hole tonight!

I wish i had done some research on it first, but here i am...

my decorus doesnt seem too thrilled to have him in the tank though, lol

**Dave66** · 06-30-2008, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by greatXpectations

I got it at the LFS and they told me what it was, but i cant remember...i know hes not native for my tank, but hes got quite the personality and was in with the malawi's so i brought it home :)

Seems to be nocturnal as it hides in the driftwood all day and doesnt move much. i caught him wiggling out of his hole tonight!

I wish i had done some research on it first, but here i am...

my decorus doesnt seem too thrilled to have him in the tank though, lol

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSCF8163.jpg

Botia almorhae. Yo Yo loach. Prefers soft and slightly acid water, by the way.

Dave

**angelcakes** · 06-30-2008, 10:17 AM

as dave says its a yoyo loach......

**Harls** · 06-30-2008, 12:54 PM

Whats that awesome looking fish behind it? its loooks like an awesome as cory but i think i'm wrong...
Harls

**pes142** · 06-30-2008, 03:54 PM

Name it something awesome like Slash or Bubbles

**toddnbecka** · 06-30-2008, 05:16 PM

They're social critters, best to get several more to keep that one company. They do get rather squirrely on their own for too long, and will become a problem for the other fish w/out others of their own species to interact with. I had a lone red-tail botia that killed a few praecox rainbows in a 55, mainly Tanganykian tank.