The Complete Yoyo Loach Care Guide: Size, Keeping and More

Yoyo loach (Botia almorhae) is a very beautiful freshwater fish that belongs to family Botiidae. It has silvery body with dark vertical stripes and its reproductive species also have some bluish shimmer. Yoyo loach comes from India and Pakistan. Besides Pakistani species are a bit less saturated with color than Indian ones. Of course, they may be two different subspecies or even two different kinds, because their classification isn’t very precise for the moment.

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Butterfly Hillstream Loach Care Guide: Tips for Keeping these Delicate Fish

Butterfly hillstream loach (lat. Beaufortia kweichowensis) is a small and very unusual freshwater fish. Many aquarists think that trey are from catfish family, however this species is from loach family. These loaches are popular among aquarium hobbyists due to their unique characteristics and their ability to thrive in fast-flowing, oxygen-rich setups. If you want to keep it in a tank you’ll have to recreate the conditions like the ones the fish used to have in the wild.

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Step-by-Step Jaguar Cichlid Keeping for Beginners

Jaguar cichlid (Parachromis managuensis) is a large, raptorial, but very beautiful fish, and it is good for large cichlid fans. Unlike other cichlid, jaguar obtains the most of its color when it becomes reproductive. For example, the juveniles have noticeable black bands on their body and the mature fish becomes spotted, so due to these spots they got their “jaguar” name.

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