There are many kinds of loach, the world's largest loach is living in the northwest of Tibet, China, the plateau of the catfish and the long thin loach, the loach is very popular with the ornamental community like to raise pet fish, there are two kinds of ornamental fish and grass tank tool fish, and the name is also very good, these two kinds of loach is also very good value, one is a panda loach with a panda appearance, one is a coolie loach with a coolie name.
Panda loach
It is a kind of fish of the genus Protobadrich in the family Flatfin loach, with a black and white body color, like a panda, which has a high ornamental quality, and its ornamental value is quite high in China and the world loach family. Panda loach belongs to the loach family, the body color is black and white, like a panda, has a high ornamental nature, in China and the world loach family, its ornamental value is quite high. Because of its slender size and small size, it is also responsible for cleaning up food debris that accumulates in small areas.
Coolie loach
The loach is a species of loach in the family Loachidae, subfamily Loach, and a genus of loach. There are no recorded species of Pan loach in China, but it is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia, with dozens of species in addition to the coolie loach.
Coolie loach is commonly known as snake fish, snake fish, elongated bees, and can be raised as ornamental fish. Listening to the name makes it funny, doing coolies, yes, mainly used in the bottom cleaning work of the grass tank, such as using it to clean up planarians. Distributed in Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places. Cool loach temperament is gentle and does not harm other fish, the body shape is like a loach, more gorgeous than loach, the body is strong and easy to raise, the temperament is mild, the water quality requirements are not high, and there is a habit of diving sand and drilling mud.
features:
The body is slender, golden in color, and the ventral surface is pink. Dark brown-black stripes run longitudinally through the fish body, but not around. The eyes are small and hidden in a stripe, with fine yellow stripes separating most of the dark brown stripes. Narrowing of the interocular septum. The anterior nostrils are short tubular, and the posterior nostrils are close to the posterior lateral side. The scales are small. The pectoral fin and dorsal fin are small; the fin is connected to the caudal fin. The eyes have a transparent membrane to avoid eye damage when sneaking into the sand. The body color is yellow, orange, tea brown, the fish body has a longitudinal dark black stripe, but not in the shape of a circle, in specific light conditions, the spine and internal organs can be seen, 47 to 51 vertebrae. Body length up to 12 cm. The male is slender and narrow, while the female is larger and has an enlarged abdomen.
Snakefish
How to raise cool loach
In recent years, the coolie loach is often raised as a tropical ornamental fish in the aquarium, due to its docile temperament, it can be well mixed with other fish, the yellow and black cool loach is the pet of many aquatic tank players, in addition to the cute appearance, it is also a hard-working little guy. It is a good tool fish to remove worms from the sand in the bottom of the aquarium. Suitable for breeding in aquariums with aquatic weeds, it is best to place a number of sunken wood or rocks in the tank, which can provide a good living environment for them.
Because the cool loach likes to drill mud, you can't use angular bottom sand in your fish tank. Coolie loach is very cheap. Coolie loach is a nocturnal fish that likes to swim at the bottom of the tank and crawl around on sunken wood. Some people mix it with small heterotypic fish and ratfish, and the effect is also good. Aquariums are better kept with small baby fish. Snakefish are smooth and slender, with excellent bouncing performance, and it is very easy to jump the tank if the water level is too high.