Every community fish tank can use a pair or more of loaches. These oblong, rounded back fish with flattened bellies will quickly become the tank characters, lying on the bottom snuffling into the gravel for bits of food, taking up hiding posts behind rocks or in improvised caves, or in the case of the clown loach, taking a break by lying on its side. These fish are easy to keep – if the water is kept clean and fresh – and fun to watch.All but a few of the more than 200 species of loach come from central and southern Asia. Relatives of the catfish, they have oval, sucker-like mouths with whisker-like barbels on either side. Being mainly nocturnal, they use these whiskers to search for food. Native to swift flowing waters, some of these fish grow to three feet long in the wild. In the aquarium they remain small, usually no more than a six inches.
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