Largely nocturnal, loaches are shy fish that like to hide among driftwood, plant roots, rocks, and caves. Provide a medium to fine substrate for the Horseface Loach to sift through and to burry themselves when threatened. Loaches are peaceful fish that get along well with other peaceful community fish.

Unfortunately, the breeding habits of the Horseface Loach have not been documented.

Although it is a scavenger, the Horseface Loach is largely carnivorous, preferring freeze-dried bloodworms and tubifex, as well as frozen and live foods of all types. With time and training, the Horseface Loach may accept flake foods.

Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 3"

Elodie Pecqueur
Los Angeles, CA

Awesome and nice fish! He is very funny to watch, he can hide in a fine sand, and you see only his nose out of the sand. It is also easy to feed with frozen artemias, tubifex, krill, or wafers. If you have other corys, or you take 5 or 6 of them, you will have the pleasure to see them coming in the front of the aquarium if there is a nice unplanted front space... and they can even recognize you, and follow you when you put your hands in the aquarium for putting away little plants. They are cute and easy to keep in a community aquarium well planted with hideouts and still species.

Ethan Jeane
DeRidder, LA

I have two of these loaches and they are very interesting. They stay buried most of the time in the gravel, so the gravel is very important. They are fun to watch when they come out to eat. They are most active late at night and are more active in small groups of two or three.