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Yoyo Loach
Botia almorhae
Family: Botiidae
📍 Indus & Ganges, South Asia
The yoyo loach gets its name from the Y-O-Y-O pattern visible on juveniles. Active, social, and entertaining, it is one of the most popular loaches in the hobby. An excellent snail hunter that becomes bolder and more colourful with age.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – sinking pellets, snails, bloodworms, vegetables
- lifespan
- 8–12 years
- max size
- 16 cm (6.3 in)
- tank size
- 40 gallons minimum
- school size
- 4+
- temperament
- Peaceful in groups; playful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 3–12 dGH
- temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
72°F — 86°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)