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There is not a lot of information about Lake Inle Loach. They seem to be just found by aquarians as good fish to be kept in tanks. Scientific name of Lake Inle Loach is Physoschistura shanensis (Hora, 1929)
Lake Inle Loaches are demersal fish that lives in freshwater environment. Demersal fish spends its time live digging mud, sand and gravel near bottom of lakes and rivers. Loaches are found in a shallow lake with dense bottom and floating vegetation.
Maximum size of adult creature is undefined yet. It is reported be 2 inches (6 cm), yet my young fish is already bigger.
Sexual Dimorphism is also unknown for sure. Based on other types of loaches it can be assumed that females generally plumper all over than males. It has been reported that mature females develop black pepper spots and red fins. Males have a single black stripe stretching from the head to the tail. I am not sure about red fins and stripes, but plumper look of females seems more realistic.
Lake Inle Loaches are originally from the shores of Inle Lake in southern Shan States, Myanma. Look at the map to get better understanding where it is.
Some loaches are known as a snail-eaters. I saw my Lake Inle Loaches biting snails and playing with them. They didn't hurt snails badly, just agitete snail's feeding and moving. My snail are quite big and I don't know how Lake Inle Loach will interact with small snails. Be carreful with loaces and smails in the same tank.
Feedong Lake Inle Loach is similar to feeding other bottom-feeders. They will look for feed in the sand or grass. Lake Inle Loach are omnivorous and feed at the bottom of the tank and will help keeping the tank clean of uneaten food.
They are not swallowing big pieces of food quiclky as this do another fishes. They definetly need a food delivered to the bottom and some time to bite and carefully chew theor meal.
They will go to the surface and down trying to find food it's not placed directly on the bottom. Sinking pellets, chopped earthworms, brine shrimp, chopped cocktail shrimp are all good. They are not eating flakes came from the top. As a lotof other fishes Lake Inle Loaches will appriciate frozen bloodworm and can make a litle show for you chacing and devouring bloodworms.
I feed my loaches sinking pellets at the same time I feed other fishes flakes. While other fisles are busy with their meal, loaches have time to find and eat their food on the bottom. Bloodworms have to be delivered to the bottom of the tank or, which is better, directly to loeaches noses. I use a plastic tube for this.
Lake Inle Loach need good quality water with efficient filtration. They are accustom to gently floating water.
They do best in medium to large planted aquariums, places between roots and stems can be used to hide. from time to time I see my loaches "jumping" into steady leaves and stems and resting there. Lake Inle Loach will appreciate caves and shadom places in the aquarium, but don't worry they will not hide there all the time.
Lake Inle Loach require sandy substrate and like to gravel in the sand and look for leftovers. As other loaches they can make some holes in there. My fishes manage to make small holes in quite gross gravel I have.
It's recomended to keep Lake Inle Loaches in small groups, they are not school fishes, but social. They play and folly chase each other. They can be seen laying one on the other in hiding places or digging for food together.
Note that Lake Inle Loach are scaleless fishes, so rough rocks such as lava rock are not recomended unless they are abundantly secured by plants and mosses.
Loaches are quite friendly fish and are interesting pets. It's fun to explore they swiming-flying across a tank. They are 'jump' to the surfase while I feed fishes or just standing near the tank.
Lake Inle Loaches are harmless to other species. They can drive off other fishes from their bottom area of the tank, especially in feeding time, but they don't hurt them. Some loaches are known as snail-eaters. I saw my Lake Inle Loaches biting snails and playing with them. They do not hurt snails badly, just agitate them while feeding and moving. My snails are quite big and I don't know how Lake Inle Loaches interact with small snails. Be careful with loaches and snails in the same tank.
Feeding. Lake Inle Loach is similar to other bottom-feeders. It looks for food in sand or grass. Lake Inle Loaches are omnivorous and feed on uneaten food at the bottom of the tank. So they will help to keep a tank clean. They do not swallow big pieces of food quickly as another fish does. They definitely need food delivered to the bottom as well as some time to bite and carefully chew their meal. Loaches will go up and down trying to find food if it is not placed directly to the bottom. Sinking pellets, chopped earthworms, brine shrimp, chopped cocktail shrimps are all good. They do not eat flakes floating on the water surface. As a lot of other fish, Lake Inle Loaches will appreciate frozen bloodworm and can make a small show for you chasing and devouring bloodworms. I feed my loaches with sinking pellets at the same time I feed other fish with flakes. While other fish is busy with its meal, loaches have time to find and eat their food on the bottom. Bloodworms have to be delivered to the bottom of a tank or, which is better, directly in front loaches' noses. I use a plastic tube for this.
Lake Inle Loach needs water of good quality with efficient filtration. They are accustomed to gently floating water. They do best in medium to large planted aquariums, places between roots and stems can be used to hide. From time to time I see my loaches "jumping" into steady leaves and stems to have some rest there. Lake Inle Loach will appreciate caves and shadow places in your aquarium, but don't worry, they will not hide there for all along. Lake Inle Loach requires sandy substrate and likes to dig in the sand and look for leftovers. As other loaches they can make some holes in there. My fish manages to make small holes in quite thick layer of gravel that I have. It is recommended to keep Lake Inle Loaches in small groups, they are not schooling fish but social one. It plays and folly chases each other. They can be seen laying one on other in hiding places or digging in for food together.
Note that Lake Inle Loaches are scaleless fishes, so rough rocks such as lava rock are not recommended unless they are abundantly secured by plants and mosses.
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