Common name: Zebra Loach.

Species: Botia striata.

Habitat: Southern India.

Potential size: 6.5cm.

Social behaviour: A peaceful community fish. Best kept in small groups.

Food: Flake, wafers, tablets, frozen food etc.

Common name: Dwarf Chain Loach.

Species: Ambastaia sidthimunki.

Habitat: Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

Potential size: 6cm.

Social behaviour: A peaceful, schooling community fish. Best kept in groups of 4 or 5+.

Food: Flake, wafers, tablets etc.

Common name: Rosy Loach.

Species: Petruichthys sp. 'rosy'.

Habitat: Myanmar. They are said to share their natural micro-habitat with the Celestial Pearl Danio (Celestichthys Margaritatus).

Potential size: 2.5cm.

Social Behaviour: Very peaceful, keep in groups of 5 or 6+ with other species of a similar size and nature.

Food: Flake, wafers, tablets, daphnia, brineshrimp etc.

Common name: Siamese Algae Eater.

Species: Crossochellus siamensis.

Habitat: South East Asia.

Potential size: 10cm.

Social behaviour: Can be territorial with others of the same species but generally a very peaceful community fish. Keep 1 only or in groups of 4+.

Food: Algae (Thread and Brush types and Planarians (Flatworms)), wafers, tablets, frozen food etc.

Common name: Silver Shark / Bala Shark.

Species: Balantiocheilus melanopterus.

Habitat: Sumatra, Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia.

Potential size: Up to 30 cm, usually smaller in aquariums.

Social behaviour: A lively, peaceful species, suitable for most large-fish community aquariums.

Food: Flake, tablets, frozen food, live food etc.

Common name: Kuhli Loach.

Species: Pangio semicincta.

Habitat: Peninsular Malaysia plus the Great Sunda Islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

Potential size: 10cm.

Social behaviour: A peaceful community fish. Best kept in groups of 4 or 5+.

Food: Flake, wafers, tablets etc.

Common name: Panda Garra.

Species: Garra flavatra.

Habitat: Found on the Western side of the Rakhine Yoma Mountains in Southern Myanmar.

Potential size: 7.5cm.

Social behaviour: Generally a peaceful community fish. Best kept in groups of 4 or 5+.

Food: Algae, sinking pellets, wafers, bloodworm, vegetable matter etc.

Common name: Burmese Red Fin Silver Shark.

Species: Cyclocheilichthys janthochir.

Habitat: Endemic to the provinces of West Kalimantan & Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo including the Kapaus River Basin.

Potential size: 20cm.

Social behaviour: A lively, peaceful community fish, suitable for most large fish community aquariums.Temp: 22 - 26C. pH: 5.0 - 7.5.

Food: Flake, tablets, frozen food, live food etc.

Common name: Peppermint Loach.

Species: Traccatichthys taeniatus.

Habitat: Southeast Asia: Laos.

Potential size: 10cm.

Social behaviour: A lively, peaceful community fish. Keep in groups of 3 or 4+.

Food: Flake, wafers, tablets etc.