Khuli loach / Acanthopthalmus khulii
Common
Name:Khuli loach
Scientific
Name: Acanthopthalmus khulii
Family:
Cobitidae
Origin:
Asia
Habitat:
Slow moving planted Streams.
Diet:
Omnivorous, they will accept most aquarium foods. But try to vary their
diet like you would any other fish, Especially vegetables to keep them looking their best.
General
Information:
The markings on the fish that are sold as Khuli loaches are exceptionally variable. some have a band all the way round the body; others have bands extending only half way; still more just have a line of large dots across the center of the back, running the full length of the body.
They have an eel like appearance and are so quick that it is almost impossible to catch them in a planted aquarium. Khuli loaches swim very fast from one area to another and then settle down for a while.
Generally they swim close to the bottom of the aquarium and make excellent scavengers, eating any food missed by the other inhabitants. they are known to be group spawners and the females are plumper than the males, but this is about all that is known of their breeding habbits.
Feeding : They like a varied diet of flake foods. They readily take live food, such as bloodworms, tubifex and glassworms, as well as live daphnia, once or twice a week.
