Horsefaced loach?

[Heady]

I have not been able to find these at my lfs's, at aquabid or alloddballaquatics. What other sites would be good to try?

I have never had one before. Do they really burrow in the substrate as described in the species profile here at AquariaCentral? That would be cool!

[crash]

Hey, I can't tell you from expierence, because I've never owned them, but they have them at my LFS. And all the time there burrowing in the subtrate, and up-rooting everything. When there active, there fun to watch, but from what I see they just like to lounge around, and sit at the bottom. I don't really know much about these buggers, except from what I've seen.

- Steve

[Heady]

Hm. I am looking for a fish to burrow in the substrate because I think it would be fun to watch, but I can't say I'm excited about the concept of digging up all my plants.

Any other input?

[Moreta]

FWIW,

if you don't want your plants uprooted, I'd stay away from the horsehead. Had one I really enjoyed in a tank with an undergravel filter-but he tore the substrate up! There were no plants in the tank, which was a good thing as he was always rearranging the substrate. The tank was perpetually cloudy, but he was such fun to watch I didn't mind. Then he disappeared. Thought he was dead until I broke the tank down and he was under the filter plate, quite fat and healthy! :eek:

If you want one, maybe set up another unplanted tank with a fine sand substrate just for the horsehead?

HTH,

Tracy