Dwarf Chain Loach - Live Aquarium Fish (Pack of 4)

✅ The Dwarf Chain Loach is a very small member of the botia/loach family and is one of the few members of this popular fish family that is often appropriate for the heavily planted aquarium. Its endless activity and outgoing personality, coupled with its beautiful coloration and adaptability, make it an excellent candidate for many aquariums

✅ The Dwarf Chain Loach (Ambastaia sidthimunki) is a nano-sized member of the loach/botia family indigenous to Thailand. While its limited wild populations are in decline and nationally protected, this fish has fairly recently been farmed on a commercial level in the United States. In addition to its very attractive appearance

✅ this beautiful loach is also highly desired due to its extremely active and outgoing personality as well as its relative adaptability. This is a fairly rare species and it is one of the few traditionally-shaped loach/botia species that can be considered a “nano” fish that is appropriate for heavily-planted aquariums

✅ The Dwarf Chain Loach is an omnivorous micropredator requiring a diet of meaty foods regularly supplemented with vegetable and fruit matter

✅ It will often accept high quality dry foods, but its diet should also include regular offerings of live/frozen meaty foods of invertebrate origin

✅ It also eats a fair amount of vegetable or fruit matter, so these items should be offered in sparing amounts on a regular basis. There are some reports that the Dwarf Chain Loach may occasionally eat soft leaf plants, so care should be taken to observe this fish when adding it to an aquarium with such plants

✅ It is not known to bother more durable plants with heavier leaves, such as Anubias, Java Fern, Moneywort, and most mosses, among many other plants

✅ In most cases, the Dwarf Chain Loach will not do significant damage to well-established plants in a larger aquarium as long as it is well-fed, including regular, but sparing vegetable and fruit matter in its diet

✅ The aquarium of the Dwarf Chain Loach should include plenty of plants, rockwork, and driftwood. Plenty of cover is necessary for this species and will ensure the most activity and least stress

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