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Redtail botia
Yasuhikotakia modesta
A deep, compact blue-grey body with red or yellow-orange fins.
Compare body shape and caudal markings with Y. lecontei.
- Adult length
- Up to 25 cm (standard length, without the tail fin)
- Water temperature
- 23–28 °C
- Lifespan
- Up to 8 years
- pH
- 6–8
- Hardness
- 2–12 dGH
- Natural habitat
- Favours flowing rivers with rock and root cover, moving seasonally among main channels, tributaries and temporarily flooded areas.
Fin-colour forms are not additional species. Keep at 23–28°C, pH 6–8, GH 2–12 dGH.
Floor and movement space
Allow a 150 × 45 cm base.
Aquarium environment
May feed on soft-leaved plants. Ornamental snails and shrimp are not safe.
Diet and feeding
Provide varied, suitably sized sinking foods and small animal foods with suitable plant foods. Snail predation does not replace feeding.
Same-species behaviour
Keep at least five or six, preferably ten or more, on a 150 × 45 cm base.
Compatibility limits
A large, robust and potentially combative loach; groups need sufficient bottom area and several refuges. Take particular care with small peaceful bottom fishes and long-finned companions.