Saddleback Loach - Homaloptera orthogoniata

**valice** · 20th Jul 2006, 01:53

Got this from Azmi over the weekend...
Choy, this was the loach I saw in Ranmasatome's tank...
Not sure which species it is. Did a search on the net and a few loaches were called saddlebacks... Guess from pictures that it is a H. orthogoniata.

Up close of it (don't know male or female)

In its favourite position

**benny** · 20th Jul 2006, 02:06

Now that's a good picture of the subect!! Any more detail or information about it?

Cheers,

**Nicky** · 20th Jul 2006, 10:03

I bought this fish from Azmi as well. They hang around the outlet of my filter. They are weak eater in the sense that they navigate quite poorly to food. So far I only manage to see them when I use a stringe to 'shoot' tubifex worm near their suspected hideout. I have not seen them eating dry food in my tank.

**valice** · 20th Jul 2006, 10:31

When I saw Azmi's tank, he seems to feed them with Hikari Algae Wafer. And I also feed mine with it. But they tend to eat only after sometime..And this fella doesn't have a big appetite imo. Mine like to hide in the plants and graze on the leaves and stays away from the air stone in the tank.

Azmi says that this loach is from the Thailand, Myanmar region.

**mervin** · 20th Jul 2006, 20:56

"fast" water fish ?

**avant** · 20th Jul 2006, 21:06

Yup. Mine's like to ride on the current.

**Plantbrain** · 21st Jul 2006, 01:43

I've had these for about 2 years now, they do well in my tanks.
I have them with warmer water fish, they scrurry around and are seen quite often really.

Very nice little fish.

Regards,
Tom Barr