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Different fish
There are many "odd-ball" fish around, and sometimes people want
something a bit different.
Clown Loach (Botia macracantha): A very popular fish, an attractive one. It has some distinctive black stripes
across the body, always with one through the forehead and eyes. It can be quite an active fish, and
can tolerate other species, seems to do well with other Clown Loaches.
Picture - Freshwater Aquarium
and Shirlie Sharp.
Coolie Loach (Acathophthalmus kuhli): These worm like things have black bodys, with golden
-brown bands across them. They spent most of their time wriggling across
the floor foraging for food.
Picture - Debbs Denizens Of The Deep
Rope Fish, Snakefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus):
This is certainly a fish from the norm, and would need a very big tank.
This fish is a lobe-finned pike, from the family of Polypteridae.
Pufferfish (Tetraodon steindachneri): This is actually 'Tetradon steindachneri', of the Tetradonae
family. A fantastic looking fish, although i have never had one personally. This
fish is very intolerant and aggresive, and often attacks plants - one good thing
though, they go for snails as well.
Picture - Freshwater Aquarium
and Shirlie Sharp.
Freshwater Stingray (Potamotrygon laticeps):
Eh? I could actually have a freshwater stingray, you are thinking, and you
would be right in that assumption - but they are very rare and many have had
difficulty in breeding them in captivity. Of course, they can
get very large as well.
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