All fish / Nemacheilidae

Mango Loach

Physoschistura mango

Also known as mango hillstream loach, physoschistura sp. mango

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A small, slim stone loach from Myanmar with a yellow to orange body crossed by dark brown saddles and bars. It is kept for its bright colours and busy bottom foraging in cool, well-oxygenated stream tanks with gravel, pebbles and rocks.

Care at a glance

Care level

Moderate

Temperament

Peaceful

Adult size

4.5 cm

Temperature

18 to 24 °C

pH

6.5 to 7.5

Smallest tank

60 litres

Keep as

Group of 5 or more

Diet

Omnivore: small live and frozen foods such as bloodworm and daphnia, plus sinking pellets and biofilm

Swims

Bottom of the tank

Lifespan

4 to 6 years

Water

Freshwater

Wild range

Myanmar (Irrawaddy basin hill streams in Kachin State)

Breeding

Little is known about breeding in captivity. It is thought to scatter eggs over gravel without parental care, and spawnings in home tanks are rare and mostly accidental.

Good to know

Needs clean, cool, fast-flowing water with plenty of oxygen and does poorly in warm, stagnant tanks. It can be confused with other banded Physoschistura and Schistura species sold under loose trade names.