Sucking loach

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Fishworld</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishworld"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>    </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tropical profiles"><U><B>back to profiles</B></U></A><B> </B><B>     </B><B>|      </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tropical Stock"><U><B>back to tropical stock</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Sucking loach</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="24601940.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="148" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Gyrinocheilus aymonieri</I></div> <div>  <B>SUCKING LOACH</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="343" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="87"><div> size:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="241"><div> Up to 10 inches</div> <div> usually much smaller</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="87"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="87" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="241"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="241" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="87"><div> position:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF><NOBR><div> all, but not in open water.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="87"><div> pH:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="241"><div> 6.5 to 8.0</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> temperature:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#66CCFF WIDTH="241"><div> 75º to 78º f</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="343" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="333"><div> <B>Community fish:</B> Yes </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="333"><div> <B>Diet:</B> Algae, algae wafers, sinking pellet food and frozen spinach</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> <B>Temperament:</B> Community fish</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 153 WIDTH="333"><div> <B>Comments:</B> Althought this fish is very popular, as it grows it can turn out to be quite aggressive to some other fish, I have seen on many occasions one of these fellas stuck to the sides of some other large fish feeding off their slime coating, and become very territorial.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>