ari hove-yakatarisana nehove hove, inozivikanwawo se botia caracaballo kana hove yebhanana, ihove dzemvura yakachena, kubva munzizi uye kunyanya kubva kumadziva ane mvura ine crystalline uye ine oxygen, kusanganisira idzo nzizi huru. Kazhinji, rudzi urwu de peces, munguva yemafashamu inoenda kuminda yezvirimwa yakaita seminda yemupunga. Ndicho chikonzero nei vanogona kuwanikwa muSoutheast Asia, semuenzaniso munyika dzakadai seIndia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, pakati pevamwe.
Ihove dzakatarisana nemabhiza dzakatarisana dzine chimiro chakafanana chaizvo neicho chehove dzinove dzeiyo rudzi Botia, ine muviri wakareba uye mutete, uine musoro wakareba zvakaenzana uye mabharanzi akafanana nemhuri. Meso avo akareba kwazvo, saka anowanzo nyonganiswa nehove refu-nosed loach. Nekudaro, mhino yeiyo yakatarisana nebhiza loach yakanyanya kukombama, ivo vari kukurumidza kushambira uye vashoma vane hukasha.
KANA tichida vane hove idzi mu aquarium Kumba, zvakakosha kuti iwe uzive kuti mvura inofanira kunge iri pane tembiricha iri pakati pe25 ne28 degrees Celsius, inofanirwa kuve yakapfava uye isina acidic kana kwazvakarerekera Iyo aquarium inofanirwa kunge iine yakapfava substrate, ichidzivirira matombo ane anopinza, akapinza kana ane hasha micheto.
Nezve kudyiswa kwemhuka, yeuka kuti mhuka idzi dzichafudza chero chikafu chinosvika pasi, kunyangwe sarudza maruva, honye, uye madiki crustaceans, saka inodya zvakanyanya chikafu icho icho icho chainogona kuchera kumusoro kubva kune substrate.