Los ihashe ejongene nehashe, ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-botia caracaballo okanye intlanzi yebhanana, ziintlanzi zamanzi acwengileyo, ezisuka emilanjeni kwaye ngakumbi zisuka kumachibi anamanzi anekristale kakhulu kunye neoksijini, kubandakanywa naloo milambo mikhulu. Ngokuqhelekileyo, olu hlobo de peces, ngexesha lezikhukula ifudukela kumasimi ezityalo njengamasimi erayisi. Kungenxa yesi sizathu ukuba banokufumaneka kwi-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, umzekelo kumazwe afana neIndiya, iMyanmar, iThailand, iMalaysia, i-Indonesia, iVietnam, phakathi kwabanye.
Intlanzi ejongene nehashe ejongene nehashe inemilo efana ncam naleyo yeentlanzi ezizezayo Uhlobo lweBotia, kunye nomzimba omde kakhulu kwaye obhityileyo, inentloko ende neebarbels eziqhelekileyo kusapho. Amehlo abo abekwe phezulu kakhulu, ngenxa yoko bahlala bedidekile nentlanzi ende eneempumlo. Nangona kunjalo, impumlo ye-loach ejongene nehashe igoso ngakumbi, bayadada ngokukhawuleza kwaye abanaburhalarhume.
UKUBA sifuna nazo ezi ntlanzi kwi-aquarium ekhaya, kubalulekile ukuba uyikhumbule into yokuba amanzi kufuneka abe kubushushu obuphakathi kwama-25 nama-28 degrees ngokukaCelsius, kufuneka athambile kwaye abe ne-asidi encinci okanye angathathi cala. I-aquarium kufuneka ibe ne-substrate ethambe kakhulu, kuthintelwe amatye anemiphetho ebukhali, ebukhali okanye erhabaxa.
Ngokumalunga nokondliwa kwesilwanyana, khumbula ukuba ezi zilwanyana ziya kondla nakuphi na ukutya okufikelela ezantsi, nangona kunjalo khetha imibungu, iintshulube, kunye nee-crustaceans ezincinci, ke iya kutya ikakhulu koku kutya inokukumba kwi-substrate.