▁is ▁rather ▁slow . ▁However , ▁the ▁long n ose ▁is ▁more ▁ag gress ive , ▁regularly ▁feed ing ▁on ▁ju ven ile ▁fish es . ▁ ▁The ▁horse face ▁lo ach ' s ▁native ▁substr ate ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁sand ▁or ▁gra vel , ▁where in ▁it ▁will ▁character ist ically ▁bur row ▁itself . ▁These ▁lo aches ▁spend ▁much ▁of ▁their ▁time ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁substr ate , ▁leaving ▁only ▁their ▁eyes ▁un cover ed . ▁Due ▁to ▁this ▁in cess ant ▁bur row ing , ▁any ▁live ▁plants ▁should ▁be ▁p otted ▁to ▁avoid ▁up root ing . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁floating ▁plants ▁is ▁recommended , ▁as ▁these ▁lo aches ▁prefer ▁sub du ed ▁light ing . ▁Hor se face ▁lo aches ▁are ▁not ▁pick y ▁e aters , ▁but ▁live ▁food ▁( such ▁as ▁tub if ex ) ▁is ▁rel ished . ▁ ▁The ▁horse face ▁lo ach ▁is ▁most ▁active ▁at ▁night ▁and ▁mostly ▁keeps ▁to ▁itself . ▁It ▁att ains ▁a ▁maximum ▁size ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁length , ▁but ▁is ▁considered ▁m ature ▁from ▁. ▁, ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁b red ▁in ▁capt ivity . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁imported ▁into ▁Europe ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁by ▁Edmund ▁R iech ers ▁of ▁Hamburg , ▁Germany . ▁ ▁Local ▁names ▁ ▁La ot ian : ▁ <0xE0> <0xBA> <0xAD> <0xE0> <0xBA> <0xB4> <0xE0> <0xBA> <0x94> ▁▁ ▁Th ai : ▁ ป ล า ร า ก ก ล ้ ว ย ▁. ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁