Hill Stream Loach

here is my hillstream loach



They like faster water, and are good for a mature tank as they like to use their body to stick to the side of the tank and eat some of the algae (they also eat fish flakes like the Tetra brand fish foods).

Dave

Looks like a blood sucking leach. What does the other side look like?

Looks like a total ALGAE eating MACHINE! Does it require Batteries??

nitty wrote:

Looks like a blood sucking leach. What does the other side look like?

The other side looks like a skate or sting ray.

I have tried to get a good picture of his other side, but he doesn't stay still long enough for my manual focus lens.


Dave

CajunGator wrote:

Looks like a total ALGAE eating MACHINE! Does it require Batteries??

LOL

Hi Dave.......good to see you around.

Yeah, just like mini-rays. Very cool little guys but very hard to get a good shot of them.

Wow never seen the underside of one before, that's pretty neat looking!

werd you get it?
cant find em here in cali anymore!!

alkomist wrote:

werd you get it?
cant find em here in cali anymore!!

a small pet shop in Hermiston Oregon. They don't have anymore and haven't recieved any in their inventory since I got this guy over a year ago.

I have seen them listed on aquabid.

Dave

My LFS has some in now. They seem to be fast and shy. If I had the right tank I would get a few but I dont....

they look sooo kool!!!!!
walmart use to have em but they dont any more!!!
would love to have some!!!!!

They are pretty fragile from what I have read and have a lot of specific needs. You pretty much need to do a species or bio-type tank with these guys.

Really?
iv had a cpl of these guys mixed with some cichlids i got a wallmart a while back!
they did fine!!!! ate normally! and every thing!
others didnt bother him!
i sold them all!

If you get them from Niko (invertzfactory), they are pretty hardy.. I have had 6 in a 25g with a bunch of red honduran point fry and they did well. From what i read the only requirement is that they need fast moving water and plenty of algae to feed on.

The only thing i hate about them is when it comes to catching them... they are pretty fast and they will try their hardest to not come off of the glass.

That's who I got mine from--excellent shipping methods !!!!!

You can substitute great aeration for the fast moving water. They like it a little on the cool side, so that cool spot in the fishroom..........

They are a flat-out bi+ch to try to catch. Don't take out any rocks without examining it very closely--probably got one or two of these guys locked on with the Venutian anti-gravity grip!!!!

lol

Looks like a stingray to me. Purdy cool looking!

nick a wrote:

That's who I got mine from--excellent shipping methods !!!!!

You can substitute great aeration for the fast moving water. They like it a little on the cool side, so that cool spot in the fishroom..........

They are a flat-out bi+ch to try to catch. Don't take out any rocks without examining it very closely--probably got one or two of these guys locked on with the Venutian anti-gravity grip!!!!

They are definately cool, have you seen yours change color? Mine usually change color to match the surrounding, very cool i thought.

cool fish Dave. i almost bought that fish once.

it does look like a algea eater on steroids.

A LFS store in Lafayette, louisiana carries them. They are pretty cool.

Thanks guys. I really enjoy mine when he comes out from hiding.

Dave

Here is a picture of some that I have,, They are very neat to watch and have

doesn't look like the picture went,, must be doing something wrong.