what can i keep with 'White Clouds' ?? need some ideas ;)

[talloulou]

Also remember even though they stick to the glass they dont eat purely algae like plecos mainly do, They will eat some i can say that but they do better off eating algae tablets,bloodworms,and other stuff than relying on them to eat only algae.

That's interesting. I can honestly say I have never seen my hillstream loach come off the glass. In fact I have completely stopped cleaning the algae off the back of my tank for fear the little guy might starve if I did. I put algae wafers and bloodworms in my tank all the time. But mine only sucks the glass.

Oh and I reallized my link had previously been posted...oops. Sorry.

 

[Guest]

If you read about the hillstream loaches, they are omnivores. In the wild they feed on Green algae beds, but also eat mosquito larvae and such. I feed my fish bloodworms, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, flake food, and fresh veggies... ive only seen the hillstream loach suck on the sides of the tank, so i guess it's getting something.

 

[Bubble_B0y]

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question:

are hillstream loaches 'Schooling' fish??

do i need to keep more than 1??

 

[Guest]

I don't think so, but if you wanted more than one it couldn't hurt.

 

[virus]

go for my cool dragon fish its certinly is weird and bizzar, buts peacefull!!!

 

[megladonsharky]

what is your tank ave temp??/ I keep a female betta with white clouds at about 75 without a heater ...

 

[Bubble_B0y]

what is your tank ave temp??/ I keep a female betta with white clouds at about 75 without a heater ...

been there, done that

that's what I originally had in my tank.
I had a school of 5 female bettas with white clouds.
NO heater, and it was lovely.

However, i don't think my bettas enjoyed the strong current in the tank
and the white clouds were TOO QUICK for the food, i had to hand feed the bettas (too much hassel)
But they lived for 2 years without a heater.

 

[flamingonhot]

don't put dragon fish (dragon goby,violet gobies) in with them. They won't get eaten (minnows) but they need a bigger tank about 60 gallons and they need to be kept in brackish water.

Hillstreams are cool but they are a big pain to get off the glass and they go about 50 miles an hour lol.

 

[Bubble_B0y]

don't put dragon fish (dragon goby,violet gobies) in with them. They won't get eaten (minnows) but they need a bigger tank about 60 gallons and they need to be kept in brackish water.

Hillstreams are cool but they are a big pain to get off the glass and they go about 50 miles an hour lol.

wow !!

that's SLOW !!
i can probably tip-toe faster

 

[jcarlilesiu]

how are your white clouds doing? i just added 6 to my heated tank around 76 degrees and they love it...

 

[Hrafnkel]

How about a dojo/weather loach?

 

[azn_fishy55]

Yeah those would do fine in colder temperatures but like a soft substrate. But do not add Dragon/Violet gobies becuase they are Brackish water fish and don't do well in FW. Tadpoles won't do good either because they will eventually need a land area. But still if you dedicate a tank to frogs and everytime one of your tadpoles turns into frogs you replace it with another tadpole you will eventually will have tank(s) full of frogs.