Rainbowfish

I believe the loaches in my tank are reticulated hillstream loaches, they also seem to have different patterns than the ones in my tank so idk.

That’s what I was thinking but they seem to stick to the glass like the HSL. They also seem to be more “loach” shaped than a Kuhli loach fry which from the pictures I’ve seen are much skinnier. They look like a mix between the 2, I guess I’ll see more in a month or two.

It seems I’ve bred some baby hillstream loaches in my normal tank, they’re housed with 2 Bosemani rainbowfish, 5 dwarf neon rainbowfish, about 8 Kuhli loaches and 6 adult Hillstream loaches. I’ve heard they’re very rare to breed but it seems I have 2 babies appear by accident. They seem very active and they aren’t afraid of any of the bigger rainbowfish.

About 5 or 6 of my kuhli’s are well fed and healthy looking and 2 are pretty much paper thin, they’ve always been the smallest but it seems they’re getting thinner and thinner, I’m beginning to think maybe you’re right because I’ve seen the rainbowfish pick at algae tabs that I give to the bottom feeders pretty aggressively. It’s also very possible my rainbow-fish hit something like you said because the one with the bent back has been chased by the larger one for his whole life in the tank. I’ll get some paracleanse from Amazon and treat the tank asap just in case. Is there anywhere you’d recommend buying a larger tank? I’ve heard horror stories about bigger tanks from petsmart having leaks and extremely cheap stands. I have an empty 55 tall in my basement but that barely gives them any extra horizontal room and it would be a massive pain to trade the tanks as my 38 is in literally the only place it can fit in my room. If I’m gonna trade tanks I’d want to make sure it’s a forever home for them. How big would you recommend? I was considering a 75 for some goldfish but I might just get that for these guys if it’s big enough. If not I’ll probably need to donate them somewhere when they get too big for this tank.

Here’s a picture of my Rainbowfish and I added one of my pale Hillstream loach, he seems to have gotten some color back in the last couple days but he’s still much paler than some of my other ones that are almost black. I couldn’t find my thin Kuhli loaches but they seemed to be pretty close to paper thin.

I will in a minute thank you for your help. My local fish store wasn’t the best, they’re closed now so I can’t get any meds unless they’re online. I’ve had them almost 2 years and one has grown (the non deformed one) and the one with the curved spine hasn’t grown since I got it. Old age is a definite possibility and the kuhli’s might be thin because the much larger ones are bullying them off the food.

I believe my bosemani rainbowfish is ill, they have a curved spine, I originally suspected . Overall they seem perfectly healthy otherwise (eating normally, schooling with the others). I noticed some of my kuhli loaches losing weight and my hillstream loaches a bit pale so I’m worried it may be a parasite. It’s a 38 gallon tank with 2 bosemani rainbowfish, 8 kuhli loaches, 6 young dwarf neon rainbowfish and 6 hillstream loaches. My first thread sorry for being all over the place but I’m a bit freaked out.