bcflowerlady Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Greetings from Kamloops B.C. MTS sufferer here with 10 tanks totalling 180g. Tanks include a 35g full of fancy male guppies, a 20g tetra glo fish tank with glo tetras, blue and red tetras, otocinclus, a female plakat betta and albino corydoras. A 55g with angels, dennison barbs, rummynose tetra, yoyo loaches, dwarf neon rainbows and a breeding colony of hillstream loaches. A 30g with 14 female Thai bettas just obtained as an established sorority. Three 10g with fancy guppy breeding projects. A 10g with 2 fancy goldfish that will be moving up as they grow. A 2.5g with golden shrimp and a 2.5g with a crown tail betta named Sampson. Edited October 10, 2020 by bcflowerlady Mentioned pets other than fish 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Beautiful part of Canada, you live in! Welcome to the forum. Tons of awesome, polite people here, so kick your shoes off and get your hands wet. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcflowerlady Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Thank you Rikostan. I love being part of a forum. I look forward to spending time looking at all the nooks and crannies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmackenzie Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hello from Vancouver (and a fellow newbie to the forum)! Nice to see a fellow BCer on here! Curious to hear about your experience with Hillstream loaches and if I could keep just one, or maybe a group of three? I've read/seen various opinions, I suppose I'm just looking for one more. They seem incredibly cute and I'd love to have a couple in my 12g community tank. I'm still brand new to this and trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcflowerlady Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Good morning. My Hillstream loaches live in a tank(s) that are around 22-25C (72-77F) They adore rocks or something that resembles rocks. Rachel O'Leary has a thriving breeding colony in a tank full of flattened clay tubes. I have watched videos Cory has done where he has them in tanks that are planted without rocks, commenting Hillstreams are very adaptable and will live in many environments. They do require great water quality, so make sure you keep up on your water changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcflowerlady Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, tmackenzie said: ... experience with Hillstream loaches. Hi I answered your question without quoting so don't know if you will get notification. My Hillstreams interact with each other all the time, so I would get three instead of one. Females have a squarish abdomen while males are more triangular. Try to get 2 females and 1 male. Maybe they will breed for you. Edited October 11, 2020 by bcflowerlady Fixing typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmackenzie Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 11:07 AM, bcflowerlady said: Hi I answered your question without quoting so don't know if you will get notification. My Hillstreams interact with each other all the time, so I would get three instead of one. Females have a squarish abdomen while males are more triangular. Try to get 2 females and 1 male. Maybe they will breed for you. Thanks! Went to a lfs yesterday and scoped them out- they are incredibly cute! Going to get the right set up and then pick up a few. Thanks for all the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcflowerlady Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 @tmackenzie I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. They are an awesome little fish to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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