Regular Member trundlecat Posted February 27, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 27, 2007 Despite saying no more fish, after seeing Erin's "Fatty Loaches" pictures I just had to go & get a pal for my Hillstream. "Beetle" (as named by my 3 year old) has settled in really well & the two of them are never far apart from each other. I feel guilty now for initially keeping Chiu alone as they're obviously such social little things. I've put an extra filter in there to up the water flow as I've read loaches prefer a bit of movement. As usual the goldies haven't been phased 1 bit & having to do a bit of work (chase their food) seems to be a big hit. I think I've managed to get a good balance between areas with a faster current & calm areas. All in all a very happy & healthy tank :-) TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Trinket Posted February 27, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 27, 2007 That is good to hear! Sounds like you've hit a happy balance all round . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blue Posted February 27, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 27, 2007 Congrats on your little fatty.However hillstreams prefer to live in groups of 5 min of their own kind as I used to have a group of them http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/Hill...streamLoach.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member glitterfish Posted February 27, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 27, 2007 Glad to hear you got another loach. They're so fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member trundlecat Posted February 28, 2007 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 28, 2007 Congrats on your little fatty.However hillstreams prefer to live in groups of 5 min of their own kind as I used to have a group of them http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/Hill...streamLoach.php Birthday coming up in a couple of weeks Blue which means tank upgrade time (I have hubby well trined) so there'll be more loaches & goldies very soon. I was contemplating setting up the new one as a marine tank but it's too much of a committment (what with a new baby due soon & the kids & menagerie). Will be sticking to cold water for now. TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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