ꯃꯈꯜ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛ
Hillstream loach (Sewellia lineolata)
ꯐꯣꯇꯣ: Spiketooth · CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons ꯒꯤ ꯈꯨꯠꯊꯥꯡꯗ

Hillstream loach

Sewellia lineolata · Gastromyzontidae

Butterfly hillstream loach, Reticulated hillstream loach ꯍꯥꯏꯅꯁꯨ ꯈꯪꯅꯩ

ꯃꯌꯥꯏ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ

Flat, patterned algae grazer that demands cool, hard-flowing, oxygen-saturated water.

ꯑꯄꯤꯛꯄ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ
75 L (20 US gal)
ꯑꯁꯥ-ꯑꯑꯦꯡ
20–24 °C (68–75 °F)
pH
6.5–7.5
ꯑꯍꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯁꯥꯏꯖ
6 cm (2.4 in)
ꯀꯥꯡꯕꯨꯒꯤ ꯁꯥꯏꯖ
3+

ꯀꯦꯌꯔ ꯃꯊꯧ ꯇꯥꯕꯁꯤꯡ

ꯑꯄꯤꯛꯄ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ ꯚꯣꯂ꯭ꯌꯨꯝ
75 L (20 US gal)
ꯑꯁꯥ-ꯑꯑꯦꯡ
20–24 °C (68–75 °F)
pH
6.5–7.5
ꯍꯥꯔ꯭ꯗꯅꯦꯁ
4–12 dGH
ꯍꯤꯡꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯝ
ꯆꯍꯤ 5–8
ꯗꯥꯏꯑꯦꯠ
Herbivore — biofilm, algae, gel foods, blanched vegetables.
ꯀꯦꯌꯔ ꯊꯥꯛ
ꯃꯌꯥꯏ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ

ꯍꯧꯔꯛꯐꯝ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯂꯩꯐꯝ

ꯂꯃꯦꯟ ꯂꯃꯗꯝ
Central Vietnam and Laos
ꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯜ
ꯑꯊꯨꯝꯕ ꯏꯁꯤꯡ
ꯕꯥꯌꯣꯇꯣꯞ
Rapids over smooth stone
ꯃꯍꯧꯁꯥꯒꯤ ꯐꯤꯚꯝ
Cool, turbulent, highly oxygenated water.

ꯑꯆꯠ-ꯑꯆꯨ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯣꯀꯤꯡ

ꯃꯒꯨꯟ-ꯁꯥꯒꯣꯟ
ꯁꯥꯟꯇꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ
ꯑꯄꯤꯛꯄ ꯀꯥꯡꯕꯨ
ꯉꯥ 3
ꯏꯔꯣꯏꯕ
ꯃꯈꯥ
ꯑꯐꯕ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ ꯃꯔꯨꯞꯁꯤꯡ
White cloud mountain minnow
Zebra danio
Cooler-water rasboras
ꯊꯣꯏꯗꯣꯛꯎ
Discus
Any warm still-water species

ꯃꯆꯥ ꯃꯤꯔꯣꯜ ꯊꯣꯛꯍꯟꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯋꯥꯕ

ꯃꯆꯥ ꯄꯣꯛꯍꯟꯕꯒꯤ ꯑꯋꯥꯕ
ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯊꯥꯛ
ꯑꯃꯦꯝ-ꯑꯄꯥ ꯈꯦꯠꯅꯕ
Males are slimmer with broader pectoral fins.
ꯅꯣꯠꯁꯤꯡ
Spawns in strong flow among stones; fry graze biofilm.
ꯇꯣꯏꯅ ꯊꯣꯛꯄ ꯑꯅꯥꯕꯁꯤꯡ
Oxygen starvation
Heat stress
Starvation in sterile tanks
ꯃꯁꯤ ꯅꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯇꯦꯡꯛꯇ ꯆꯥꯟꯅꯒꯕ꯭ꯔꯥ?

ꯁꯥꯏꯟ ꯏꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯤꯌꯨ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ AquaLog ꯅ Hillstream loach ꯕꯨ ꯅꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯌꯦꯡꯁꯤꯟꯕ ꯇꯦꯡꯛ ꯈꯨꯗꯤꯡꯃꯛꯒ — ꯚꯣꯂ꯭ꯌꯨꯝ, ꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯜ, ꯑꯁꯥ-ꯑꯑꯦꯡ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ pH — ꯆꯥꯟꯅꯕ ꯌꯦꯡꯒꯅꯤ, ꯑꯃꯗꯤ ꯇꯥꯞ ꯑꯃꯈꯛꯇꯗ ꯅꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯉꯥꯒꯤ ꯃꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯍꯥꯞꯆꯤꯟꯒꯅꯤ꯫

ꯑꯩꯒꯤ ꯇꯦꯡꯛꯁꯤꯡ ꯌꯦꯡꯅꯕ ꯁꯥꯏꯟ ꯏꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯤꯌꯨ

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