What Type Of Fish Is This?

[FishLover4+1]

Here's a picture of one of my new fish but I don't really know what type it is. the man at the shop said but I didn't hear him. Here's a pic:
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And if it helps he apparently eats fish flakes, bloodworms and algae wafers. and I don't know for certain he's a boy.

Anyone know what type he is?

 

[garyspence84]

Looks like a hillstream loach to me. Nice fish.

 

[Shelster]

Gold ringed hillstream loach?? I have two

They like a good build up of algae in the tank to start off with, and tank needs to be well oxygenated and preferably kept at 25 degrees.

 

[FishLover4+1]

Really? They sold it to me as temperate...
Oh and I have no shortage of algae when I leave the light on... Mwahaha

 

[mike455555]

iv had one of these sold to me as cold water, it died i never checked my LFS advice is normally spot on...

 

[FishLover4+1]

Oh great. Looks like I have two choices:

1) Presume they aren't hillstream loaches but are a very close relative and that they do prefer coldwater
2) Give them back to the shop.

Either way they'll end up in coldwater. oh dear.

 

[greenmumma141]

Not sure but I think they prefer a good strong current as well. Maybe someone can verify, I would post in the loach section the loach ppl are very nice GL!

 

[FishLover4+1]

Not sure but I think they prefer a good strong current as well. Maybe someone can verify, I would post in the loach section

the loach ppl are very nice

GL!

kk thanks will do
Can I just copy this one accross or do I have to write it again?

 

[deftuch]

Not sure but I think they prefer a good strong current as well. Maybe someone can verify, I would post in the loach section

the loach ppl are very nice

GL!

kk thanks will do

Can I just copy this one accross or do I have to write it again?

i had one very similar before. it was called a hong kong plec/loach

 

[Scates11]

It is a hillstreem and I have kept one for a little while, I have heard that they like cooler water with a strong current flow...mine has been fine in my 77 degree comunity tank, he hides sometimes but seems to be fine otherwise. I do have pretty heavy flow in my tank though...

 

[FishLover4+1]

Well my water is cooler... but it doesn't have a very high current flow. my mum says the guy at the shop called it a Vietnamese something-or-other.

 

[greenmumma141]

http/www.loaches.com/species-index/beaufortia-kweichowensis This should give you some tips on keeping them, GL! he's cute

 

[Tuxyu3]

Hillstream Loaches should really be kept in tank specifically built up around them in order to suit their needs from what i know, they do not do too well in the average community.

 

[FishLover4+1]

They seem to be doing ok at the moment the lighter coloured one (Spotty) is always zigging all over the tank but the darker one (Stripy) hides a lot more. Whenever I put in algae wafers my platys eat them, but last night I left a bit on top of the filter where they sometimes go but the platys can't get to it and it was still there this morning (it's been removed now).

 

[MBOU]

It is a Goldring Butterfly Loach aka Sewellia lineolata and although it does look like the normal hillstream loaches, it is tropical, albeit lower tropical (About 24 dec C i think) and well oxygenated.

They eat a looooot of algae and bloodworms and can be really quite territorial towards each other!