Hi. I have 2 chinese hillstream loaches and 7 whits cloud mountain minnows. The minnows keep eating all the food for the loaches. I give them their flakes first on one side of tank and give the loaches their their sinking food on other side but the minnows see it on way down an eat them so obv don't wanna overfeed the minnow eithrr. I only feed when the loaches both out of hiding. Any other ideas to help them get some food?
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long solid colored tube.drop the sinking food into the tube. the minnows can not see through the tube and hopefully the loaches will find it.feed the minnows slowly and keep their attention while doing this.if you use the tube in the same place every time they may associate it with food.
I feed my hillies Repashy Gel food after flakes, but the whiteclouds, especially the BIG female, hover over the Repashy waiting for the loaches to kick bits of it up. My sewellia & gastromyzons don't seem to be nocturnal or even crepuscular, so night feeding won't work. What are your "Chinese" hillstreams? Beaufortia? Seems like they'd be similar to mine...What size is your tank?
In addition to earlier suggestions, it would be best if you can get algae on the rock surfaces. A natural algae and aufwuchs feeder, these loaches will accept algae-type sinking foods, artemia (brine shrimp), frozen bloodworms, and natural algae should be encouraged to grow on rocks and pebbles. Blanched spinach and similar greens may be offered. For long-term health, algae must be allowed to grow in the aquarium. One way to encourage this is to place a rock or two in another small tank, bowl or container (preferably glass to allow light in) of tank water and place this in strong light such as sunlight through a south window, outside in summer, or under some artificial light. When the rock is covered with algae, place it in the aquarium.
