Help me Please

[BazzaH]

This is my first post, so hello to everyone and can you help me please? A couple of months ago we got this fella to help keep the tank clean and keep the remaining Oranda my wife had company. The fish store had him and his tank mates advertised as Plecs but I’ve searched the net for photos of similar Plecs but can’t find him/her. The Oranda has since died and I want to make sure we give this fella the right sort of food now he’s on his own. Can anyone tell me what sort of fish it is please?
Hopefully there are two photos attached to this.

 

[Rbishop]

That is a Hillstream loach I believe...

http://www.aquariacentral.com/articles/hillstream.shtml

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_hillstream.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balitoridae

 

[Coler]

yup.

nice fish - welcome to Aquaria Central

 

[BazzaH]

Thats my baby. Now to read up on looking after him/her. Thanks for info and links.

 

[Rbishop]

A great fish to keep!

 

[vanillarum]

I feed mine algae wafers and they also eat other foods that fall to the tank bottom. Mine are sewellia lineolata, and look a little different than that. They also eat algae in your tank. I have 5 or 6 in my 46 gal, along with my 8 plecos. They all get along fine. Good luck.

 

[Hooked Newbie]

Cool fish!

Check out http://www.loaches.com/species-inde...earch-index/sucker-bodied-hillstreams-spotted.

 

[tnoutlaw36]

nice fish. have 1 myself. and :welcome: