Info on stingray pleco?

[Younglin]

Saw these little guys at a LFS and I know nothing about them. Anyone have any info on them and their care etc.? I wasn't sure if I should post this under stingray or pleco.

 

[ravensfan73]

You talking about Hillstream Loaches?

 

[Lupin]

He is. There are info in the sticky threads of loach section about hillies.

 

[Younglin]

Yes I am. What are their dietary needs?

 

[Lupin]

They feed mostly on algae and its aufwuches but can take well to commercial foods, brine shrimps, etc. They prefer fast flowing waters with temperature not exceeding 78 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

[Kanta]

Hillstream Loaches are fantastic fish. they live in fast flowing clean river streams feeding om algae and planktonic foods. I want to make a 20L biotope just for them.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

They always get called everything they aren't. I once saw them labeled "UFO Pleco."

 

[Lupin]

China sucker, Borneo sucker, butterfly pleco, stingray pleco...

I prefer to call them hillstream loach.

 

[Younglin]

I might get one for my twenty gallon tank. What tank mates are suitable for them?

 

[Lupin]

Danios, endlers and rasboras are.