HILLSTREAM LOACH feeding chaos inside RIVER AQUARIUM | EP11 HILLSTREAM AQUARIUM
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- In this episode of Hillstream aquarium; Hillstream loaches introduced to river aquarium were finally feeling comfortable in their new habitat. They colored up nicely. Two weeks passed since I added them. I can count only 4 loaches although I added 5 of them so I will assume one is gone. They cleared almost all of the river stones from brown algae and in addition I was feeding them sinking algae wafers which they accepted. In the future I will try to get more Hillstream loaches for this aquarium.
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Recap EP1-EP10
01:00 Day 96 Hillstream Aquarium
01:29 Hillstream loaches are not shy
02:07 5th loach is gone?
02:28 Frozen algae gel food
02:45 Corydoras panda lost their barbels
03:14 Day 98 Hillstream Aquarium
03:25 Hillstream loaches changing color
03:42 Sinking algae wafer
04:19 4th loach is loner?
04:50 Day 99 Hillstream Aquarium
05:04 Removal of green hair algae
05:43 Day 106 Hillstream Aquarium
06:34 Corydoras panda feeding frenzy
07:22 Hillstream loaches are not hungry?
07:57 Hillstream loach feeding frenzy
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Aquarium - 120cmx45cmx30cm (47inx18inx12in)
Optiwhite glass 10mm | Tank Volume 162LTR | 43GAL
Filter - External with pre-filter basket (1000L/H | 264GAL/H)
Light - LED Power: 53W | Luminous flux 4800lm
Stream pump - (2000L/H | 528GAL/H)
CO2 - NO
Heater - NO
Plants - Bucephalandra wavy green, Anubias barteri nana, Anubias barteri coffeefolia, Cryptocoryne wendtii green, Microsorum pteropus, Vallisneria spiralis, Vallisneria natans
Music - Epidemic Sound:
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Every time I hear that distinctive music, I know it's time to pause and enjoy! Such beautiful camera/video work!
Glad you enjoy it!
Man that fourth hillstream loach only had that amano shrimp 4:31 its here
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Beautiful video, tank, fish, everything.
Thanks.
I really love the way you built this aquarium. Watch it over and over again. You inspired me to take the white cloud minnows for my next (hillstream) tank. Thanks for all the fun and inspiration! I do like the solution you are using to carry the glass panels on top (the acryllic clamps). I tryed to look back but cannot find anything where you bought them. Can you help me out?
I subscribed, looking forward for more nice footage.
I bought them on Amazon. Just search for "aquarium clap hang on lid" or something similar and you will get a lot of results. I hope you will be able to find it. Cheers
Thankk you very much!! 👍
You are welcome.
Sorry about the cory barbels. Hope you find the cause. Hill stream loaches are the best. I just love how they behave, so interesting. Hope you’re doing well.
Yeah they are very interesting to watch. Would love to get some Borneo suckers (Gastromyzon) in the future, ofc if can get my hands on few. Thanks Phil.
Beautify done, You've got a new sub.
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I love this fish 😍.
Thanks Lorenzo. I love loaches also. I will try to get Borneo suckers in the future .
damn those poor cory's, hope they recovered by now
Some of them did and some didn't. At least they didn't get worse.
@@IMaqua that's good to know 😌
Nice job! Thanks for the tips and tricks. Greets from the Netherlands
My pleasure! Greetings from Croatia.
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
Hey man I was late because it was snowing today so I had to shovel out some snow out of my drive way, anyway great video, very classy.
It’s nice to see that your loaches aren’t harassing you Corys during feeding time, mine tend to do that.
They are very polite and cultured breed of Loaches haha. They are OK so far but lets see.
PS Snow is something I didn't see many times in my life...
@@IMaqua Lol, I thought It would snow a lot in Croatia.
It does but inland. I live on an island. So not much snow here. Except the famous 2012. snow that paralysed everything because nobody is used to snow haha
Well then, that blizzard sounded horrible.
Compared to Canadian winters and snow that was nothing.
Hey I know this is an old video, but do you think hillstream loaches can live with pictus catfish?
I never kept pictus catfish so unfortunately I can't give you an answer. Just make sure they have similar water parameter requirements if you decide to keep them together.
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Is it possible that the hillstream loaches are nibbling the corys’ barbels? I know they aren’t typically aggressive, but the way they frenzy over the algae wafers could be part of the problem. Maybe blanched cucumber/zucchini slices or strips would provide a wider feeding surface and less competition? Hope those little pandas feel better soon!
I mean everything is possible but Loaches have really tiny mouth...By observing all of them I never noticed anything similar. I think it is more connected with the 5th loach that disappeared and by that I presume he passed away. Probably he came with "something" although I quarantined all my fish. I will keep an eyes and hopefully it doesn't spread. Cories are still super active and their behaviour is normal it is just the fact they are missing barbels.
Relaxing, as usual. I have panda’s on gravel much coarser than you but still rounded. After about a year they still have ‘healthy’ barbels. I was worried at some point but I see them often digging strongly in the gravel so not sure that’s the cause in your case.
Exactly. I was thinking the same. The gravel I have is small and round. No sharp edges. I guess its either water quality or some kind of bacterial infection. I tested water and all is ok. I will keep an eye and monitor.
Awesome video! What are the other non grazer fish in the tank?
I had some white cloud minnows, panda corydoras and red lipstick goby.
How many kg sand you have used on this aquarium
Don't remember the exact number but It was somewhere between 15 to 20 kg.
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He is the most amazing looking white cloud minnow in this aquarium. The only one remaining from the first batch.
Corys lost moustache becouse you were feeding them theese tablets. Theese are abrasive and designed for plecos. Cory must eat granules.
I feed all my corydoras a mix of food; tabletes, granules, flakes, artemia, frozen bloodworms and frozen artemia. Only corydoras in this aquarium had issues with their barbels.
If your sand is made with Quartz it may be the cause of the Cory's Barbels. Quartz is abrasive. Corys need river sand. JBL sansibar is good to for them. Good luck and good editing as usual.
As you said JBL Sansibar is good. This their River sand. I used it in other aquariums and with also corydoras and never had issues.
@@IMaqua ok then, i Hope you will find the problem!
What type of stones are these?? Name???
I bought them as "River boulders".
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Your sand is too sharp for the corys. Change substrate, put a small layer of fine sand
I can't change it because this aquarium is finished. Cheers
get some stiphodon gobies!
I have been trying and will continue to try. If not for this aquarium definitely for Hillstream version 2. Stiphodon goby is a must have fish.
@@IMaqua what country are you located in? Maybe I can help
Croatia (Europe). I waited Hillstream loaches 3 months and I guess it will be same with Stiphodons. I will get them eventually just don't know when.
@@IMaqua Aquarium Glaser in Germany carries several types of stiphodons and other rare hillstream species. They are the best fish importer in the world, from what I've read. I can't link their website in UA-cam comments, my last comment got instantly deleted when I did. Aquarium Glaser is a wholesale company, so your local fish store would have to place an order in with them. If nobody in Croatia is importing those species, it might be worth trying to find a local aquarium store that would be willing to initiate a business relationship with Aquarium Glaser.
Thanks. I am aware of Aquarium Glaser. Transhipper I get my fish from gets fish from Germany and there is big probability it is from Glaser. So I am sure I will get them eventually I just need to be patient. Fishkeeping is al about patience haha. Thanks for helping me.
Why do you feed corydoras with algae? They are carnivorius catfish, they need meat.
If they have need for algae they will find them in the aquarium.
Nice video as always btw. ;-)
Hej Drzo, cories are omnivores and as such will eat everything. In this instance I tried to see if the loaches will eat algea wafers because some species don't accept dry food. And corydoras just decided to join the party. I try to mix food as much possible, from dry food with spirulina or dry food with more protein, flake food, stick on glass tabs, frozen food, live brine shrimps, etc...Variety is key. And I guess with that much variety everyone in the aquarium should be happy. Actually they eat better than me haha. Pozdrav.
@@IMaqua give them meat. High protein food will protect them from bacterial infections.
Humans are omnivorius, bears are omnivorius, but we both prefer meet diet. ;-)
Trust me, I'm a breeder.
Pratim te redovno.
By meat you mean live food? If so it will be in the next few episodes because I just got it recently. At the moment of filming this video I didn't have live food and it took me some time to get it, like everything in the beautiful country of "Hrvatska".
@@IMaqua live food ofcourse. Frozen if you don't have live.
I will send you some if you don't have live enhitrae
I was feeding them frozen mosquito larvae and mysis shrimps. I have ordered recently frozen bloodworms and tubifex (will get them next week hopefully). Regarding live food I just got starting cultures of vinegar eels and microworms. But if you have something else that's even better, I will message you about it. Thanks.