I set up a 55 planted with small plants, that no longer has plants. I broke down my 48 Bowfront and put the few fish I had in the 55 of which were three bristlenose. The common type but a few days later I had over 50 fry from the bristlenose. I went back to the 48Bowfront, there was about two inches of water still and two Bristlenose fry. About 30% of the fry turned out Albino. I have bred Corydora and now Bristlenose.
@@rafaelgonzalez4175 what diet and water change schedule you got the armored cats on? I’m doing once a week and feeding blanched beans every other day, te nada lol
thanks for video - waiting for V2 of this video to come out - thanks for heads up on shrimp. I set a 90cm tank up especially for my hillstreams but have made the mistake of having a lot of shrimp in there as well, so out they come.
Love your breeding videos. You should do more, I use your methods and have worked every time. What about another barb breeding video like Odessa barbs not many good videos on these and area cool fish or rainbow shinners?
Awesome project, well done on your success! How did you avoid removing fry during water changes? Or did you retrieve any losses? Having a go at this myself so love to hear how you dealt with this potential problem with the fry being so tiny Cheers
Bro thank you for all the amazing content, question: what lights do you use in your fish rooms im in Australia as well so getting the same ones shouldn't be an issue, ive been trying to get a good one for a while but cant find any. keep up the good work
Wow, absolutely love these Hillstream loaches :) Would a couple of pairs be alright in a 60cm tank (that looks like what you have there ?) If I purchase from you Nick do we get a random selection or can you request a couple of pairs ? I have heaps of riverstones in the local area and could make an awesome little rock pile for them to breed.
What foam / matting do you put under your tanks? Struggling to find anything for aquariums that is not really thin and unsure of other alternatives. Love the vids, setting up my own racking system like yours soon!
I bought 2 of your hillstream loaches on Thursday night!! I've been looking for them forever since my usual LFS says they're basically impossible to get in Australia but it was a massive deal for me as I've wanted them for 12+ months. Keep up the solid effort man your store and everything you do is incredible
Please make one tutorial for cardinal tetras i have tried the neon tetra method it didn't work out for me. Would be helpfull if you make a tutorial because your tutorial has been very clear compared to others.
Success in breeding fish in general is always a joy, but success with a more unique species must be quite fulfilling 😉 Always impressed with your accomplishments.
Can’t wait to see your new method. I have 12 gastromyzon , no breeding . I’m going to try 6 Hillstreams and see whet happens . I have them in a 72 gallon .
It's not many years ago that all the advice was these fish need cool water, fast flow, multiple large water changes with cooler water and will rarely eat anything apart from algae growing on the rocks. They were considered a really difficult fish to breed. It was Lucas from LRB who dispelled this by keeping them at normal fish room temperatures in a tank with no filter and hence no water movement. They bred for him without any effort on his part.
This is actually amazing, if they can do well in conditions like this instead of highly specific setups it opens the door for so many possibilities to keep them.
I have had similar success as your, but have never managed to grow fry to adult size ,I have some fry 3 years still around 50-55mm adults 70-75mm,as you mention very easy to spawn very little intervention, I move adults every 60days I had same problem you had predation by first spawn on next fry moving adults helps a great deal.
My favourite fish.. I just got 10 more on the weekend, hopefully they will really take off as a species in Australia. I did have one get his dorsal fin caught in my net during the transfer though, definitely need to be careful moving those hundreds of babies!
Have a question...Learning about genetics and how if I cross certain characteristics to get a better looking fish..So my question is," What do I need to breed to get you remove the mustache?"
Why are my guppies not breeding earlier when i had a bunch one female bred once and the whole colony lived but didnt breed for months i kept changing the males and females so i gave them away. I brought new different mutt pairs for breeding as they came from the shop one of them gave birth to 1 fry and that was 2 months ago. Again the same reason why arent they breeding? 10 gal tank full planted, big sponge, bug buffet (kinda) food + flake, heated, i suspected soft water so i changed to hard tap water still no luck and yeah all the basic things are ticked off idk why they act weird and dont breed? is there any secret thing im missing i dont get it
From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family..
YES!!! That's exactly her name (Elizabeth Maria Hawley) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her 😊 from Brisbane Australia🇦🇺
I had to sell my hill stream loach cuz of how aggressive and territorialal they are. I knew I couldn’t have lil buddy there forever and eventually gave him back to my local family owned fish store.
I just bought 2 HL and it turns out its female & male. The male have a "shoulder" between the head & fin. While the female have no shoulder. Overall I'm satisfied with their performance as algae eater. A "mini stingray" some people would call it.
The real test, is breeding them in a river set-up with alternating current flow over a month period. From almost trickling to storming. Get those fishes genetics exercised.
I personally dislike sponge filters in their entirety. The 1 inch air stones clog up too fast... you get very little dissolved O2 into your tank... and the filter portion is pathetic. Aqua Clear 70 and a water floss mechanism like a cartridge system that you can indefinitely extend the life of the flossing mechanism... as for air stones... 3-4" round/disc size seems to last indefinitely and introduce the proper amount of dislved O2 into the water...as opposed to the 1 inch garbage stones. Note Songe filters are only good if you have a good auto water changing system in place. Also, pleco and any bottom feeder... produce tremendous amounts of waste... top water changes leave all that junk at the bottom which is why your tanks look so dirty with debris and detridus floating everywhere... which is how Microbacterium sometimes will find its way into your fish colony and start causing some to lose color... and die off. I have seen it destroy entire colonies fo fish in a couple weeks. Once they start showing color loss... they are dead.
6:27 the doggo trying to get to the fish is so adorable! Fun video. I actually don't breed fish at all, but I really enjoy these videos. :)
I love hillstream loaches. I think they're so cool.
I set up a 55 planted with small plants, that no longer has plants. I broke down my 48 Bowfront and put the few fish I had in the 55 of which were three bristlenose. The common type but a few days later I had over 50 fry from the bristlenose. I went back to the 48Bowfront, there was about two inches of water still and two Bristlenose fry. About 30% of the fry turned out Albino. I have bred Corydora and now Bristlenose.
My guess is both parents were commons with het albino?
@Nemesis0513 Yes, both parents were common bristlenose, and the fry are better looking in pattern and colors.
@@rafaelgonzalez4175 what diet and water change schedule you got the armored cats on? I’m doing once a week and feeding blanched beans every other day, te nada lol
@Nemesis0513 my diet is basic. Pleco tabs and flake food. It was the tank layout. Sand at the bottom, lots of small hiding places.
Perfect Timing! Was just about to get some and try breeding them
thanks for video - waiting for V2 of this video to come out - thanks for heads up on shrimp. I set a 90cm tank up especially for my hillstreams but have made the mistake of having a lot of shrimp in there as well, so out they come.
Nice! I'll have to order a few of these for our new setup once the weather warms up!
Love your breeding videos. You should do more, I use your methods and have worked every time. What about another barb breeding video like Odessa barbs not many good videos on these and area cool fish or rainbow shinners?
Greg Sage of Select Aquatics has a whole bunch of info on breeding Odessas on his website. I got a couple hundred fry coming up now.
Amazing video as always!! keep it up!! :)
I have cherry shrimp with my
Hillstream loaches and they breed fine. I might have some losses but my tank is heavily planted so wouldn't know.
Why are they so expensive to buy then?
"Don't have anything that would eat the eggs-" Dog disagrees. Dog would like to sample the loaches.
Awesome project, well done on your success! How did you avoid removing fry during water changes? Or did you retrieve any losses? Having a go at this myself so love to hear how you dealt with this potential problem with the fry being so tiny
Cheers
Can I use a hanging filter to breed hill stream loaches?
I miss these videos!!!! Keep up the great work brother
Thank you for your wisdom, teenage Borat! :D
I get hillstream loaches, my neighbour gets hillstream loaches
How do you clean the mulm from beneath those rocks?
Love those things
Bro thank you for all the amazing content, question: what lights do you use in your fish rooms im in Australia as well so getting the same ones shouldn't be an issue, ive been trying to get a good one for a while but cant find any. keep up the good work
love your channel, when you going to come to the saltwater side of the hobby as well?
Love the dogo licking the glass
Wow, absolutely love these Hillstream loaches :) Would a couple of pairs be alright in a 60cm tank (that looks like what you have there ?) If I purchase from you Nick do we get a random selection or can you request a couple of pairs ? I have heaps of riverstones in the local area and could make an awesome little rock pile for them to breed.
Do you ship fish food to Canada?
What foam / matting do you put under your tanks? Struggling to find anything for aquariums that is not really thin and unsure of other alternatives. Love the vids, setting up my own racking system like yours soon!
Kmart yoga mats is an option I hear regularly
The camera quality is noticeably better❤
Dang I wish you were local to me in the US :( I'd take some of those beauties off your hands!
What happened to the borneo loaches, were you ever able to breed them?
I tried never got the females sadly , do you ship !?
Another great success! I love these little fish, they are so cool to watch, Thanks for sharing 🙂
I have a baby hillstream loach in my community tank. It is so cute❤
Have u done rainbow shiners?
Do you have goby fishes? Just curious 'cause I like those fishes
Love the blurred loach effect on the thumbnail. How did you do that?
What species is this exaclty? Sewellia lineolata?
Put Ramhorn snail this year tank, only 4 new born spotted😂 but im not sure they eat the egg or not
How do you catch them? Is there an easy way? They suck on the glass the minute you put the net in the water.
Great video bro !!!
Man I love his videos so much.
I bought 2 of your hillstream loaches on Thursday night!! I've been looking for them forever since my usual LFS says they're basically impossible to get in Australia but it was a massive deal for me as I've wanted them for 12+ months. Keep up the solid effort man your store and everything you do is incredible
where in Australia is his store located ?
@@anugrah8065 QLD
@@anugrah8065Brisbane, Queensland 😃
Then you need to go to a better LFS .
@@anugrah8065 Brisbane
I am trying to breed bettas, but the male isn’t making a bubble nest, do you have any tips? Love the moustache 😂
Maybe feed live foods?
Ok will try thanks
@@CruzeMarsden-gi6jp add some Indian almond leaves to his water. They love tannins.
Already have tried but thinking he isn’t interested in the female
@@CruzeMarsden-gi6jp that's possible. What's the water parameters?
Any recommendations on tank mates that wont eat the eggs/babies?
Hillstream can live in tropical water or cold water
Loving your videos ❤❤❤
I'm also finding these in my local fish store
They are so funny to watch 😂❤
Do these guys eat snails like other loaches do?
Hey! Could you try and breed Danionella cerebum?
Your doggie wants a snack
Please make one tutorial for cardinal tetras i have tried the neon tetra method it didn't work out for me. Would be helpfull if you make a tutorial because your tutorial has been very clear compared to others.
If they breed so well, why are they so high in price? and hard to find, there should be tons of them in shops
The dog is enjoying licking the tank and trying to get the loaches. lol
That was so cute! lol
He reminds me of mine. XD
Success in breeding fish in general is always a joy, but success with a more unique species must be quite fulfilling 😉
Always impressed with your accomplishments.
any update for your borneo sucker bro ?
Can’t wait to see your new method. I have 12 gastromyzon , no breeding . I’m going to try 6 Hillstreams and see whet happens . I have them in a 72 gallon .
I soooo want a couple of these guys. When I get cashed up, I will definitely buy a couple from you, and have them sent to Melbourne.
Doggo is trying to get the fish LOL
great information thanks!!
Wonder if this would work for panda garras
Wow that's y lot for 3 months start to the video. Thanks for sharing
5:11 look at the cutie trying to lick the loaches
It's not many years ago that all the advice was these fish need cool water, fast flow, multiple large water changes with cooler water and will rarely eat anything apart from algae growing on the rocks. They were considered a really difficult fish to breed. It was Lucas from LRB who dispelled this by keeping them at normal fish room temperatures in a tank with no filter and hence no water movement. They bred for him without any effort on his part.
This is actually amazing, if they can do well in conditions like this instead of highly specific setups it opens the door for so many possibilities to keep them.
I think it’s awesome what you do
I have had similar success as your, but have never managed to grow fry to adult size ,I have some fry 3 years still around 50-55mm adults 70-75mm,as you mention very easy to spawn very little intervention, I move adults every 60days I had same problem you had predation by first spawn on next fry moving adults helps a great deal.
They are so expensive and rare to find in brazil
i fucking love u man
It looks like the tank is full of snails so maybe they're not that detrimental to the eggs?
My favourite fish.. I just got 10 more on the weekend, hopefully they will really take off as a species in Australia.
I did have one get his dorsal fin caught in my net during the transfer though, definitely need to be careful moving those hundreds of babies!
Have a question...Learning about genetics and how if I cross certain characteristics to get a better looking fish..So my question is," What do I need to breed to get you remove the mustache?"
Solve world hunger and it will be considered.
So easy to breed. Why so expensive?
What size would you consider them to be sexually mature?
"Literally just have water" 😂
If they are that easy to breed why the rip off price.??
Iam new here what is bug buffet
It's his fish food that he makes
Why are my guppies not breeding earlier when i had a bunch one female bred once and the whole colony lived but didnt breed for months i kept changing the males and females so i gave them away. I brought new different mutt pairs for breeding as they came from the shop one of them gave birth to 1 fry and that was 2 months ago. Again the same reason why arent they breeding?
10 gal tank full planted, big sponge, bug buffet (kinda) food + flake, heated, i suspected soft water so i changed to hard tap water still no luck and yeah all the basic things are ticked off idk why they act weird and dont breed? is there any secret thing im missing i dont get it
The moustache looks good
Breeding boraras maculatus?
Here in Florida they run $15+ a piece. If they're so easy to breed thats ridiculous
Haha, here in Australia they're $60-80aud which is about 40-55usd each!
👍🇲🇾
They are cool ngl but they would die for unknown reasons yeah i guess so
From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family..
Excuse me for real?,how is that
possible I have struggling
financially, how was that possible?
Thanks to Elizabeth Marie Hawley.
YES!!! That's exactly her name (Elizabeth Maria Hawley) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her 😊 from Brisbane Australia🇦🇺
I have heard a lot of wonderful things about Elizabeth Maria Hawley on the news but didn't believe it until now. I'm definitely trying her out
Same here, with my current portfolio made from my investments with my personal financial advisor (Elizabeth Maria Hawley) I totally agree with you
so far i have purchased 9 of these fish so far, all males :[. Sadly the ones i did think were females didnt survive transit.
I had to sell my hill stream loach cuz of how aggressive and territorialal they are. I knew I couldn’t have lil buddy there forever and eventually gave him back to my local family owned fish store.
You sold out to quicklyyyyy
I just bought 2 HL and it turns out its female & male. The male have a "shoulder" between the head & fin. While the female have no shoulder. Overall I'm satisfied with their performance as algae eater. A "mini stingray" some people would call it.
I also trying to breed hillsteam loach
Please shave lol
The real test, is breeding them in a river set-up with alternating current flow over a month period. From almost trickling to storming. Get those fishes genetics exercised.
Don't move! You have 2 Hillstream Loachen on your upper lip!
Shave that mustache off. Trust me you're not that guy again you're not that guy.
I personally dislike sponge filters in their entirety. The 1 inch air stones clog up too fast... you get very little dissolved O2 into your tank... and the filter portion is pathetic. Aqua Clear 70 and a water floss mechanism like a cartridge system that you can indefinitely extend the life of the flossing mechanism... as for air stones... 3-4" round/disc size seems to last indefinitely and introduce the proper amount of dislved O2 into the water...as opposed to the 1 inch garbage stones.
Note Songe filters are only good if you have a good auto water changing system in place. Also, pleco and any bottom feeder... produce tremendous amounts of waste... top water changes leave all that junk at the bottom which is why your tanks look so dirty with debris and detridus floating everywhere... which is how Microbacterium sometimes will find its way into your fish colony and start causing some to lose color... and die off. I have seen it destroy entire colonies fo fish in a couple weeks. Once they start showing color loss... they are dead.
Have I ever been so much busier that I haven’t watched your videos!!!! When did you grow out your mustache???? 🥸🥸🥸