My Honest Review of 5 Oddball Fish for Nano Tanks

[@GirlTalksFish]

*What's your favorite oddball nano fish that fits in 20 gallons or less?*

[@roham1601]

Kuhli loach

[@ilivefortropicalfish6837]

Kuhli loachess

[@xXdutchieeeXx]

I love my betta and White Cloud Mountain minnows

[@funnylaugh.1069]

Hi this is kinda unrelated but I’m planning to get my first betta! And I just wanted to say thanks for all the great information and I can’t wait!!

[@roham1601]

@@funnylaugh.1069 good luck!

[@Firefly-Simp-HSR]

“Kuhli coaches are thin” my kuhlis are the thickness of a cigar

[@Gabrielaalvarezdogmom]

Baby ones and young ones are thin. Full blown adults are chubby lol 😆

[@davidwinfrey2861]

My petco has hillstream loaches. They literally take such good care of their animals I have never seen a dead fish. It is pretty much a local petstore

[@GirlTalksFish]

I have some really good Petco stores nearby too. From what I've heard, the quality of the fish often depends on the quality of the pet store's management.

[@Pixiedust1006]

I wish my petcos were like this. I've only got shrimp from them and they all had white horsehair worms and they all died 😔 only pet store locally to me who keeps their tanks clean is one petsmart in the town over from me

[@Person-gd3ew]

@@Pixiedust1006 THat sucks :(

[@notNajimi]

One petco near me is almost like this. They’re lucky to have some knowledgeable people on staff

[@epico5805]

Aw lucky, I can't find hillstream loaches anywhere where I am

[@Chicken4u]

guess what! I’m 13 and I’m proud to say my Betta t is in a 5 gallon with consistent tank changes! I now have ordered a sponge filter and they should be here this week I’m so happy that I value my betas life. No, I do not have a heater but I am working on getting this ASAP, please no hate comments I’m really trying my best and I’m really proud of my work also I hope you see this because you inspired me to change to a sponge filter!😁🐟🐠

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's so awesome! I'm so glad I could be of some help. Best of luck with upgrading your betta fish's tank. 😊

[@plantedlife]

That's great

[@Chicken4u]

@@GirlTalksFish I can’t believe you responded Thank you so much I look up to your amazing fish keeping videos!

[@HJ-pm2dx]

I'm a bit late but Bettas are awesome. They love interacting with you, can learn tricks and enjoy appropriate toys! I'm glad you are doing your best for your fishy friends

[@Chicken4u]

@@HJ-pm2dx Thank you so much!

[@samcruz7782]

I’ve kept multiple pea puffers in community tanks. it overall just depends on their individual personality. when i buy pea puffers for a community tank i look for the ones that tend to go off on their own and dotn pay attention to other fish, which usually gets rid of the fin nipping issue.

[@elsancho-mx7om]

People forget fish have individual personalities

[@kongyiu]

I just got 2 Hillstream today. They are so funny! Those blinking eyes sticking out is so adorable! I always wanted to keep Pea puffers, but the food requirement is a dealbreaker.

[@maxburns4418]

you do know that you can feed them frozen blood worms

[@eveningclicks7767]

They aren't puffers, but gold ring danios have a nice yellow and black color and are about the same size, plus they are friendly.

[@kennethmarrow3131]

I give Girl talks fish 5 out of 5 stars 💙

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

10/5

[@GirlTalksFish]

Awww, shucks 😊

[@drinny26]

I know want to be friends with her. Lol

[@justasmallpufferfish]

Are you kidding me that is insultingly low

[@thegodofslime3051]

simpppppppp

[@KathyO81]

Got my first hillstream loaches lat week because of your videos. I love them, thank you for giving me the confidence to get them.

[@tanbryan445]

I've been keeping kuhli loach for the past 40 years and still not tired of them. Another loach that I wish was more common is the P. Shelfordii. I've only seen it once at an LFS. A Kuhli loach with spots instead of stripes!

[@amicah4517]

Love this type of video! Bumblebee gobies seem like another cool oddball fish although I have never kept them myself

[@velidae]

I have two reticulated hillstream loaches (Sewellia lineolata) and one borneo sucker (Pseudogastromyson myseri) and 4-6 kuhli loaches (I put in 6, but only ever see 4 at a time... not sure if there are still 6). They're such fun fish, so cute, and I love that they're shrimp safe! I definitely think more people would get hillstream loaches if there wasn't so much misinformation online about them requiring fast flow, but they can also be hard to find. None of my local fish stores keep them in regular stock, I had to order them online from a few cities away.

[@TerryLestrange]

Will also buy those hillstream loachdz and Kuhliis. Such amazing fishes. Can't wait to start with the hobby as I receive my 240liter aquarium next week!☺️

[@HJ-pm2dx]

I haven't had the chance to own hillstream loachs yet, but I have enjoyed the rest of this list, so I'm sure I'll love Hsl. Kuhli's are my favorite oddball fish rn. I got a bakers dozen, built them hides, gave them different (soft) substrate, and gave them a heavy planted tank. Their behavior is so different now. Simply the cutest wiggly fish you could hope for.

[@jaz58107]

This set me off watching your other videos about Hillstream Loaches lol, they're fascinating I've got to get one! I love Khuli Loaches too, I think they're my favourite fish - the ultimate party dude's clubbin' it after dark😎

[@GirlTalksFish]

Lol, I love the way you put it with them being the late night partiers! 🎶

[@psycobasschick]

I discovered peacock gudgeons about a month ago, when I found sparkling gouramis and mistakenly got one thinking it had to be a pink one. I now have 2 since OCD is real and I found one when I was looking for something completely different. Heavily planted 10gal with a lot of tetras (4 types), pearl danios, 4 sparkling gouramis, 2 otocinculus catfish, 2 snails and some ghost shrimp. They engage with the other fish, super social with slower schooling fish (they like the tetras and gouramis, not so much the danios). The first thing they did in the tank was basically ride the current from the filter, which the tetras now do. Big fan myself.

[@demoncroc]

your tank sounds really overstocked, check aqadvisor to see?

[@psycobasschick]

@@demoncroc some fish have died, other were moved to different tanks. I've also been in the hobby for 4 decades, so I do actually know what I'm doing when it comes to stocking numbers

[@stephanier.680]

Hillstream loaches are so cute! Glad they got such a good score : D

[@psions555]

I have had most of the fish on this list, though some in larger than nano tanks. Khuli loaches were great until I got some diseased fish and added a treatment. That was my first lesson about scaleless fish and copper. I don't know if they are the same but I had great fun with what were called Malabar puffers all the years ago I had them, so much personality for their size. Best oddball I ever had, in a wide but short tank was a weather loach, they really do just survive about anything, they can even temporarily move on land to get to new waters etc. When a storm or bad weather came he would let you know well in advance 👍

[@shadowhunter7167]

I absolutely adore my hillstreams! They’re such perfect little fish. I love when they “doot doot” across the tank. Such fascinating and enjoyable fishies :)

[@GirlTalksFish]

Lol, same here!

[@northwestlife2794]

So I wasn’t going to get a hillstream loach because the info says it need fast moving water. So you are keeping them with just a spine finlter and doing fine?

[@VictoriaJames]

My local Petco called the hillstream loaches butterfly loaches. I picked one up for my daughter and we really love him.

[@shuddaupshali]

You are getting me thru my first nano tank 🥺❣️ Thanks so much!

[@feralon9570]

I have two hillstream loaches in my 20 long and I adore them! They are super cute and always active day and night. I think people shy away from them because everyone says they need fast moving water. After seeing a video that Cory had done where he said they do fine in a slow moving tank I went for it and I am very happy that I did.

[@kpratt6685]

Thanks for this! I was eying them for my 30 and thought of putting a current in! Glad to know they can thrive elsewhere.

[@midas2252]

Do you see them often?

[@feralon9570]

@@midas2252 , Yes! I see mine all of the time. Of course they do disappear from time to time but they are out more than hiding.

[@joshbrz]

thanks for making this video! i saw it back when you posted it and have been thinking about sewellia ever since! i even made a stream tank (not quite "hillstream" since i have some plants, but it's close) and finally found three that were the same species (sewellia albisuera). thanks again for the inspiration :)

[@shesellsfish]

Kuli loach..."they've got these black little beady eyes" made me lol. They DO have beady little eyes. 😂 👍💓👍 P/S I want to see a tank with little hillstream loach babies.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Me tooooo! 👶👶👶

[@onebilliontacos3405]

Question: Do you think you're do more experimentations with aquatic amphibians like African dwarph frogs and newts? I've especially heard that adf's make pretty good tankmates with most fish with having around the same amount of success as a betta. :)

[@robinfarrar3493]

I can say from experience that adf WILL go after a betta and vice-versa. IF adf can be kept in community tanks I’d think it would only work if the tank is large, the fish are all bigger than the adf, and the fish be herbivores.

[@janusvanmassenhove1083]

I keep a couple of adf's in a tank together with my guppies so they can eat their offspring and I don't get an overcrowded tank. You shouldn't keep adf's in a big tank because those are probably too deep for them, as they need to go to the surface to breathe.

[@himlolo]

@@robinfarrar3493 0 fish are purely herbivore

[@robinfarrar3493]

@@himlolo Umm…I didn’t say they were.

[@barrytrepczyk9893]

Love this video! These fish are amazing! I can't wait till I move so I can get back into aquariums again and this is giving me such an itch

[@sarahwhite8618]

I keep hillstream loaches in a traditional nano tank, too, and they’re doing great! I love them.

[@kennethmarrow3131]

I put 5 Clown Loaches in a 29 gallon community tank of several varieties of fish. I was expecting the Clowns to bond to each other. I even put a cave inside so they could hang out. However, they don't seem to be interested in schooling, preferring to swim independently.

[@benjobling6861]

Thank you I couldn’t get away with your videos till recently I don’t know why but I love them now thank you for the videos/information xx

[@sovrappensiero1]

Super fun video, Irene! I love your footage of these different oddballs. Thanks!

[@surfelvis5946]

I had two (2) Kooly Loaches, but each of them died when they propelled themselves out of my tall 55" tank. It was at different times/dates. After flying out of the tank, they fell several feet before hitting the ground. They died within days of what I must assume were massive internal injuries due to the fall. Too bad because they were cool! Great coloring!

[@carriephillips6054]

I have always wanted a hillstream loach.

[@DLMyth2]

Aquahuna sells 2 for $20. Pretty cheap.

[@carriephillips6054]

@@DLMyth2 I never see them at my LFS. Maybe I will treat myself to Aqua Hana order for my birthday. Thanks for the tip!

[@DLMyth2]

@@carriephillips6054 Happy early Bday;) I got mine this Monday and they're mesmerizing to watch sliding from the glass to the substrate. They're more fun to watch than my clown plecos which I swear they're pet rocks.

[@carriephillips6054]

@@DLMyth2 😆

[@FloridaFishRescue]

What a great list of suggestions. My addition would be platinum halfbeak as it's like keeping a tiny monster fish.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Wooow, I may have to look more into them.

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Well I'm going to have to check that one out too Mike 😁 I hope you're having a great weekend!!🌿🐟🌿💚

[@musk-eteer9898]

i recently learned about the hillstream loaches and i love them, very hardy and fun to have

[@thedarkhorse100]

Your plants look super healthy nice job, I may be the only person with a Kuhli loach tattoo so solid choice.i also have 3 of your 5 picks

[@cocomo111]

Thanks to watching your videos, I found kuhli and hillstream loaches. They're are so cute!

[@royster3345]

Kuhli loach are great, I had 2 but thought I'd lost one, then found him in the internal power filter, how long he'd been in there I'll never know, or how he got in. Returned to tank with his mate, and they now seem to spend more daylight time active. Definitely a taking point when people see the tank.

[@keithyoung4348]

I have peapuffers in my 60 gallon along with several other fish (neon tetras, Cory's, and a knife fish) and haven't had any issues.

[@stefanzzz6778]

I had this really cool dwarf eel. It was kinda dark brown and blue. I don’t remember what it was called and I’ve never found another. I bought a special hide for it, it would just sit in there with its head showing, I swear watching me, and come out for me at feed time or if I put my finger in the tank. It was super easy to look after, it would eat anything, not aggressive and did well in a community tank. Wish I could find another, it was like the rest of the fish were fish, and then this eel had its own distinct personality.

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

I would love to do some pea puffers, but I'm afraid I wouldn't have good luck with them!! Another fish I would like to get are some micro dragon gobies? I'm not sure what the species name is... Alex from @the secret history living in your aquarium got some, they're really cool although they stay hid in the sand most of the time 🤣 Another fish I really like is a whiptail catfish.. I don't know what it is about them I just love them!! Thanks for sharing Irene.. I just love the oddballs!! Have a wonderful and blessed Memorial Day weekend!!🙏🌿🐟🌿💚

[@YellowShep]

Kuhli Loach Supremacy 🌟

[@Pallidum]

I love my kuhli loaches. I have six of them in my heavily planted, lots of hardscape 100 gallon tank. You'd think they would disappear and I'd never see them, but they are really active and energetic and I can usually spot at least three or four at all times.

[@armouredjester1622]

@@Pallidum I've got nine Black Khulis, and I can usually glance at my tank and count off around 5 of them. They were skittish of their Cory tank mates for all of three hours before they realized everyone was peaceful.

[@ilivefortropicalfish6837]

I love kuhli loaches they are so cute

[@elaineleonard9526]

I was so excited when I got my hill stream loach. I did so much research and had the perfect tank setup. He lasted every bit of 1 and 1/2 days before my map turtle ate him. My turtle lives with many different types of barbs and has never ever been interested in eating them. I just assumed my hill stream loach would swim away if sippy my turtle went for him but he did not. And it was horrible.

[@jpshawcross]

I never realized how cute hill stream loaches are until I saw this video!

[@razorreef6552]

I just set up my 32 gal hillstream loach breeder tank yesterday. I can't wait to see even more babies.

[@elizabethrittwage2018]

After 6 weeks of cycling my tank and watching your videos, I got 2 Hillstream loaches yesterday 🥰 I love their little alien faces!!

[@Aquafinity]

Nice! Good luck with them!

[@Chompchompyerded]

Pigmy puffers also don't play well with inverts. They'll eat your snails and your shrimps. One thing you can do for them though, is get a tank really green with algae, let snails grow and multiply in it (and they will multiply if there's lots of algae), then throw them in the puffer tank when their numbers start getting up there. Personally, I can't bare to do that, so I don't keep puffers. It's almost limitless free food for people who can though. Also, feeding them live snails will keep their teeth worn down to a desirable level so you don't have to trim them yourself, which risks all manner of problems, including the death of the puffer fish. Personally, I'd rather stick with my hillstream loaches, rocket tails, cardinal tetras, and corys. I'm right with you about hillstream loaches. They are awesome. I'm not quite sure why they qualify as oddballs in the industry because loaches aren't rare in the hobby, and neither are fish which will clean the glass. They are just cool little fish, and every single one of them which I have had has personality by the truck load.

[@saktah]

I have a couple of fan shrimps in my community tank. If I add a few hill stream loaches, do you think they'll eat the shrimps?

[@pangiokuhli512]

I don't think that hillstream loaches are big enough to eat an adult, but a baby or eggs might be in danger

[@Evil_Genius_888]

I have 6 kuhli loaches in a 16g tank with c habrosus. I rarely ever see them. I like the hill stream loach. When I ever get a tank conducive to a stream setup I’ll get a few.

[@snailsandfriends]

Thanks for the video! Do you know if hillstream or kuhli loaches have any issues with red cherry shrimps?

[@ilivefortropicalfish6837]

Kuhli loaches definitely dont

[@veronicaberkenbosch7157]

I LOVE Khuli loaches!!!! I have 10 in my Asian tank and they' re awesome!

[@deadmellow4636]

Let’s hope your tanks big

[@jessiecooper8532]

Was on the fence about Hillstreams but definitely going to need a few now 😊

[@rattyeely]

I've always wanted a Kuli loach. I heard that they weren't very hardy, so I'm surprised to hear they apparently do pretty good?

[@DLMyth2]

My 2 Hillstream Loaches are always together and never fight. With my 2 Clown Plecos and my 10 Armano Shrimps they’re my little workers. I have soft water with 2 sponge filters in a 30 gal tank. Everyone seems happy too.

[@Honkey-Donkey]

You listed my top three, hillstream loach, pea puffers and marbled hatchet fish.

[@sofanmax]

That kuhil loach would freak the heck out of unsuspecting people! I want one.

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

They need to be in schools of 5 or more in a 20 gallon or larger.

[@erinhallmakes777]

My top favorite small fish That are not necessarily found in every pet store is definitely dwarf puffer. Followed closely by the Pygmy Cory, Norman's lampeye killifish, celestial pearl danios, and Endlers. I think I'm gonna have to go get some hillstream loaches now. I think I didn't get them because I'd hurt they like cool waters and lots of motion and I don't have that but if they're good for not that then I'm getting them.

[@creepy6208]

I had experience with marbled hatchet fish. They are really cool, awesome fish, but they have a tendency to jump. A LOT. And I mean I had 3 of them and all of them died becuse they found a way to jump out of the tank. Which is something im still bewildered by to this day. My tank has a top, and the only small opening is at the back főt the cables of the equipment to go through. I even put a small plastic piece at one of these openings as a precaution. Didn't stop them. So if anyone plans on keeping them, make sure to have as little to no openings on your lid. Otherwise they will find a way.

[@Nigelaquaticsfish]

There odd ball 3:07 because the peacock gudgen is supposed to be related to a goby but there closer related to the rainbow fish

[@crystalgilbert3558]

Thank you for this video! Would the Hillstream loach outcompete other bottom dwellers for food? Like Corys or shrimp? Thank you!

[@Aquafinity]

I don’t think so, because corys and shrimps are usually very fast. Hillstream loaches are usually the same speed as other bottom dwellers.

[@100bgeagle]

I love my hillstream loach, looks like an alien!

[@DahLekKnight]

Alien from below, Sting Ray from above...win-win!!! 🙂

[@hayhay8347]

Mine r happy with my pea puffer colony!

[@briant.4618]

Love my peacock gudgeons! Bought 7 a few months ago, currently raising about 40 of their fry in a separate tank. Have had 2 batches of eggs since, which daddy ate all of lol

[@popeish]

What did you do when you were away for the "weekend" from your desk for feeding the Pea Puffer? If you were gone 2-3 days... what did you do?

[@susanstaples6171]

Borneo loach mini loach the best pet ever! So fun and dithery and peaceful with my grouchy betta. They ignore him 100%

[@k9feces]

Last time I kept Hillstream loaches my heater broke, the water became super hot and they died stuck to the glass 🥺

[@sten423]

hillstream loaches still need cold water with lots of flow, i kept the in both situations and they did a LOT better in the tank with lots of flow

[@Peregrine1989]

As multiple people in the Hobby have pointed out, that's the O2 levels that causes that. You can get them to spawn (a sign of perfect conditions in the fishes point of view) in a tank with near zero flow, as long as it has a lot of dissolved O2. A high flow is the EASIEST way to do this, however their are other ways including a combination of heavy plants and CO2 injection (which can lead to pearling a sign of complete O2 saturation in the water) or Airstone as long as it has a decent air pump AND defuses the bubbles well decently.

[@briankepner7569]

I wish you would have pointed out the blue spark in the hillstream loach eyes. Admittedly I'm a guy but that spark in a fish's eyes

[@aquariumplantman]

I got to agree, hillstream loaches rock! I keep mine with a CRS colony 🌿

[@jsort2596]

What are the fish kept with the kuhli loaches in the video? (With yellow on the fins) -- they look great

[@WesCrockettCA]

For the Hillstream Loach, what would you do for a minimum tank size? I am looking for an algae eater for our 10 gallon tank that has 1 betta and 4 tetras (2 tetras died and I kind of want to replace them with a cleaner fish...)

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

20 gallon

[@pamelapilling6996]

Love my Hillstream Loaches. Mine breed in my 55g. They just need lots of rocks.

[@onehitterquitter2130]

Cool I just set up a 29gal. Gonna have to try them hill stream loaches.

[@hiarahkimusic3282]

What are those black and white fishes next to the Hillstream loach? 8:50 in ...thank you

[@hayhay8347]

I have a pea puffer colony, with a couple Reticulated Hillstreams, and they do fine!

[@GirlTalksFish]

That sounds like such an awesome oddball tank!

[@gfamily1943]

Question: So I have been keeping fish for over a year now. Recently I wanted to get into planted tanks. Ran into huge problems and couple months later my tank melted on me. So I read somewhere that you can fertilize with root tabs or just water fertilizers and it would be sufficient because one would seep into the other. So the idea was if you are using just root tabs the fertilizers would make its way into the water column. I did this and Oops 😬 😅 I also didn't know that carbon filters might filter some of those nutrients out so to remove them. Plus there is not a single source that can agree on how many nitrates to leave in your tank. Google has failed me on every account here! After my tank melt down I bought the Seachem line and frustrate myself with 7 different bottles of math problems every other day. Just bought a bottle of aquarium co-ops all in one fertilizer. I know every tank is different but how do I know how often to do fertilizers (1 or 2 time week)? How do I know if I should use less fertilizers? How do I know if I need the extra iron? Do you have to do weekly water changes? I'm actually taking a que from you when in one of your older videos you did a back to basics tank. The smaller older established aquarium will have more hardy plants (slow growers like anubius and java fern) and the bigger newer tank has all the more advanced ones maybe requiring more. Just not wanting to get information crossed here and trying to do it right. Ok sorry that was more than one question 😅 I guess if I summed it up im asking how do you know if you're giving too much or too little fertilizer?

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

Start with a dirted tank, watch some Father Fish, plants like tilth.

[@dreamingofchicago3363]

Very nice video!! 💙

[@SkyfishArt]

Some of the sewellia in the video do not look like sewellia lineonata to me. I saw them sold seperately in the fish store under another latin name. The lineonata was very calm and didn't mind me looking at them, but the other kind was super shy, bigger and with another pattern on their bodies. Finer dots. Some of your sewellia look more like those ones.

[@rageagainstthewashingmachi2877]

Girl forget fishes what's your skincare routine?!!! You are glowing!

[@totti2821]

What kind of nano tank did you keep you pea puffer in? Filter?

[@motherofomarah3839]

Do I have a fish? No. Am I planning on starting a tank? No. Am I thoroughly enjoying these videos? YES!

[@absofjelly]

How many peacocks did you have? Mine colour up beautifully in the courting period but yes they are pretty dull the rest of the time. Plus the colouration is mostly on the males.

[@xXdutchieeeXx]

I think all these fish are odd in a way. They certainly look different than other fish species and are every interesting

[@blackosprey2219]

Also, is that eco-complete in the hillstream loach tank? I always assumed they wouldn't tolerate rough gravel.

[@gfamily1943]

Also straight forward question: How do you know if the water flow is just right in your tank?

[@GirlTalksFish]

Most of the nano fish I've kept like slower flow, so I just look to see if they're being whipped around the tank too much. Not sure how to judge if the flow is fast enough, but I do try to avoid any dead spots in the tank or oil slicks at the surface.

[@blackosprey2219]

I absolutely love kuhlis, but they have never been very hardy for me. If anything, they seem a bit delicate for a bottom feeder.

[@mafiaspudd8146]

I only have 1 kuhli loach,my dad caught it when it was flooding(it's very normal for my country)while catching some fish to eat. Im worried that it might not do well in my 10 gallon planted tank,but luckily it seems well and active,i do plant more heavily to provide hiding spots

[@DonDonEditz]

I used to have a kulhi loach, and when he first went into my 6 gallon, I noticed that he had ick, It’s really easy to cure, and if you fish has ick, and has a weak immune system, they will go crazy, and that’s what happend

[@whenimonmymoon6822]

Can you keep the hillstream and khuli loaches in the same tank?

[@TonyKanto]

Would pleco and loach work well together in 20 gallon tank? If so how many?

[@mikefisher4834]

The Kuhli Loach reminds me of Slimy Oscar the Grouch’s pet worm💯😂

[@piercett917]

Hey I have 4 hillstream loachs in my 10 gallon and it is such a pain to do water changes

[@BlaisZeroni]

Can you keep khuli and hillstream loaches together? What about a 36L tank?

[@FootyHerper10]

Was gunna grab a hillstream loach the other day!!!!! But convinced myself they looked too much like the leech I plucked off my leg a while back

[@Aaron-iw8si]

10:17 can anyone tell me what kind of plant that is? I got a single leaf from a local petstore and successfully grew it but still not know its name 😅

[@whymyluckstatsistoolow]

8:52 what fish is that on the background? I never seen one...

[@Goldiibug]

I'd love to get some hillstream loaches but I have a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides. Do you know how they'd do together? It's a heavily planted 55 gallon.

[@kiliankraus]

The marbled hatchets are great but I will agree, they are FRAGILE fish! If you can keep them past the 1 or 2 week mark you’re probs safe. And for these guys the group or 6+ is very important

[@masonlee9423]

Would a 20 gallon high be big enough for a few kuhlis and maybe some tank mates?

[@Goldi-Luc]

definitely! i have 6 kuhli loaches 3 yoyo loaches 1 dwarf gourami in mine and plan to add a few chain loaches as well. my yoyos will have to move to a bigger tank when they get too big tho

[@CoffeeTimeBrian11]

Love your show; however, I have to dissagree with your opinion on Peacock grudgeons. You definately need a school of about nine of these to see their interactions. Also, these fish have the peculiar breeding behavior where the male cares for the eggs inside of clay pots or rocks and sometimes takes care of the fry too..sometimes. The hillstream loach is my favorite and I hope to get some striped khulli loach fish.

[@cryptocorner2253]

I love your pet names i.e. Soudwave and Voltron.

[@googjoobguys]

I’m absolutely in love with kuhli loaches, and have been doing research on them with bettas. How many would you put with 1 betta in a 10 gallon? (lots of hiding spaces and plants)

[@sierralovat5498]

I think the limit due to space is 3. With me and had 2 black khuli loaches in my 10 gallon with a male mustard betta, 2 corys and 4 neon tetras. My Betta never did anything with them(hes not very aggresive really)and they seemed to be fat and happy in the tank. They all live in my new 45 tank now. All still pretty happy and fat. Betta gets along fine. Loaches are pretty fast but they are aslo very shy and will hide until night fall or when it is feeding time

[@sullex69]

A good thing to remember is a full coverage lid for Marble Hatchet fish, because they are naturally very good jumpers.