Hillstream loach
Sewellia lineolata
Also called butterfly loach, sewellia.
Cool, fast, hard water. A warm still tank kills them slowly.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 6 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 80 L, at least 60 cm long
- Temperature
- 20 to 24 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 4 to 12 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 3 or more
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- biofilm and algae
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- moderate
- Lives
- about 8 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a hillstream loach fits the tank you have.