anyone knows if this is aggressive? what's their nature? can keep with shrimp?

http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/...e/2728/c10.jpg

can't any info from the net ... maybe the name is different.

thanks.

1) They are not plecos but rather a type of loach
2) They dun grow that big...
3) I dun guarantee that they will leave your shrimps alone though as i dun have any experience with them.
4) They are not from HK...

They are Gastromyzon sp. or Pseudogastromyzon sp. aka hillstream loaches from the family Balitoridae.

Matt Clarke explains this family of fish very well in the PFK article link below.
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...article_id=142

thanks!

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They're peaceful fish. I have one. They generally leave everyone alone and go about their own business.

They're really cute to watch when they're munching on a food disc. Hardy buggers, survives almost anything. They sometimes have spurts of energy where they whizz around the tank at an incredible speed! That'll last for a couple of seconds then they go back to being a sloth.

I cant honestly say they'll leave shrimp alone. I've never seen mine eat any, but then again, i only had a couple of shrimp in the same tank with it for 3-4 days.

Hope this helps.

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hi... thanks for your input but i cant make out this part above. You meant 'cant honestly' or 'can honestly' ? it doesnt sound right if read the whole part leh... thanks again!

Makes perfect English sense. Simply means that she CANNOT guarantee that they won't eat your shrimp (even though they didn't eat her shrimps).

I personally think they will be ok in the company of the small algae eating shrimps, ie they won't eat your shrimp. These balitorids need high O2 levels in the water as they come from waterfall/rapid areas.

Below is a hyper link to my friend in Perth, Australia, Bob Darnell's site on loaches. In there there are pictures of dedicated tanks for balitorids (hillstream loaches) from people who have actually successfully bred these quirky little fish. These tanks usually have very fast flowing water, pumped thru with a big powerhead, to create the fast flowing river/rapid type of environment. This is the ideal tank environment for these fish, however I believe the shrimps would not fare well in a similar tank with fast flowing water.... so if you're going to keep them in with your shrimp, then there must be a compromise.

http://www.bobd.lunarpages.com/loaches/breeding.html

kev, thanks a lot ! (but some links appear broken)

The fast flowing riverine tank setup is apply to oversea countries with cool weather. Due to the power head will producing very high heat and raise the temp of the water.

There is an indonesian uncle trying on that. He put 2 powerhead and end up the heat raise the water temp up to 30C+. (Fast flowing water in river should be very cold for the loach)

Unless you have chiller....