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Placing an algae covered stone where you want fish to be photographed has great benefits with Hillstreams.



Now some sex comparing:

MALE (note front few rays on pectoral fins):



FEMALE:



MALE:



FEMALE:



MALE:



MALE:



Blurred, because FEMALE fish just zoomed to this spot, but good dorsal shot.



Now if I could just get them to sit still a little longer.

Martin.

Excellent photos Martin.

Excellent series of photos, Martin. That really highlights the differences with the pectoral fins and the tubercules.

Emma

They look unreal!
I think I just got some from the pet shop yesterday, they were called Scooters over here in Australia, are they the same??

G'day Rod, and welcome to LOL. It's possible they might be. Hillstream Loaches get called by so many different imaginative "trade" names that I will believe anything.
The fact that you're not sure what they are makes me think you have some reading to do:

http://www.loaches.com/hillstream_intro.html

Martin.

G'day to you too mate. Cheers for the quick response, I didn't realise that scooters were loaches, so I appreciate the advice and will endeavour to read up on them. I picked them up yesterday when I purchased six kuhli loaches to add to my loach collection, so am wrapped that they are loaches too! My tank has seven large clown loaches, eight yoyos, two skunks along with my recent purchase.

Rod

Nice pictures, Martin!!

I agree with you about the placing of "algae stone" make easier to get pictures (in my experience with Gastromyzon species). But their fin's always in "close" position when they scraping algae.

Yeah, by the looks of the last picture, Martin was sussed.

Lovely pictures.

The male's tubercules look even more pronounced here than in the last set of photo's.
After close inspection yesterday I have still not seen any signs of these tubercules on my Sewellia, so it seems i prob have 2 females.

great pics and nice tip on the algae rock for "posing".

beautiful loaches.