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[snowball]

There is this pleco which I had before and which I only realised recently that it is called "Mian Dian(Burmese) Pipa" in chinese. I bought this type of pleco twice before but didn't manage to keep it alive and also didn't manage to get more information from the person who sold them. I did a search in the website, but couldn't find anything, maybe because i got the english name wrong. Any brother know what it is called in English? When you look at the underside of this pleco, it looks like an "8" (sorry i do not have a picture to show).

[chilicrabz]

i dun think its a pleco, none originate from burma. im not sure wats the english name for it, but u can find them at the back of 328, inside the packet shrimps tank.

its a good algae cleaner, though.

[SoToNgMaN]

pics are still easier

[lyh]

You meant hill stream loach?

[Terence Chia]

Sound like Hill stream loach. I remembered once 1 bought about 30pcs and who knows, the next day all dead!! Heard from people that it very sensitive to changing water conditions.

[snowball]

Bingo, thanks guys, its "hill stream loach", I was searching under pleco, no wonder I can't find them in the website. Why did they call them "Mian Dian Pipa" in chinese, I wonder. Anyway, I wanted more infor because they die easily, so need to know how to keep them alive. Thanks again.

[snowball]

Sound like Hill stream loach. I remembered once 1 bought about 30pcs and who knows, the next day all dead!! Heard from people that it very sensitive to changing water conditions.

Hi terence, they sure die easily. I only bought 6pcs so far, some die within a few days, only 1pcs i managed to keep alive for approx 3wks, which I think is still too short a time.

[lyh]

These guys need cool fast flowing and highly oxygenated water. I think you may havesuccess with them if you have a chiller