Use a mature tank with clean, well-oxygenated water, smooth rocks, and room for each fish to graze. Aim for circulation around the rocks and keep open access to food.
Diet
Let biofilm grow on some rocks and offer sinking algae-based foods and small invertebrate foods.
Hikari Mini Algae Wafers is a prepared grazing food. Offer a small piece if accepted and keep a place to graze on established biofilm.
Species notes
The reticulated hillstream loach (Sewellia lineolata) is a flat-bodied grazer that rests on smooth stones.
