 Chinese hillstream loaches have small mouths thus necessitating the offering of good quality fish food such as flakes, sinking pellets, algae wafers, thawed frozen bloodworms, mysid shrimps, blanched spinach, kale and natural algae.There are minimal differences between males and females in "Beaufortia kweichowensis" but the males often display stronger coloration.Although "B. kweichowensis" are not normally bred in captivity, they may reproduce in pits under rocks inside tanks that mimic riverine settings.