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Mike Ophir
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Post by Mike Ophir » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:55 pm

Just thought I would let you know I picked up 4 Sewellia lineolata today from Uncle Ned's. Fantastic little fish. They are already grazing on the algae covered rocks and wood!
Will they eat algae wafers? I bought some just in case they do.

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Post by mickthefish » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:04 pm

mine do mike, don't know about everyone else though.
i know they love tubifex worms.

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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:12 pm

Congratulations Mike!!
They have quickly become one of my favorite hillstreams.
As far as food goes, mine eat just about anything.
I feed them various brands of algae wafers, Omega One shrimp pellets, Hikari bloodworms, spirulina brine shrimp, and mysis shrimp as well as par-boiled spinach leaves.
They seem to adapt more quickly to prepared foods than most other hillstreams.
Good luck!!!
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Post by Mike Ophir » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:27 pm

Thanks guys! Yea my 4 are already crawling all over the 80 gallon grazing on any stone or slate that seems to have algae on it...right at home! Ned said they werent taking algae wafers but only algae. I will drop some wafers in tomorrow and see what happens. It looks like the large one (about 2.5 inches) is a male. The other 3 small ones are 1.5 inches so I dont know if you can sex them at that size?

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Post by Emma Turner » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:59 pm

Congratualtions on a great find, Mike. :D Once established they seem to show more interest in dried foods than they do algae or frozen foods. Mine go particularly mad for the JMC sinking catfish pellets we get over here.

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Post by mickthefish » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:05 pm

i use the same pellets emma from what ive seen with this food virtually any fish go barmy for them.

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ps emma the pellets are manufactured in europe and packed over in the uk.
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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:13 pm

You should be able to sex them at 1.5 ", Mike.
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Post by Mike Ophir » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:52 pm

really..wow..in that case i will hop to it then!

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Post by Mike Ophir » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:02 pm

looks like i have 3 males and a female

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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:12 pm

I bet she is going to be busy. :wink:
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Post by Martin Thoene » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:39 pm

Like one of my female P.cheni that was spawning with 2 different males at different nest locations on the same day!

You're going to love them Mike.

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