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I was surprised and confused when someone showed me this link recently. Apparently an absolute breeze for him to breed.
I'm especially confused by the "didn't bother with high flow" part.

Can I have your opinion? Is this credible?

http://brianstropicals.com/sewellia.html

I really started getting a lot of fry when I lowered the amount of water flow through my water changing system.

I think this could be true, I removed one of my two pumps with 3500L/h and after that I've had explosion in the amount of Sewellia fry. Actually so many I have to sell some, hard to find a good home. Maybe they spawn in the wild when current is smaller?

hmm, you know how sometimes when a subject comes up all of a sudden you see it mentioned everywhere you turn? lol...just saw another account of a keeper with a huge river tank down in NZ filled with them.. and breeding of course.
I guess the profile will need to be updated to reflect that they are breeding regularly in aquaria.

See here:
Breeding Sewellia lineolata

Apparently many people are discovering that they are a very fecund breed.

shari2 wrote:
Apparently many people are discovering that they are a very fecund breed.

Except me darnit!

Martin.

Martin this will knock you sick then, i'm positive i saw a young sewelia yesterday and again today albeit for a second or two,
it darted into the rockwork as soon as i looked in the tank.

mick

Not to worry Martin, mine still haven't bred also!

Martin and Graeme;
I really bet your sewellia have bred but you have just not witnessed it yet.
Mine always seem to start just before lights out with the egg release often happening after lights out. Just keep watching for the little ones.
I am a bit worried about my lone sewellia fry as I have not seen it for over a week now.

Previous discussion: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=9283

Emma

Most likely Jim. I have nearly half a ton of Scottish pebbles in there.

I don't think it is that hard to get them to breed. Mine did it in a 10 gallon tank no where near a river set up. I just had decent flow and a lot of o2.

I had a total of 5 fry. 2 I gave away. 1 just disapeared and 2 others are now with the adults in the new 20gal.

I haven't seen them do much in the 20. Mine seem to take a while to re-adjust after a good tank cleaning or being moved so hopefully they will return to normal in a week or so.