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Howdy,

I took a few lame shots of my Sewellia sp spotted, in case someone can guess sexes on these individuals, please let me know. I promise that when I get my new camera, I will also wipe the glass.

Any ideas on spawn triggers are welcome . . . so far it's just clean water and good food. They are unwilling to accept frozen meaty food or live fod, so all they get is pellets of various kinds.

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Pic 4 (closeup of the guy in the back from pic 3)


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cheers,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan

Cool!
Where did you find these?

Howdy,

A local importer (Mark Denaro) did a convoluted order from a German wholesaler. I managed to get 12 of these. There were a lot of rare species on the list, including some rare pencils and Uaru fernandezyepezi.

Unfortunately, Mark is pulling out of the importing business. Fortunately, Mark is getting back into breeding fish.

cheers,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan

I met Mark at the Ohio Cichlid Assoc. Extravaganza in 2007 and am a member of his Anubiasdesign group on Yahoo. I didn't know he had ever gotten the spotted seweilla.

I'd say there was a very high chance that the wholesaler was Aquarium Glaser. A short while back I ordered this species from them - they had a very limited number in stock, and we received 12 at the shop. There are a couple of images in my breeding article that show the male and female differences: http://www.loaches.com/articles/the-spa ... evelopment.

Emma

Hi Emma,

I almost know that article by heart My fish are very shy and have plenty of space to hide. There is a very large piece of driftwood that they can go and live under. So that's where they spend most of their time. I am trying to find some large river rocks, and I will probably replace the driftwood.

Incidentally, another guy in the USA that got fish from same shipment as me just sent me and email with a photo of his first fry. Apparently this breeding thing works even in USA.

I think I will lift the driftwood tonight and see what darts from underneath.

cheers,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan

Personally, I would keep the wood! Mine also spend the majority of their time hiding behind a big chunk of bogwood, it seems that they prefer this to any of the rocks etc. Providing that you have both sexes (and there is a good chance of that with a group of 12), happy Sewellias will breed.

Here are some pics of the tank that mine have been in these past couple of years:





Behind all the Cryptocoryne balansae, are a couple of rather big bits of bogwood. The Sewellia sp. 'spotted' love the shade that these provide.

Keep trying yours with the meaty frozen foods, I'd say my S. sp. 'spotted' are the least fussy fish I keep when it comes to fish food - mine will eat anything!

Best wishes,

Emma

A chainstore up here in Canada just got in some sewellia lineata and there was some spotted mixed in with them.I had to travel around to all the stores in my area and do some cherrypicking. I ended up with 4 spotted which looks like 2 males and 2 females. WooHoo!

Gary

hi there,
as this is my first posting (finely i found the forum ) i like to tell something about myself...34y old light tecchnician in a big theatre in Zurich,Switzerland. living in zurich.

here some of my newest pics about spotted fry:

the spotted babies like to drift in the strong current easily (2500L/h at 100L tank volume)






baby Sewellia sp. spotted in a current


since they use their new feature ...little hairs to scotch on to glass ans other underground each corner in the tank gets explored




there's action during the feeding


like the adults the baby aswell use to explore in little groups


also the parents came out today


quite different patterns in between the little ones
ca.15mm


20mm large


@Emma
your tank is very nice! i like the streaming plants...


farid

Hi farid, Welcome to Loaches Online!

This picture is a impressive one! Superb!

hi graeme,
thanks

i like the light aswell (taken with two IR-flashlights) diagonal from the back to front

farid

Hi Farid, your photographs are amazing. The one that Graeme highlighted is fantastic, what a beautiful sight. The plants in my tank are Cryptocoryne balansae, they love the current.

Emma

hi emma,
thanks for the flowers
i also got C.balansae but not in loach tanks...but the idea is good. it inspires me to set up something new as i get P.fangi in two days

best regards from zurich, switzerland
farid

Did someone mention Pseudogastromyzon fangi?

These are wonderful hillstream Loaches to keep, very much like the Pseudogastromyzon cheni regarding feeding habits and characteristics. I bred mine when our tank bulbs broke..... two days later i saw them 'at it' like rabbits. Strange but true.

Graeme Robson wrote: I bred mine when our tank bulbs broke..... two days later i saw them 'at it' like rabbits. Strange but true.

From this we can surmise that they only breed in the wild during total solar eclipses. Or maybe just at night.