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Hi guys. A couple of days ago I was surprised and very excited to find two baby s. lineolatas in my river tank. I've never had any fish successfully breed before that I'm aware of, so this is very cool, especially as s. lineolata is one of my favorite fish.

Anyway, the babies are a little over half an inch long and look healthy and active. They stay close to the shelter of a half-coconut, but do venture out, especially at feeding time. At this age, will they be fine eating what the adults get (a mixed diet of flake, Hikari micro wafers, catfish pellets, frozen bloodworm/tubifex/brine shrimp and live daphnia)? Or is there something else I should be putting in especially for them until they get bigger, to increase their chances of health and survival?

Any thoughts appreciated...

just keep feeding the way you are doing, there's no need to put anything in for the youngsters as they've grown now to this size without anything different.
congrats on getting youngsters Chai.

mick

Thanks Mick! They are very cute. I had been thinking about giving up the sewellia & friends in order to use the tank for mudskippers (no space for another tank of that size, unfortunately), but not now!