The deed is done!

[Emma Turner]

It took a while, but I removed the Danio hikari from the River Tank this afternoon. Steve has taken them into the shop and is acclimatising them back onto one of our systems right now.



I couldn't remove the Schistura balteata pair because I have had them for so long and I am very attached to this beautiful species. I'm sure Martin is right though, one is so fat that it must have been feasting on Sewellia eggs/fry. But hopefully the removal of the large shoal of greedy Danio hikari will help in this respect. I didn't count them, but there were at least 16 of them and they were all quite chunky.

I had to take out all the bogwood and a few plants in order to catch them, and now that I've put it all back, it's not quite in exactly the same place. But I can see through to the back of the tank a lot better now, where a lot of the cobbles are, so hopefully might get to see some Sewellia 'action' at some point.

Emma

[Jim Powers]

If they are anything like L. disparis and to a lesser extent, chenis, they don't take kindly to voyeurism.

[shari2]

That is a beatiful pic Emma!

[mikev]

Sorry to hear this, they are beautiful, but baby needs must come first...


I'm very curious: if you were to start from scratch, what would be the safest tankmates for Sewellias (if there are any at all).

I'm not into Sewellia's, of course, but I was trying to write a list of possibilities.

I guess no Danios or Barbs of any kind, no Schisturas, probably no Lizard loaches either.

White Clouds should be safer than Danios, Rasboras are probably the safest dither. Otos (if there is a quite well-planted area). Small vegetarian plecos? Gastros? Anything else?

[Emma Turner]

Thanks Shari , it was a bit of a flukey shot though!

I think I may add some Vietnamese mountain minnows (Tanichthys micagemmae) at some point, but for now, I'll just let the current residents settle again.

There are still 10 x Eight Banded False Barbs (Eirmotus octozona) in there, but as I've said before, they are so shy and peaceful, that I don't believe they are a threat.

Emma