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My Sewellia have been going absolutely nuts!! The level of chasing is more than I have ever seen. Lots of gliding with mid-tank collisions and what looks like ping pong using Sewellia instead of ping pong balls.
Back and forth accross the tank and all over the tank glass, on the driftwood and everywhere in rapid succesion. Very intense...and entertaining. I even noticed it after lights out while I was laying in bed.

Mine too. A little quieter today, but the last few days...SHEESH!

Martin.

One of my males seem very aggressive lately. I wonder......or i should say 'I hope'

Hey Jim, you are doubly lucky, to have hillstreams, and to see them from in bed

It is entertaining. I find my self sitting on the bed much more now, just watching them. On the weekends its nice to lay in bed in the mornings and watch them come out to feed while I read the newspaper. And, at night I see them zipping accross the tank glass from time to time. I think I may have to get the flashlight out sometime and see how active they are at night.

'Sewellia ping pong' is a great term - I know instantly what you mean! I put a blue moon tube on the river tank two nights ago, which they seem to like and are pretty active under.

Emma

Speaking of blue moon tubes...
I was out at home depot the other day for lightbulbs and saw rather large sized strings of plastic covered lights--the kind you run outside.

When you talk about bmt is that what you refer to, or is there a smaller, water resistant variety?

The blue moon tubes we have are similar to the marine-glo type fluorescent bulbs for saltwater tanks. We've run them on the clown loach tank for years, and it is amazing how quickly 'the mob' come out once the main lights switch off, leaving just the dimmer blue light on.
I'd noticed that the Sewellia seemed very active after lights out, so I thought the addition of one of these blue tubes might make for some interesting viewings.

Emma

Here's my version Shari....LED Christmas lights.



Ultra low-consumption and runs cool.

Martin.

Shari, that's exactly what I have on my 55g. It's 12' I think, and fit perfectly around the inside of the canopy and down to the plug.

I use it as a pre/post ight. It comes on about 30 minutes before the main lights, then goes off. Comes back on about 30 minutes before the main lights go out, and stays on for an hour or so for me to watch the Plecos and Loaches by for a while before I go to bed

thanks Shari (still makes me smile). I think 12' is Way more than I'd need for my little 20g. Have to see if they have a shorter length.

Martin Thoene wrote:Here's my version Shari....LED Christmas lights.



Ultra low-consumption and runs cool.

Martin.

Looks great! What's the hood made from?

It's a regular aquarium light housing.

Martin.

From the end caps it looks like a 36" Coralife housing. Is it 48"?

That is awesome Martin. What did you do with the light that was in it? Was it broken?