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Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:30 pm
by ch.koenig
Hi all
Finally I could take some pics of Sewellia marmorata fry. Length about 11 mm, bustling about last 3 weeks.
An adult female
and a male
Pattern of S. marmorata fry is already very complex as in Sewellia SEW03 from January 2016 at 20 mm length as seen here
At the size of 10/18 mm SEW03 looked like this (November 2014)
Specimen at left is about the same age as the specimen of 20 mm
S. marmorata fry differs from all Sewellia fry I had till now (S. lineolata, S. SEW01, SEW02, SEW03 and Sewellia speciosa).
I hope to get pics of younger S. marmorata fry soon.
Cheers Charles
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:03 pm
by Jim Powers
That's great news!
S. marmorata have become one of my favorites, if not my favorite, hillstream. Unfortunately, my group have not spawned.
Keep us posted!
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:17 am
by olly
Wow! My congratulations, Charles! That is great achievement! Thanks for sharing.
It gives me a hope, that I will see my S. marmorata fry some day.
Very cute fry
Please keep us updated.
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:06 pm
by BlueLoach
Awesome!! They are cute little things
I'm always excited to read about the breeding of a Loach.
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 4:02 pm
by ch.koenig
Thanks all.
Smaller ones just not to fix.
Seems, that S. marmorata is not so easy to breed (like S. speciosa, S. elongata, SEW04)
A thick layer of coarse pebbles along the backside of the tank (140x30x30) and food twice a day seems to have changed their mind. SEW03 have the same set-up and were easy to convince.
Cheers Charles
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:53 pm
by mikev
Congratulations, Charles !
How many?
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:05 pm
by ch.koenig
Thanks all.
No idea, Michael. Just one of this size. The rest is tiny and hiding well/staying away from light. Just tails moving in the pebbles.
Cheers Charles
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:25 am
by CatsandFish
Beautiful specimens you have there Charles.
Hope to be setting up a 2.00x40x40 next year so i can start keeping different Sewellia species again.
Cheers forf the pictures!
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:09 pm
by NancyD
Well, I thought I said before, but congrats Charles! You've bred many sewellia & should be very happy with your successes, awesome!
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:44 pm
by Danelle Vivier
This is very exciting. I am very glad to see that they are breeding.
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:32 pm
by mikev
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 4:14 am
by ch.koenig
Congratulations to Forest Hills. I hope you get more of them.
I have to move before the house is taken down, finally found a new place, so mine could stop.
Cheers Charles
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 10:16 am
by mikev
Thanks, Charles,
Looks like 3, about 7mm, from the same spawn.
Not prolific
I'm trying for a good photo, no luck so far -- they do not like coming to the front
Good luck with the move!
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:59 am
by mikev
Better photos -- thanks to Rachel O'Leary -- are here:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... nref=story
Re: Sewellia marmorata fry
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:01 pm
by Jim Powers
Congratualations, Mike!
There is hope for mine yet.