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ive got an outbreak of hydra in my hillstream tank.
does anyone know if fluke tabs negatively effect sewellias and/or stiphodon sp.? i dont want to tear down the tank just to be able to move out the inhabitants.

one of the guys up here lost some of his Rhadinocentrus ornatus to his yoyos. the loaches kept picking the eyes out of the rhads. he slowly lost the rhads. and those fish arent easy to find...

ive been having a problem with this one. im not sure if it is the filstar or the koralia but my temp is at 76 F. room temp is 70 F. no heater is used in this tank. i DO have lots of oxygen in the water though.
this is my first loach tank but it was fairly easy to set up. i have had loaches in the ...

yep. thats a 20Long. im not sure on the number, but the 9 sewellias seem okay with it.
the two that i lost died shortly after arrival. not due to the size of the tank or the others.

finally have some updates.
i got the sewellias in like 2 weeks ago. i lost two. im down to 9 right now.
i slipped on a sponge over the filstar intake and turned off the koralia nano. its still in there though - just too lazy to pull it.
anyways, enjoy. sorry about the quality of the pics.
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Tank looks really nice :D

I remember reading an article about covering your powerhead with mesh and such to prevent damage to your fish.
I think it,s somewhere amongst the articles.

I,m jealous of you guys being able to obtain Sewellia Lineolata that easily :oops:

Any lfs i enter asking for ...

thanks for the tips. hmmm...gotta try and figure out how im gonna mod the koralias now...

okay, here it is. i was gonna wait til i get my sewellias in but i couldnt resist. lemme know what you guys think!
sorry for the crappy pictures...

specs are:
20L Perfecto glass aquarium - back glass painted black
30" 36 watt Coralife t5 fixture over AGA glass canopy

23 pounds white silica sand
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i would be getting the orthos online. from frank.
i've got the tank setup with a bunch of nice boulders. i'll add more rock to add more hiding places and stuff for them. i'll post pics just as soon as i get the sewellia in.

well, i just purchased 11 sewellia. they should arrive within a week. i'll hold on the orthos. i'll get them once i set up a larger tank.
will the ortos prey upon the eggs and fry of the sewellia?

ive got a 20L set up as a hillstream biotope tank. im planning on getting 11 Sewellia lineolata and making it a species tank. i was also thinking that i lower the number of the sewellia to 7 and pick up 3 Homaloptera orthogoniata. the thing is, this would be my very first dive into loach territory ...