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Very nice fish Charles, having only recently caught the Hillstream bug, i'm pretty green but these almost look like a pattern cross between the lineolata and 'spotted' Sewellia's.

Two of my lineolata's have almost identical markings down the spine then lines on the fins.

Interesting, i've never seen this in fish before.

I'd probably treat with a light antibacterial med. I don't think Melafix is good for loaches but JBL Ektol crystals might be ok?

Do you have a medication tank? If so I’d run a treatment of anti external parasite medication.

The link is http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/attac ... ckigor.jpg but requires a login?

Thanks for the replies.

Jim, yeh i've read the profile a few times, i just wondered what people had most success with.

My local Maidenhead Aquatics (Aston) are selling what they tell me are captive bred Sewellia lineolata. Is this common? I picked up two for my tank as I'm running a Asian stream biotope. They are living with 8 White Cloud Mountain Minnows at the moment in a 100L tank. I have read a lot about them bu...