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If you already holds a large group, they begin to eat faster.
White worms (Enchyträen) are a very good food in the settling-in period.

Very nice Discus Martin!

Here are some pictures of mine:

You have very nice fish there!
I like the way you feed them.
Sometimes you can find S. puliensis as bycatch in Europe.
It is surprising because this species is still on the red list as vulnerable!

Thanks for sharing!

Update; My new Sewellia sp. doing very well, they are absolutely not shy and always in front of the tank like the lineolatas. They are extreme good surfers, the head shape is slightly more pointed so I think they come from faster flowing habitats. They are not as territorial as other Sewellia types ...

Sorry you lost them.

I would treat the whole tank in no case!
Usually have only a few fish.
Intestinal flagellate drags you sometimes in with frozen food, so only buy high-quality!
Observe good and good luck!

White mucous feces is a sure sign of intestinal parasites.
I hope you have success with the treatment!
As guarantees apply my knowledge: Maracyn, CostapurF and Esha2000, but this mediums does not help against intestinal flagellate.
Everything else carries a degree of danger!


Good luck!

That looks not good.
He could also have intestinal flagellates.
Even if he eats enough, he becomes progressively thinner.
If he is older, a treatment has not much sense
It is very difficult to cure infected fish.

Hi Iris, It really looks after injury. Patchy Disease comes faster you notice it after four or five days. So I do not think he´s sick. When he eats and is not always hidden, he's probably healthy. Observe good and change the water often! But where do these injuries? Do you have any aggressive fish i...

Very interesting fish!
The head shape of the slimmer one looks like a Protomyzon for me?
But who knows?

For comparison: http://www.u2u.idv.tw/stone/htm/TETRA/P ... chilus.htm

Thanks a lot Charles!

We really need a revision....

At first I thought the same, but they are only 1-1,5cm smaller.
And the head shape from Type1 is slightly more pointed.
Maybe the head shape gets rounder with age?

Last week my favorite LFS have Sewellia elongata listed in his stock list!!! So i pick up some. But i´m not sure if S. elongata is right, the body shape and markings are diffrent as the other S. elongata shown on this side?? I think it could be two species? Here some pics: Type1 http://img845.images...

Very nice tanks and fish!!!
Thanks for sharing!
How many liters have your tanks?

Thanks for the comments! @plaalye You are right it is a S. sp. spotted but the new name is S. sp. aff. albisuera! To read in this great magazine: http://www.amazonas-magazin.de/Produktinformation.790.0.html?&tt_products=2845 But i think its only available in europe. About the stellatus, you are righ...

Sewellia lineolata http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/8133/img0834d.jpg http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6683/img0855d.jpg http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7137/img0926l.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3357/img0940lz.jpg http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9664/img1419yv.jpg Sewellia sp. aff...