Sewelia have been bred in Ohio!

BriansTropicals · Post by **BriansTropicals** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:44 pm

Wahoo! Check out the babies:

http://brianstropicals.com/sewellia.html

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:01 pm

Hi Brian! Welcome to LOL!

That's a LOT of sewellia babies you have there! Very cool.

Thanks for sharing!

Hey Jim...when you going out to get yours????

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:21 pm

Very Cool Brian!

That's a lot of baby sewellia!!! Have you witnessed the actually spawning?

Actually, Shari, I was hoping MINE would be having babies like that.

I have seen them to the mating tango, but no babies yet.
Besides, I'm about 4 hours from Columbus ,Ohio where Brian is located.
But I will be going through there on my way to Cleveland in August.....Hmmmmmm.

mistergreen · Post by **mistergreen** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:09 pm

cool. You have a cool betta collection too. And you have Dario Dario! Too bad they're not available.

i'm just 2-3 hours away from columbus. hmmmmm.

janma · Post by **janma** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:56 am

Nice! Could you tell me about the tank setup and conditions? I´m getting 7 sewellias on tuesday and would love to see some babys here too.

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:43 am

Wow, you have a few Sewellia then Brian

It would be nice to know some specifics about your setup

It could be just the picture but there doesnt look like there is much flow in that tank.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:07 am

Very nice! More information please!

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:05 am

Wow! "Breeding like crazy" looks like an accurate statement.

Martin.

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:53 am

Congratulations! Very nice sized broods!

Emma

BriansTropicals · Post by **BriansTropicals** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:08 am

Nope, I didn't bother with high flow. Just a sponge filter bubbling away in a 15g. Room temp, no heater, around 73-76. My tap water is pH 7.6 and medium hardness (230 ppm). Some rocks and wood in the back, sand up front. I feed them frozen brine shrimp and frozen mysis shrimp. When I suspect there might be fry in the tank I feed GP Larval diet from Brine Shrimp Direct. Then when I see the fry I start feeding bbs and frozen cyclopeeze. Babies everywhere! The parents and older fry don't seem to bother them at all.

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:41 pm

Interesting!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:05 pm

How many adult males and females do you have in this tank, Brian?

Emma

BriansTropicals · Post by **BriansTropicals** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:55 pm

Hi, there's 8 adults in there but I haven't tried to figure out the sex ratio. Too many fish, too little time!

janma · Post by **janma** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:05 am

Very interesting indeed. Not so "hillstreamy" conditions and still they go at it like rabbits

Well soon I´ll find out if theyre easy to breed or maybe you´ve got some very horny individuals.

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:36 am

I think a large mixed-sex group of adults may well be one of the factors that encourages them to breed. Males bickering with other males and displaying/showing off to the resident females. They are also found in large groups in the wild.

Emma

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