Update 11-01-2007:
I checked the filter today whilst doing a water change and other maintenance, but sadly no babies to report this time.
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
Anyway, I managed to get a few pics later on, which I hope you'll enjoy looking through.
Here's the bigger of the two
Sewellia sp. 'spotted' fry. As you can see the pattern is really evolving now:
And with a similarly sized
Sewellia lineolata fry (top):
This fish is still spending the vast majority of it's time on the substrate. However, when I started siphoning some of the muck off the sand earlier, it instinctively seemed to know to move itself up onto a vertical piece of bogwood out of the way and hung there until I was finished!
Later on, I got a rare opportunity to photograph one of the Spotty adults!....
'Wide load coming through!'
I thought I'd also take this opportunity to share a few pics of my tank-bred sub-adult
Sewellia lineolata:
And here's a nice shot of one of the youngsters with 'mum' on an exposed area of the River-Tank manifold (exposed by the
Schistura balteata digging their pit nearby):
And talk of the devil! I was fortunate enough to be sat in front of the tank with the camera at the ready when one of the aforementioned
Schisturas ventured out (another rare occurence). As you can see, this fish is rather fat, which is probably due to the amount of
Sewellia eggs it no doubt consumes. It's partner in crime (who didn't venture out on this occasion) is of the same proportions!:
Emma