New sewellia breviventralis

[Cup]

and a full tank shot for good measure:

[plaalye]

They're beauties cup! May I ask where you got them?

[Cup]

franksaquarium.com

I believe they have spotties in as well.

[Jim Powers]

Very nice!!
I saw Frank had them.
How many did you get? I was tempted, but I don't think it would be worth it for me to get the few I have room for and pay the high shipping costs.

[plaalye]

The website says sold out already. I'd be tempted even with the high cost of shipping. I'd also like to get some stiphodon, can't find them anywhere else. Good luck with them!!

[Cup]

I only got three (all girls), but they came with a trio of spotteds.

[Jim Powers]

How does the behavior of this species compare with the other Sewellia species?

[BotiaMaximus]

I was tempted to use that same type of rack shelving for setting up multiple tanks on, but I wasn't confident enough in their capacity claims.

What size tanks are those you have on the racks and what weight does the rack claim it can handle?

Any info would be most appreciated.

-- Also on your very fine looking Sewellia, how warm can they go in the temp range? Trying to find a Hillstream type that might be compatible with a Botia type in a mixed tank.

Thanks again

[Cup]

They don't really seem all that different from other congeners--my lot has been pretty active and they feed well on just about everything (spinach/peas/carnivore tabs in the morning, decapped brine shrimp eggs and fry powder in the afternoon, and homemade gel mix at night). All my tanks are algae encrusted, to induce microfauna growth. They seemed pretty content nibbling at the stuff from time to time. They are kept with a limia tridens colony at around 76 degrees. Sewellia do not mind it high, but I would aim for the mid 70s.

I keep spotteds at 78, lineolata at 68, and as stated, the brevirostrus at 76, and they seem to thrive in all of these temps (the lineolata spawn consistently--even with heavy predation by skiffia, they still get by).

I believe the shelves were rated at the 400 lb mark, but I could be wrong. The tanks shown are, respectively, a 20, 10, and 5.