Hillstream / river tank (sewellia)

[mwarsell]

Hello,

New here. I have a lonely sewellia in my cichlid tank, but I'd like to give him a new home (and some mates). I'm about to get hold of a 52 gal tank. I read about a manifold river design, but it looks quite complicated. What about Koralia powerheads? How many and of which size would you put into a 52 gal to simulate a fast-flowing Asian sewellia river?

[Lupine]

Sewellia do well in less flow than most other hillstreams. Koralia powerheads are very powerful, so it depends on which model you use in what size tank whether it would be too much or not- the Evolution line are smaller and more energy efficient and I think 1-2 of them would be great. I put a Koralia Magnum in the top level of my 250 gal SW tank and it blew the 8" DSB (Deep Sand Bed) all the way to the opposite end of the tank! I like Koralia (and Ecotech's VorTech) but I think powerheads of pretty much any type are going to be sufficient for the Sewellia, as long as they have a sponge prefilter.

[NancyD]

I don't have a manifold system in my 4ft sewellia tank, I use 2 Aqua Clear 70 HOBs & a Maxijet 1200 powerhead.

[mwarsell]

I will have a 50 gallon sewellia tank with Koralia evolution 2800, a small eheim powerhead and the filter.

Together the water turnover is at 4000l/h. Round gravel substrate so it doesn't get blown away. No plants.

I thought sewellia liked the highest flow. Are there loaches that like even higher flow?

[Jim Powers]

Sewellias like high flow but it is not necessary for their well being. Moderate flow or high flow over some areas of the tank will do. They will sometimes seek out low flow areas and having such areas makes feeding easier as the food will not get swept away.

[mwarsell]

I would've loved to post a photo of my new tank, bjt how do I attach a photo in here?

[The Skinny Chef]

upload it to something like photobucket, or a similar program. then copy and paste the image code here.