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Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by ch.koenig » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:30 pm

Hi all
Finally I could take some pics of Sewellia marmorata fry. Length about 11 mm, bustling about last 3 weeks.

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An adult female

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and a male

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Pattern of S. marmorata fry is already very complex as in Sewellia SEW03 from January 2016 at 20 mm length as seen here

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At the size of 10/18 mm SEW03 looked like this (November 2014)

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Specimen at left is about the same age as the specimen of 20 mm
S. marmorata fry differs from all Sewellia fry I had till now (S. lineolata, S. SEW01, SEW02, SEW03 and Sewellia speciosa).
I hope to get pics of younger S. marmorata fry soon.
Cheers Charles
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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by Jim Powers » Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:03 pm

That's great news!
S. marmorata have become one of my favorites, if not my favorite, hillstream. Unfortunately, my group have not spawned.
Keep us posted!
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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by olly » Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:17 am

Wow! My congratulations, Charles! That is great achievement! Thanks for sharing.
It gives me a hope, that I will see my S. marmorata fry some day.
Very cute fry :D
Please keep us updated.

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by BlueLoach » Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:06 pm

Awesome!! They are cute little things :) I'm always excited to read about the breeding of a Loach.

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by ch.koenig » Thu Oct 13, 2016 4:02 pm

Thanks all.
Smaller ones just not to fix.
Seems, that S. marmorata is not so easy to breed (like S. speciosa, S. elongata, SEW04)
A thick layer of coarse pebbles along the backside of the tank (140x30x30) and food twice a day seems to have changed their mind. SEW03 have the same set-up and were easy to convince.
Cheers Charles

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by mikev » Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:53 pm

Congratulations, Charles !

How many?

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by ch.koenig » Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:05 pm

Thanks all.
No idea, Michael. Just one of this size. The rest is tiny and hiding well/staying away from light. Just tails moving in the pebbles.
Cheers Charles

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by CatsandFish » Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:25 am

Beautiful specimens you have there Charles.
Hope to be setting up a 2.00x40x40 next year so i can start keeping different Sewellia species again.
Cheers forf the pictures! :)
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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by NancyD » Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:09 pm

Well, I thought I said before, but congrats Charles! You've bred many sewellia & should be very happy with your successes, awesome!
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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by Danelle Vivier » Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:44 pm

This is very exciting. I am very glad to see that they are breeding.

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by ch.koenig » Sat Nov 19, 2016 4:14 am

Congratulations to Forest Hills. I hope you get more of them.
I have to move before the house is taken down, finally found a new place, so mine could stop.
Cheers Charles

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by mikev » Sat Nov 19, 2016 10:16 am

Thanks, Charles,

Looks like 3, about 7mm, from the same spawn.

Not prolific :(

I'm trying for a good photo, no luck so far -- they do not like coming to the front :(

Good luck with the move!

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by mikev » Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:59 am

Better photos -- thanks to Rachel O'Leary -- are here:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... nref=story

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Re: Sewellia marmorata fry

Post by Jim Powers » Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:01 pm

Congratualations, Mike!
There is hope for mine yet. :D
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