My Sewellia lineolata hill stream loaches are breeding!

[Randy-S]

I have a 200 gallon discus tank with five hill streams in there and i just found some babies:dance:

Is this pretty common for these guys? I found the fry living in my sump I am thinking of moving them to my desk top planted tank and let them grow out a bit.

Just thought it was cool and wanted to share

[londonloco]

very kewl, pics?

[Randy-S]

let me see what i can do

[Randy-S]

Here is a good pic of the adults from another site mine were hiding
http://wpblogit.com/riveraquarium/2010/09/11/loaches/

And here are my fry as I was putting them in my planted nano
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discustank005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discustank006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discustank007.jpg




I found three total in my sump that I captured and moved. Now they share a tank with pipes and shrimp.

[toddnbecka]

Not too unusual for them to spawn, though I don't think anyone has caught them in the act yet. Congrats on the fry, looks great.

[jackiomy]

Awwww..... so cute.

[Randy-S]

I think they glued the eggs randomly to the glass of the tank i find little clusters of two - four eggs through out the tank on the glass

[Rbishop]

Nice looking fry.

[vanillarum]

Congrats !! The trick may now be to get them to stop !! I have 10 adults or so in a 46 gal tank, and they have been breeding for at least 2 years. They are really tiny when they are first born. I check my HOB filters (AC) when I clean them to see if there may be more in the tank. Here's 1 of mine
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/campinkru/IMG_4726.jpg

[fishorama]

Congrats! So cute, my fav of hillstreams. I'm surprised they spawned & hatched at discus temps. Sewellia seem to have a wide range of acceptable tank conditions.

[Randy-S]

me two and there are a lot of fish in the 200 from discus, apistos, corys, tetras up the wazoo the only reason i found them was because they were in the sump.

[Randy-S]

Here is one of my babes in their new home!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discus%20tank/Discustank011.jpg

[RNeiswander]

What is that fish beside the loach?

[fishorama]

Is that a FW pipefish?!?! Awesome if it is! Not that know anything much about them, tell!

[Randy-S]

yep its one of two freshwater pipes I have in my desktop planted tank? What do you want to know about them?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discus%20tank/1b99e3fe.png

and home

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discus%20tank/desktopnano.jpg

[Randy-S]

I like this pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discus%20tank/Discustank.jpg

[fishorama]

Awesome pics! No new fish fish in the next year or so, coast to coast move soon. But you're the only person of late I've read keeping pipes outside of a Caribbean guy I "know" from fish boards. How & what do you feed them? Where are you Randy? Amazing animals! Tell all!

[Randy-S]

I think I might write up a quick post about the tank and put it in the right area until then

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/ranran/Discus%20tank/Discustank012.jpg

[fishorama]

Please do!

[gouramimommy125]

are you interested in selling the babies?