Sewellia Fry

**toddnbecka** · 03-15-2012, 10:30 PM

The other night I had shifted the Najas mass to one side to see how the java moss in the 20 high was growing and spotted an odd movement on the sand. Looking closer, I was pleasantly surprised to find a wee Sewellia among the cherry shrimp. I suspect there would be more, but the LDA-08's have probably been eating the eggs. Need to move them to another tank, the 20 was actually the QT tank at one time. Then some more fish came along and I didn't have another tank suitable or ready... Filtration is 2 aquaclears, 200 and a 100, along with an air-driven sponge filter. I think there are 9-10 adult Sewellia lineolata and reticulata in the tank, been there for months and it's impossible to get a head count w/out stripping down the tank. Also 7 LDA-08 uber-dwarf BN and uncountable cherry shrimp (started as a dozen or so a few months back.)
Pics (good ones at least) of such wee critters are hard to get with my autofocus point-and-shoot camera, but I'm too busy/lazy to buy another SLR and learn to use it.

For size reference, that's a small cichlid stone on the left and .5mm NLS Grow pellets scattered around the rock.

**happypoet** · 03-15-2012, 10:33 PM

Awesome! Congrats!

**fishorama** · 03-16-2012, 7:33 AM

Very cool Todd! Nice pics too, much better than I could get.

**vanillarum** · 03-16-2012, 3:10 PM

Congrats Todd ! If your sewellias are anything like mine, once they start breeding, they keep going. I keep mine in a community tank with some plecos, and that helps to keep the population of the sewellias in check, as they have hundreds of fry at a time. Again, congrats !!

**dudley** · 03-23-2012, 5:28 PM

Congrats on the sewellia fry. I have some in my 20L RCS tank that is loaded with Najas grass. Maybe that is the trick to get them to spawn, lots of hiding spots.

**toddnbecka** · 03-23-2012, 11:19 PM

The fry looks more like a tiny weather loach than a ray, it will be interesting to watch it develop. Cute little bugger in any case, not shy like the adults.