I keep finding new fish to love, lol

It sounds like I could make this work if I REALLY wanted this fish.. but as it is I think the timing just may not be right for having one. I'll wait until I have a better tank I can create a hillstream environment in.. I don't want to put the little guy in something where his needs are only mildly met. Sewellia lineolata will just have to go on my list of fishies I hope to have some day (waaay off in the future) :/ Thanks for your help everyone
 
Brian's tropicals owner has bred sewellia lineolata in tanks featuring no more than a sponge filter, so it seems the high flow requirements may be much less important than the dissolved oxygen requirements. More importantly, the fish you've chosen for the rest of your stock would certainly not enjoy being blown around, and as was previously mentioned, the otos and hillies would be in direct competition for food. Given the wide variety of very cool rheophilic fish now available to the hobby, you could certainly do an awesome community based around these fish in a 24g cube, featuring a few sewellia, some rhinogobius, small hillstream loaches, and a small group of cyprinids for top layer interest.

I'm attaching a pic of Rhinogobius nagoyae, which is currently hitting US shores for what could very well be the first time. These are awesome little fish that would fit right in with a hillie themed setup. The whole group is really cool, and fish such as sicyopterus zosterophorus or any of the lentipes species available would be great additions as well. Given that many of these fish are carnivorous, they're much easier to feed and keep alive than some of the stiphodons, who are really hit or miss concerning how willing they are to take prepared food.

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