Tom

I was at the store yesterday and saw some fry of them in their tank and I spoke with one of the managers and he said he would sell them to me for $0.10 a piece. I will raise them and then maybe give them to the store for store credit.
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Furcatus.htm
Tom

P.S. They are regularly about $12 each

boff

Hi Tom ,they look good how many fry did you get , your lucky to find them because over in th UK they are very hard to get hold of .

Callum The Cat

they look like a species of rainbow fish or killifish

P.S. its an aussie website

Peace Out Callum!

Tom

I was able to get a hold of 5 but only 1 has lived till now and it eats all the food I put in there.
Tom

Tom

They are rainbowfish.
Tom

boff

Thats a shame that only one servived ,can you go and get some more .

Tom

I saw a few more when I was there the other day, but I didn't have any of my supplies to catch them and the guy that I had asked about it wasn't there either. I will try and see when I can go over and get some more. The one that I have is doing so good right now, I always see a full belly on the little guy(or girl).
Tom

Tom

Just an update, I am able to see some yellow on the fins and the brilliant blue eyes are still brilliant and beautiful. I went back the other day and they had restocked the tank with some more of them and the fry was gone, probably eaten by the adults. I can now only hope that those ones breed and the eggs hatch so I can go and get some more.
Tom

boff

Hey Tom are they in a tank of there own .

Butterfly

Those are absolutely beautiful!!
Boff think those would work with threadfins they are about teh same size.
Carol

Tom

Not yet. They are too small and I don't have a proper tank for them. I think that if I have them in a large tank but still in the net, they get the benifits of the large tank, and they don't have a risk of being eaten.
Tom

jack11

Wow they look amazing... How big are they at the moment and maybe photos? Congrats!

Jack

Tom

It is about 1/4-3/8" long, so for my camera, that is too small right now sadly.
Tom

jack11

Ok so teeny weeny rofl, good luck with him/her.

Jack

Tom

Thanks. It just started eating live food like BBS and fairy shrimp.
Tom

boff

Hi butterfly they do recomend keeping Threadfins with Blue eyes ,so give it a try, can you get hold of any or will you have to get them online .

Butterfly

I may be able to get them locally. will have to check
Carol

Butterfly

Picked up 6 of the Pseudomugil furcatus yest. 2 males and 4 females. They are absolutely gorgeous. So far they and the threadfins are schooling together.
Carol

Tom

Cool and congrats.
Tom

Butterfly

Thanks! I was amazed at how colorful those males are, the little girls are cute also
CWC took some pics when he was here but I cant find them.
Carol

boff

Hi Butterfly thats good they are schooling together ,just out of interest how much are they in th US .

Butterfly

They were $6.99 each. I had asked them if they could get them and when we went in there they were She said they had tried to call which is very possible the way I work.
The first pic is of the 2 males
The second - male in front female in back.
They are still small should get to 2-1/2 inch (5-6cm)
I love how they school with the Threadfins(which I can't get a good pic of aarrrgghh)
Carol

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boff

Thats a good price ,and they will be good looking fish soon .Trying to get a good picture of any rainbow is a nightmare so good luck ,if you get one please show us ,cheers mark.

Tom

That's not fair, you pay $6 and I have to pay something like $15-20 for them.
Tom

Butterfly

boff

Hi butterfly have a look at is tank ,its 6 foot long and has 100 threadfins.

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seedy

Probably a bit late but the common name for these over here is Forktail Blue-eye.

suer

Yes there forktail blue eyes. I think most if not all the blue eye are brackish. The blue eye rainbows are so cool looking, but i don't have any cuz they are brackish & i have enough to take care of as it is. good luck with them, I hope they do well for you.

Ryno

I just purchased one male. At my LFS they were calling them Forktail Rainbow.

Hazcop

I saw similar rainbows in one of my local shops and had to ask about them. The guy that worked there called them celestial rainbows and they were $12 each or a trio for $29. Had it not been another week until payday I would have got a few. Hopefully they will still be there next Monday.