californiascape
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Anyone else keep these wonderful fish? I'd love to see them and hear about your setups.
I have a group of them breeding actively in my high-tech 17g at 7.6 ph, 7 gh, 6 kh. They seem to be pretty hardy, and not much of a jumper, for me at least. I've only ever lost one male from jumping, and my tank is open-top.
The males display daily at each other and the females. Interestingly I ocassionally see females flare their fins at each other too, I hadn't read about that when I was researching these fish. Obviously it's harder to tell though, because their fins are more transparent. These fish have the coolest behavior though, they're always doing something different whenever I look in the tank. Scavenging for food in the plants, displaying at each other, schooling in the high-flow area, all spread out exploring, males chasing little groups of females... the list goes on haha.
They're very easy to breed, but raising the fry is harder. That's my next challenge to overcome, I'd love to hear any tips and tricks you guys have in the fry-care area.
I have a group of them breeding actively in my high-tech 17g at 7.6 ph, 7 gh, 6 kh. They seem to be pretty hardy, and not much of a jumper, for me at least. I've only ever lost one male from jumping, and my tank is open-top.
The males display daily at each other and the females. Interestingly I ocassionally see females flare their fins at each other too, I hadn't read about that when I was researching these fish. Obviously it's harder to tell though, because their fins are more transparent. These fish have the coolest behavior though, they're always doing something different whenever I look in the tank. Scavenging for food in the plants, displaying at each other, schooling in the high-flow area, all spread out exploring, males chasing little groups of females... the list goes on haha.
They're very easy to breed, but raising the fry is harder. That's my next challenge to overcome, I'd love to hear any tips and tricks you guys have in the fry-care area.