Let's Id This Fish

[helterskelter]

Id i picked this up today in swindon.

I think i know what it is but you guys got any idea's.

 

[tom130691]

looks like a wild guppy to me but my knowledge goes no further

 

[dave_oddballs]

i've seen them listed as 'red ferrari guppy's', i believe their scientific name is Micropoecilia Parae Melanzona, but thats about it!

 

[helterskelter]

Nope thats fore sure.

Colour is washed out by flash but it's bright red with black stripes!
Never seen this in the flesh before and been keeping rare livebeaers for over 15 years

i've seen them listed as 'red ferrari guppy's', i believe their scientific name is Micropoecilia Parae Melanzona, but thats about it!

Yep you got it. Was very impressed with it's colour!

It's basicaly a micro molly males reaching only 3cm or so in size. Females just look like female guppies/endlers.

 

[Gill]

Oh I Want some of those when the Breeder has them Ready. He has Blue and Red And they sure do Look Amazing in the Flesh.

 

[starrynightxxi]

oh, are they mollies? I did think they were actually guppies. Just got a pair of these, the female is quite pregnant. I quite like them.

 

[helterskelter]

Yep these are classed as a micro molly.

I get fry from mine then she died and so did the fry. good luck with your's though.

 

[iSnail]

Yep these are classed as a micro molly.

I get fry from mine then she died and so did the fry. good luck with your's though.

Hi helter, did you find out why they died? Are the males still alive? Not sure if they share the same requirements with M. Branneri but when I bought my Branneri, I was told by my LFS that they didn't do so well in high pH hard water.

 

[dunchp]

I have had a similar problem over the years with Micropoecilia species; the females tend to drop a few weak fry and then die and they seem to need alot of care to get through the first brood. I had heard elsewhere that they need to be separated from the males for a period after they drop and to be given the best foods.

 

[starrynightxxi]

thanks, well, I'll keep an eye out for her, hopefully all goes well

 

[starrynightxxi]

Well, so far so good. The female dropped several fry whose current state I don't know (I've only seen one recently, but the tank is well planted so I don't expect to see much of them.) I kept her netted with some floating plants for about 24 hours after the birth and then re-released her. She was very thin after but picked weight up within two days and looks like a normal fish again. No sign of illness or stress, maybe the difference is that mine are not wild caught, so the females are accustomed to aquarium conditions? Not sure, but hopefully it bodes well for further propagation. Wish me luck

A question, if picta and parae are kept together can/will/are they likely to interbreed? I like both of these fish, but would prefer to avoid hybridizing

 

[dunchp]

I don't think there is definitive proof that they will hybridize, but unless there is definitive proof to the contrary, then we have to assume that they will. Don't mix them.

 

[Coool]

very nice fish