Peacock Gudgeon

[SLC Flyfishing]

I'm beginning to stock my new tank after about 3 months of waiting, I cycled it and then had to spend the last month and a half or so fighting a nasty algae infestation. Anyway i'm trying to branch out from the usuall puffer tank that I would have and at the LFS the other day I saw this incredible beautiful group of peacock gudgeons. I know nothing about them though.

I'm not sure if this is the right section to ask but I figure they are probably an oddball. What I need to know is what are their potential tankmates, tankmates to avoid, foods that members have had the most success with etc.

Thanks in advance for any info!

SLC

 

[The-Wolf]

I have had them in the past, they do best in small aquaria that is heavily planted and without fish that would view them as food.
they are a member of the perch family and can be very fin nippy especially when spawning, having said that they do make a great addition to any small comunity set up.
they like a pH of around 7, but like most fish will readily adapt to almost any stable pH; gH, Kh is no bother for them as they will take the full range.

readily feeds on comercialy available flake food but loves small live foods (BBS, Daphnia etc)

A cave is a must if you wish to breed them and spawning triggers is the same as for kribs.

HTH

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

I have had them in the past, they do best in small aquaria that is heavily planted and without fish that would view them as food.
they are a member of the perch family and can be very fin nippy especially when spawning, having said that they do make a great addition to any small comunity set up.
they like a pH of around 7, but like most fish will readily adapt to almost any stable pH; gH, Kh is no bother for them as they will take the full range.

readily feeds on comercialy available flake food but loves small live foods (BBS, Daphnia etc)

A cave is a must if you wish to breed them and spawning triggers is the same as for kribs.

HTH

I'm glad to hear that because I've got a 12 gallon planted nano-cube just waiting for them. I already have one cave built but another fish has claimed it, I'll make another today!

How many per group are prefferable?

SLC

 

[Sp3nc3r]

this is the best site for peacock gudgeons

http/www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%2...%20Gudgeons.htm

 

[The-Wolf]

I would say 1 male to 2 females would be a good mix

BTW guppies everwhere
this is the best site, period!

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

I would say 1 male to 2 females would be a good mix

BTW guppies everwhere
this is the best site, period!

that link doesn't work, the other mentions that they might be brackish! Is this true or is it something that is not really necessary. I'm hoping not since I won't be able to do brackish with this one as I already have 3 oto's. None of you have mentioned this yet and I didn't notice it on fishbase so I'm assuming that the website was wrong!

SLC

 

[Neal]

The wolf means this site, as in TFF. I agree with him information wise, but that's my opinion. It's not very often I don't get answers when posting a question. I'm even considering these fish but I don't know where to get them, and I really don't like PVC tubes.

Neal

 

[Fella]

I have had them in the past, they do best in small aquaria that is heavily planted and without fish that would view them as food.
they are a member of the perch family and can be very fin nippy especially when spawning, having said that they do make a great addition to any small comunity set up.
they like a pH of around 7, but like most fish will readily adapt to almost any stable pH; gH, Kh is no bother for them as they will take the full range.

readily feeds on comercialy available flake food but loves small live foods (BBS, Daphnia etc)

A cave is a must if you wish to breed them and spawning triggers is the same as for kribs.

HTH

I thought they were from the family eleotridae/gobiidae?

 

[The-Wolf]

I thought they were from the family eleotridae/gobiidae?

oops my bad
you are correct on that point

 

[lucky62]

this is an old one , but it's been a while since my last visit ...............

not brackish , so don't worry


pvc pipes can be hidden , these fish will also spawn in between rocks , concealed in plants , someone on this site [ a year ago or so ] said they spawned on or near the filter .

and like many other fish species , including cichlids and gouramis , gudgeons too belong to the perch family [ as sub orders ] .


raising fry can be a bit of a challenge compared to the fish breeding ............

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

Since posting this I have had a bit of a string of bad luck with them! I bough three and none of them lasted through their first night. Water stats were all perfect, so I don't know what happened except maybe the LFS had taken poor care of them before I got them. I still am interested in raising these fish because they're so beautiful and small, don't know why but I have a bit of a fascination with fish that stay small. I will continue to research them and then perhaps I'll order online in the future.

Thanks for your help

SLC

 

[jayjay]

Check the temperature? If your heater broke that has happen to someone I know recently.

 

[Loko17]

All I know about these fish is they're beautiful fish, very small, my LFS sells them, and before I got into killies I mistakened them for killies that were in the tank beside them sorry about your bad luck with them its a shame, I would check your temp. like Jayjay said. Also I would check google for like a specialty site on them and try to gather as much knowledge as you can and see if something in your tank might have killed them.