Common name/s: Purple spotted gudgeon
Scientific name: Morgurnda adspersa
Family: Eleotridae
Origin: Eastern Australia
Maximum size: 6"
Care: Best kept in a species tank with neutral to mildly alkeline water, the fish does not do well in soft acidic water, the temperature should be kept between 24 and 26 centigrade (75-79f). A tank of 36" is suitable for a small group provided sufficient hiding places made from up turned flower pots pieces of slate and roots are supplied. The fish is a predator so if placed in a community tank tankmates should be at least 3".
Feeding: Live and frozen foods of all kinds, the fish is usually reluctant to take pellet and flake foods.
Sexing: Males are smaller and more brightly coloured.
Breeding: Breeding is easy within a species tank. the male will court the female by circling her with his fins spread wide. The eggs are laid on a flat surface and are guarded by the male until they hatch, after hatching the brood care ends and the fry will need to be removed to a seperate tank. Fry are easy to raise on fresh hatched brine shrimp and small live foods but due to canabalism very few make it to adulthood.
Comments: Very similar to Morgurnda morgurnda in appearance, the above info is correct for both species.
Scientific name: Morgurnda adspersa
Family: Eleotridae
Origin: Eastern Australia
Maximum size: 6"
Care: Best kept in a species tank with neutral to mildly alkeline water, the fish does not do well in soft acidic water, the temperature should be kept between 24 and 26 centigrade (75-79f). A tank of 36" is suitable for a small group provided sufficient hiding places made from up turned flower pots pieces of slate and roots are supplied. The fish is a predator so if placed in a community tank tankmates should be at least 3".
Feeding: Live and frozen foods of all kinds, the fish is usually reluctant to take pellet and flake foods.
Sexing: Males are smaller and more brightly coloured.
Breeding: Breeding is easy within a species tank. the male will court the female by circling her with his fins spread wide. The eggs are laid on a flat surface and are guarded by the male until they hatch, after hatching the brood care ends and the fry will need to be removed to a seperate tank. Fry are easy to raise on fresh hatched brine shrimp and small live foods but due to canabalism very few make it to adulthood.
Comments: Very similar to Morgurnda morgurnda in appearance, the above info is correct for both species.
