What fish is on your Wish list?

[anewbie]

ah, that makes more sense. I'm guessing you live in the southern U.S?

yep but with a bit more climate change; everyone will be baking soon.

 

[reptilenotfish]

Yep, I live in utah, it hasn't snowed in weeks. looking forward to the whole state burning for a few months.

 

[Caesar]

Dormitator maculatus
Tandanus tandanus
Oscura heterospila
Distichodus sexfasciatus
Potamotrygon orbignyi
Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus
Paretroplus menarambo
Paretroplus nourissati
Elassoma gilberti or e. okefenokee
Hypostomus panamensis
Eleotris picta

 

[Kolykaf]

Dormitator maculatus
Tandanus tandanus
Oscura heterospila
Distichodus sexfasciatus
Potamotrygon orbignyi
Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus
Paretroplus menarambo
Paretroplus nourissati
Elassoma gilberti or e. okefenokee
Hypostomus panamensis
Eleotris picta

I just got a pair of elassoma gilberti last month. I added them to a 3.5 gallon heavily planted bowl and yesterday noticed a ton of fry. I didn’t expect that to happen so soon. They are undemanding (don’t even need a heater) and the males are so beautiful in their breeding colors.

 

[itiwhetu]

African Butterflies ( Pantodon buchholzi) and the next time I keep them I will get them to spawn. I was so close the last time.

 

[Caesar]

I just got a pair of elassoma gilberti last month. I added them to a 3.5 gallon heavily planted bowl and yesterday noticed a ton of fry. I didn’t expect that to happen so soon. They are undemanding (don’t even need a heater) and the males are so beautiful in their breeding colors.

Beautiful fish, almost no maintenance, and easy to breed. Such a great nano fish!

 

[itiwhetu]

Beautiful fish, almost no maintenance, and easy to breed. Such a great nano fish!

Have you bred them

 

[Kolykaf]

I want to set up a black water tank for licorice gourami. I’d also like to keep dicrossus filamentosus/maculatus

 

[Caesar]

Have you bred them

No, I've never seen them available in Canada unfortunately.

 

[itiwhetu]

No, I've never seen them available in Canada unfortunately.

Bother, I'm looking for someone who may be able to feed me the missing ingredient

 

[anewbie]

I just got a pair of elassoma gilberti last month. I added them to a 3.5 gallon heavily planted bowl and yesterday noticed a ton of fry. I didn’t expect that to happen so soon. They are undemanding (don’t even need a heater) and the males are so beautiful in their breeding colors.

Do you feed them live food or have you talked them into eating flakes ? I've been tempted to get a pair for my 5 gallon but not sure about the feeding part. Most places suggest grindal worm but....

 

[Kolykaf]

Do you feed them live food or have you talked them into eating flakes ? I've been tempted to get a pair for my 5 gallon but not sure about the feeding part. Most places suggest grindal worm but....

I feed them live daphnia and black worms. They don’t touch prepared stuff. I’ll probably look into expanding that to grindal worms or vinegar eels as the fry are tiny, although I think that there are enough microfauna in the tank to support the fry for now.