Characodon Lateralis Sp

[ricefish]

just had my first batch of fry at least 10 so a good start the female looks really good .
this is the Guadalupe aguilera collection so thanks fish48 for the original pair

 

[helterskelter]

Thats good news.

Sure you got space for them all

 

[england]

Brilliant news mate as helter said sure you have more than enough space to house them hope everything's going ok with all the fish you brought? i have managed to source some more channa bankanensis so i now have four

 

[oliesminis]

Very cool, any pics?

 

[Sari]

Wow,these are a great looking little fish! Do you keep them in brackish water? Good luck for the babies.

 

[OldMan47]

Why would you salt these fish Sari. They come from hard water desert habitat above 1500 meters elevation. They are not from brackish sources at all. Have a look here for more information http/www.goodeids.com/modules.php?name=N...rint&sid=65
As is the case with many livebearers, unless you know better, you will fall for the aquarium products sellers' concept of salt or brackish water for many fish that should not receive salt in their water. These fish are among the ones that never see salt in their native habitat.

 

[Sari]

That's why I asked, I googled the fish and there were conflicting reports about keeping these in hard water and brackish water. I'm looking into starting to keep rarer livebearers in the future and trying to chart species. These are the kind that I have never seen available and information is at best haphazard...

 

[OldMan47]

Try my link Sari. It goes to a site that has a field report of people of places with what lives where. Since the locations listed are high semi-arid areas they cannot communicate with any place that might have brackish water. I was wondering what source you were using that said otherwise so that I might find their information source. The locations at well over 1000 meters above sea level means that in the wild these guys never see any salt in their water.
There are a number of poorly informed hobbyists who think salt is a good thing for any livebearer and they are not at all reluctant to express that opinion. I try to ignore their ignorance and find real information about each species that I am interested in keeping. I have yet to get any characodons into my own tanks but have plenty of other goodeids. The thing that I have found most useful is to use Google but be sure that you are not reading somebody's blog or other unreliable source. The next step for me is to look for scientific literature on the species and failing that to ask other hobbyists who have kept the fish for several generations. Anyone can have some small success with a single generation, even if they get everything wrong, it is unlikely that generation after generation will thrive in less than reasonable conditions for a particular fish.

 

[helterskelter]

That's why I asked, I googled the fish and there were conflicting reports about keeping these in hard water and brackish water. I'm looking into starting to keep rarer livebearers in the future and trying to chart species. These are the kind that I have never seen available and information is at best haphazard...

I see your only in Basingstoke
We hold a couple of auction's there and a couple of fish shows every year.
Your more than welcome to join us and we we'll have a chat to.
As in our area their are quite a few breeders of Rare livebearers.