My Redback Macropods!

[Thaifighter]

Hi guys!
Been a while since I posted in here!
I have just finished my latest video:

My Redback Macropods!

It's a video with a not so often seen Macropod or Paradisefish, the Redback Macropod, Macropodus erythropterus.
Here's the spawning male:

It's very similar to the Black Macropod, M. concolor, but they get a rusty-red back as they grow older.
The fish in my video are still pretty young at 4 months old and have just started to sexually mature and develope some colours, they will get more bluish as they get older as well.
Sexes are distinguished by the elongated tailfin threads on the males.
They are harmless towards other fish, I used to have my first pair with dwarf cardinals without any problems, and the female can be kept with the male as well after spawning.
Only time when they can get aggressive is at feedingtime when they might fight among themselves for the best seat in the "restaurant", once their stomachs are full they settle down again, with just an occasional flare of its fin and a short chase!

Enjoy!

Thaifighter

 

[severum boy]

Very very nice! Ive never seen any Macropodus sp. more interesting than the standard M. opercularis. Where did you get yours from?

 

[sunpirate2u]

Wow, very cool ! I like the part at the end when they're up by the surface. How big is that tank? How many r in there?

 

[Maximumbob]

Its a beauty!

 

[Thaifighter]

Thanks for the replies to my video!
I bought these fish in my home country Sweden at about 13 US$ a piece.
All in all I had 3 spawns with the same pair within just a few weeks, they are very profilic!
Total outcome something between 6-700 fryes!
I have sold most of them now only have about 60 more to go.
The aquarium in the video is just a smaller one at 100 liters where I kept 11 of the biggest fry to make this video, the rest was spread in 8 other tanks ranging from 50 to 200 liters.
At the end of the movie you see the fish jump at my finger and then continue nibbling at it when I stuck it in the water!

More new videos to be seen, including another new one with clips from my Nature Expeditions to Thailand!
Thaifighter's videos on YouTube!

Enjoy!

Thaifighter