New fish in QT

[vanalisa]

Hello!
I've been trying to wait to post pictures.
I have new fish~~~☆~~~
We are 4 days in...I'm hopeful.

 

[thuctoanvietnamese]

lamp eyes killifish ?

 

[Colin_T]

Pseudomugil furcatus, a blue-eye rainbowfish from Popondetta in New Guinea. There's more info on them at the following link.

Melanotaeniidae and Pseudomugilidae

A website dedicated to Rainbowfishes of Australia and New Guinea

rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au

For the OP, if you leave the adults in that tank for 2 weeks and then move them into a new tank, you will probably have babies in the first tank the day after you move the adults out.

If they get sick, do a big water change and add salt (2-4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres of water).

 

[Retired Viking]

Blue eyes, nice

 

[JuiceBox52]

So cool!

 

[vanalisa]

Thanks everybody!

I had to wait it out for almost 3 weeks so I could made sure they survived the fish store. I got 9; 3 males and 6 females. I lost one of the females.

@Colin_T
Aren't they too young? I think? They ( I hope) are not fully coloured yet.

 

[vanalisa]

Blue eyes, nice

I wonder who else has blue eyes?

 

[vanalisa]

I hope to come across the Psuedomugil Gertrude (spelling)? someday. I've never seen them at any fish store I've never bought fish online, either. They are really stunning !

 

[Colin_T]

@Colin_T
Aren't they too young? I think? They ( I hope) are not fully coloured yet.

They look like young adults and are mature. If you can sex them they can breed.

They are pretty close to full coloured. They might show a bit more when displaying but that is close to what they look like normally.

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Pseudomugil gertrudae can usually be obtained from people in the American Rainbowfish Association.

Gary Lange is a rainbowfish specialist in the US and supplies eggs and fish to people, for a price. But they are good quality fish and he has a lot of different species. He has a forum dedicated to rainbowfish and also a Facebook page. He should have Pseudomugil gertrudae. If he doesn't, he will know where you can get some from.

Home | Rainbowfish-forum

Visit our forum at: rainbowfish.live

rainbowfish.live

ps. don't tell them I sent you because Gary and I don't get along and you won't get a good welcome if you mention me.

 

[vanalisa]

They look like young adults and are mature. If you can sex them they can breed.

They are pretty close to full coloured. They might show a bit more when displaying but that is close to what they look like normally.

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Pseudomugil gertrudae can usually be obtained from people in the American Rainbowfish Association.

Gary Lange is a rainbowfish specialist in the US and supplies eggs and fish to people, for a price. But they are good quality fish and he has a lot of different species. He has a forum dedicated to rainbowfish and also a Facebook page. He should have Pseudomugil gertrudae. If he doesn't, he will know where you can get some from.

Home | Rainbowfish-forum

Visit our forum at: rainbowfish.live

rainbowfish.live

ps. don't tell them I sent you because Gary and I don't get along and you won't get a good welcome if you mention me.

I don't recall having met you, what fish forum?

 

[vanalisa]

Are they hard to breed ?

 

[Colin_T]

Pseudomugil furcatus produce 1 or 2 eggs per day and will do so for months. The eggs take about 2 weeks to hatch and the tiny babies will be seen just under the surface of the water. You can scoop the babies out and put them in a rearing tank and feed them powdered fry food, infusoria or green water for the first few weeks, then add newly hatched brineshrimp.

 

[vanalisa]

Pseudomugil furcatus produce 1 or 2 eggs per day and will do so for months. The eggs take about 2 weeks to hatch and the tiny babies will be seen just under the surface of the water. You can scoop the babies out and put them in a rearing tank and feed them powdered fry food, infusoria or green water for the first few weeks, then add newly hatched brineshrimp.

Snail in the tank?

 

[Colin_T]

snails eat fish eggs so remove the snail.

 

[vanalisa]

Thanks!