Xenopoecilus Sarasinorum *egg Carriers*

Cl@ssy Burd

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I have just taken a trip to my LFS and got speaking to a guy about some fish he was selling. Well i had never heard of them before and he told me to go home and look on his website, if i was then interest, he had a breeding trio (2 females, 1 male) he would sell me for £5 the lot.
I proceeded to snap his hand off hahahaa

These fish are so interesting, i have never seen anything like them! Not much to look at but amazing the way they rear thier young.

quoted from his website
"During the spawning sequence the female will gradually amass her eggs which resemble a bunch of grapes. These are attached to her pelvic fin area by filaments. (Hence the Ricefish connection). She will then carry them for 15 to 20 days until they hatch whilst still attached to the fins. (She does not drape them onto the plants as Ricefish do)."
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Might have to give breeding these a go as they seem to be very rare fish :)

Comments and suggestions welcome
 
Wow!! Very interesting indeed :hyper: Please do keep us posted. Great find :good:
 
yes sorry i picked these up and a female is already carrying a few eggs!!!

Oh my word!

Will have to try and get some photos
 
May I ask? Where your friend get the Sarasin minnow from? Im very interesting into them but too bad im United States, not UK.
 

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