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Atlantis,
keep an eye on the *shape* of Aurora as the fish grows over time. As males age, they develop a distinct hump on their back — see crazedpuffer’s male. If Aurora is near adult size for whatever species he is, I’d vote female based on shape.Great tanks, fish, and other critters! Thanks for the px! Pregnant papa seahorse! How are your BBS factories ramping up?
My three females are putting out eggs on what must be a nearly daily basis — several new fry each day. Once the first fry out grow out about a week, the newly free-swimmers start to look edible even to the older fry. I’ve run out of empty tank space, and I think I’ve reached equilibrium in the tanks with adults and older fry. This despite about 70% of the volume choked with dense java moss. Not really sure what else to do about it though, other than putting the adults together for a limited time and then removing them.
Atlantis,
I’m no rainbow expert, but the second one “Indy” looks a lot like what I’ve been calling my “female dwarf (praecox) rainbow.” Can’t see the first one “Aurora” clearly, but even what I can see looks ‘different’ (whatever that means) from Indy, and also not like what I call my red-finned “male dwarf (praecox) rainbow.” I’ll put px of my two up tonight and see what the vote says about them.About a year or so ago, the yellowish-finned (female?) dwarfs at our local lfs’s here started showing up with different appearances: the bright “lemon” yellow fins of the fish before gave way to a paler, washed-out fin, and the yellow in the newer fish seemed to have more of an orange character. The site you point to in another post here mentions that most or all are captive bred — shift through generations?
Ryan,
sorry to hear about your ailing fish. I agree with Atlantis — hospital tank with treatment for the popeye, not sure what’s up with the bent back. I do notice that most of my 9 wild caught CPDs do have a somewhat “concave downward” appearance. If this were in a guppy, I would watch for spinal deformation or tail droop, but this slight bowing seems just to be part of their body plan — can even see it a bit in the four fish on the top of this page. Have you had the fish long? Transport from the wild oversees puts quite a strain on them. One of my three females has an overall darkish complexion, including the normally-white part of the eyes that looks abnormal, but she seems to be getting on just fine. This was the way I got her though, so I assumed it was transport-related.Best wishes for healthy fishes. Keep us posted.
If I can get any decent photos of the potential lovebirds in the community tank, I’ll post them. The rainbows are nearly full size — I’d guess 2.5-3 inches (red-finned male is bigger, and quite taller/deeper than the yellow-finned female). CPDs are out of the question — not in either the community tank or the 6-gallon with the mystery fry. If cardinals are a real bugger to breed, then we’re down to hatchets, rainbows, or loaches. The mystery fry are actually a bit smaller than CPD fry, if you can believe that. Still clear/translucent. More news once they’re big enough to watch for more than a few seconds without eye strain!
ste,
Cheers again for a well-executed project! You’re making me wish I owned again rather than renting!ste,
nice fish (and tanks!). Do you treat the choc gour tank to keep the pH really low, or have they acclimated to “normal” water these days?Jeffrey,
great to hear there will be a growing population (of CPDs and of breeders
) in the Ottowa area! I’m just starting to do the same around here. I’ve just tied in to the local fish club, and will post links around their forums to this site, and hopefully find (or plant) some other breeders here. Our local club has a fish auction later this month, and I saw that last spring’s club show had a “galaxy rasbora” entered in the danio category. Here’s hoping I find some kindred CPD keepers locally!
– Deanlgreen,
I agree — they look like they’re in good shape and in a tank with great conditions, but quite pale compared to wild caught adults. Tank-raised fish are often paler than wild ones, usually due to diet when growing. You might consider food designed for bringing out color, to help fill out their chromophores. Keep us posted — looks like a great shoal you’ve got!Gorgeous fish!! The fin of the L260 hiding behind the 3 corys and the sole in the last picture of your first post would be a great candidate for a “guess the pleco” contest over at plecofanatics.com (we promise we won’t play).
Congratulations in advance, Atlantis! You’ll have to let us know when you get the call-back. Like ste said, no worries on dropping the chain. I hope the people at the mom-and-pop are as awesomer
as their store!Cwhite,
not sure where you’re located. If you’re anywhere near Minnesota (USA), and you haven’t found any CPDs yet by late November-ish, check with me — I should have a pile of fry ready to start another generation by then (they’re only 1.5 weeks old now, not ready for moving — barely big enough to see ). If you’re not near me, then maybe one of the other folks in our group here? Shipping fish overnight is expensive to post them (at least in the ‘States) with their water, but many people to it (check out all the sales at aquabid.com!). Shipping any slower is sure to kill them. Next best thing is your local fish club.Welcome to the group, and good luck finding some of these jewels so you can push your nose against the glass with the rest of us!!
