Found it!
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary...y.php?id=11911
It turns out to be Copella nattereri
Anyone keeping them?
Acquired some contaminants with a batch of pencil fish, body shape like pencil fish with with rows of dark red spots, a spot on the dorsal, suspect to be Copella arnoldi. Anyone with a clear picture of these fish? And anyone can tell me more regarding this fish.
Last edited by Justikanz; 6th Nov 2006 at 14:07.
...I love rubies too ...
Ken
Found it!
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary...y.php?id=11911
It turns out to be Copella nattereri
Anyone keeping them?
...I love rubies too ...
Ken
i had some about a year back, it's funny they always come in as contaminants.
you keep them the same as you would C arnoldi.
mick
Thanks Mick, are they jumpers? They seems like great fish for planted tank, schools well, I'm surprised importers are not bringing more in.
...I love rubies too ...
Ken
FS, this is not a very uncommon fish. Have seen them quite a few times.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Thanks HW, where did you see them before?
so are they jumpers? the water-level in my tank is pretty high.
...I love rubies too ...
Ken
Chung Sua used to have, but I think Biotope or TB Ben also will have. Benny used to have quite a few of them.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
yes they can jump if scared by other fish, the fish they are the contaminant of here are N marginatus,
mick
Is C. arnoldi the only one that spawns out of water? Was watching the documentary on Animal Planet that shows a spawning account of C. arnoldi on overhanging leaves, amazing.
quixotic, it's very easy to replicate that to the tank conditions, if you have a cover glass place a leaf on top of the glass and if the fish are ready the male will start courting the females in the tank with him.
mick
no ken, the nattereri spawn on a leaf below the surface, after spawning the male guards the eggs until they hatch, then if he's left with them he'll eat the fry.
mick
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