[rusticitas]

I came across a description of this fish, Poecilia "endler" (aka "Endler's Livebearer"), while trying to search for very small fish that would work well in "nano" type tanks. They look rather nice and sound like they would work well. Does anyone know sources for these? I have not asked all of the LFS's yet, and I'm not sure if they will special order or not.

Anyone know of a good mail-order source or breeder of these fish? Thanks.

-J

 

[rusticitas]

Hm. Well, I obviously need to learn a bit more. The attraction is small size, docility, "durability". I know White Clouds fit those bills, but they did not like my little nano tank last time I tried. Not sure I want another Betta. I thought I would look at these fish to see if they would work for that. If not, then maybe in one of my community tanks.

 

[rusticitas]

I had seen those Heterandria formosa listed on AZ Garden's web site, and thought they looked interesting. Actually, all killifish look pretty interesting. I just "discovered" them...

I hope keeping fish in small tanks, Betta's excluded here for the moment, is not a "cruel" concept. I just like the idea of several smaller tanks instead of one large tank, as that would fit better into my apartment and office better.

I tried a couple of white clouds in my 2g planted "jar" and they did not seem entirely thrilled with it. I think the wanted more room. Just acted very antsy, then began to do daily dives to the countertop. So I returned them to their original 10g tank.

-J

 

[rusticitas]

I ended up putting a pair (male, female) of guppies into the jar. They seemed very happy. I had no idea guppies were so "personable" and "outgoing". They do not freak out every time I walk by, on the contrary they come right up to the glass and seem to seek out attention. Pretty cool. I had posted some pictures earlier in the new aquarists section.

As for the H. formosa, I should just hit N. Florida anyway! I really need to get out on vacation...