[sithspawn]

Sithspawn, your fish are tiny!! Do you know of any dealers that sell these types in Toronto, Canada? Thanks

Sorry for the late reply. I live in Singapore and from what I heard from the shops here, many species are re-exported to other countries from here. The local shops sometimes get a hold of some of them if it tickles their fancy. Only two shops in Singapore had them. I managed to get most of em. Hee hee. There's been a new batch just in a few days ago.

 

[sithspawn]

Sithspawn how are those danioella doing? I've seen them for sale in a lfs but didnt know anything more about them.

Mine are doing great...all accounted for. My first batch of 10 from about 3 weeks ago are all fine. The second batch of 10 are much smaller in size and are about a week old. For the live food, I feed them daphnias, baby brine shrimp and also fry food like Sera micropan (I mix it around in the tank so it looks alive). All the tiny fish I have are in my 1ft shrimp tank. Fortunetly I have 2 shops that I regularly buy live food that stock adult Brine shrimp and worms as well. All my fish in my 6ft tank are fed with live food as much as possible as well. I find the fish more lively and healthy because of the huting they get to do more than nutrition value I think.

 

[skincareaddicted]

more on the smallest fish donald mentioned, i just found the article fun:

http://www.happynews.com/news/1252006/scientists-discover-worlds-smallest-fish.htm

 

[sithspawn]

These are crap pics of the smaller goby and the pipefish. I used a Nikon D70 but unfortunetly no macro lens so it's near impossible to get good pics of them. My next try is with a compact camera with a macro mode. I tried it and it can do the job so stay tuned...I'm adding a horrid pic of a 1ft tank with a wide shot of the glass fish, micros etc and the (gasp) purple shrimp.

 

[sithspawn]

coming soon ...real photos....hee hee

 

[Left Coast DJ]

As someone mentioned earlier in this thread, FranksAquarium.com is a good start for small fish.

http://www.franksaquarium.com/nanofish.htm

I recently got some Scarlet Badis locally. They're about 1-2 cm. in size. But the methodical way they swim and hunt remind me of miniature Oscars.

DJ

 

[eklikewhoa]

I noticed Scarlet Badis locally as well but this hunting thing does not work for me.....I have shrimp. They look really nice though! Another thing that the LFS got was Chocolate gourami's which look kinda cool I guess.

 

[Largesse]

Sithspawn, don't hit yourself over your head for your photos. You have great fish. I wish they had that variety here in Canada (sigh). As for macros, if you're steady with your hands and have a removable lens, use your 50mm and reverse it. You won't have clear control of the lens, but you will have a massive macro. Those gobies are cute!

 

[blackBRUSHalgae]

Just a quick note for those you want to get into small little fauna. Other than avoiding mixing them with bigger fishes you should also sponge wrap your filter intlet! These little beings would be easily get sucked into it!

 

[T-Bone]

Aren't white clouds pretty small? Never seen a micro rasbora or borara's, so I don't know size comparison. White clouds are a pretty nice looking fish, and are now bred in a couple diferent colors.

 

[urbnbtta]

i know this is an years old thread, but in case anyone reads this, do you know of a good source for any of these mentioned fish in NYC?

also, do any of these nano fish school?

 

[spypet]

franksaquarium will be your best bet for nano fish come spring;
http://www.franksaquarium.com/nanofish.htm
just be patient - he does not like to import/reship below 0c°
there's little market for nano fish and freshwater shrimp.
an LPS in Queens called H2OAquarium used to do this,
and subsequently went out of business in 2009.

 

[urbnbtta]

thanks for the info, i was sad to see everything out of stock, but your explanation makes sense. i see you're in queens. do you have any nano fish you breed or might be willing to part with?

 

[spypet]

If you can't wait till March when most online
dealers will resume imports and reshipping,
nano stocking locals you can try are;
Win Tropical Aquariums, 169 Mott St, Manhattan
Coral Aquarium, 7503 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
best to go after they get their weekly delivery,
before their filthy tanks kill their own livestock.
PM me privately if you insist on more guidance.