20/02/2016
I wasn't completely satisfied and couldn't resist to move some plants and rocks.
I wasn't completely satisfied and couldn't resist to move some plants and rocks.
They are quite tricky to keep long term, one problem is that they jump at feeding time, and if they have territorial disputes, you need a really good lid to keep them in the tank. Even though they aren't very big fish I wouldn't keep them in a tank smaller than 60cm long, as they can be quite nasty to one another. The other is feeding, they won't live long term just on dry foods, and they won't always chase Daphnia etc which are lower down in the water column. If you can get a "vestigial winged Drosophila" culture (they well them to feed Dart Frogs etc) it makes long term care easier.4 Carnegiella strigata - Marbled Hatchetfish.
I think its their shape, he thinks they are really ripe female Guppies and that they should mate with him.So I have only one male now, so I bought Marbled Hatchetfish which live near the surface. But the guppy continues to chase them, in particular he tries to bite their pectoral fins.