The elusive male peacock gudgeon!!

[Kaosu]

ok..been looking for about 2 years to find a male Peacock Gudgeon ( ok i was more browsing for one but never really hunting) ..walked in to my favorite LFS and glanced threw the tanks..they got a new shipment of Gudgeons in and guess what was sitting up front glaring at me threw the tank!!! a monster side angry boy!!!!!!

got him and a lovely girl with him soooo excited!!!

more pics to come when they settle in to the QT tank.

him

her

 

[DMD123]

Very nice to find your elusive fish. :cheers:

Colorful little guys.

 

[Mikey]

Those are awesome. Glad you finally found them!

 

[Anonymous]

Great looking fish.

 

[Kaosu]

and we have eggs!!!!

spotted the male going in and out of a black pvc pipe i put in the tank about a week ago..shone a light in and EGGS lots of them!!

soo excited!!

pics to come.

 

[Kaosu]

oh forgot i had lots more pics ^_^

tank ( eggs are in black pvc)

fish ( boy had big head..girl has pointy head and black outlining fins)

 

[DMD123]

Awesome! :cheers:

You got your elusive fish and now might have babies. That worked out good.

 

[Kaosu]

eggs round two!!

 

[Kaosu]

they are hatching ^_^

top middle of the leaf you can see an eye and a tiny body..super tiny little guys.

 

[Kaosu]

not sure if any one on this forum are following this or what ever but

i have a few dozen fry scooting around the tank...few dozen more in the tube still!

..not in focus but you can see a bunch in the background.

 

[haika]

YAY! I feel the same way about female Dario dario (and I know I'm not alone)!

I kept these gudgeons for about 3 years and the male RARELY came out of the cave. The female was out and about all the time. I never got any surviving fry. Oh well. Hope you have much better luck....looks like you are at least seeing fry!

Betty G.

 

[Kaosu]

YAY! I feel the same way about female Dario dario (and I know I'm not alone)!

I kept these gudgeons for about 3 years and the male RARELY came out of the cave. The female was out and about all the time. I never got any surviving fry. Oh well. Hope you have much better luck....looks like you are at least seeing fry!

Betty G.

I have been looking for female dario dario for so long ...you wouldn't have any to spare would you ?^_^

and I have had great success with the fry ..I currently have about 2-3 dozen fry and they grow so slow!!!

they are just now showing color and they hatched around Christmas the largest is just shy if 1/4 of an inch

 

[haika]

I WISH I had some female Dario dario. That is my nemesis fish! Right now I have just 1 male left from a group buy November 2011 (I think). I've had GSAS member search out females for me before, but it was a difficult time of year and I never got fry when I tried to pair them. It's easier for me during the spring/summer as I tend to have more daphnia/ceriodaphnia/copepods then. I'm not a baby brine shrimp fan (laziness) but I WILL do microworms.

Back to peacock gudgeons....lovely, interesting fish.

Betty G.

 

[Lamental Jester]

Pretty!!! I want one! I'm gonna do a 20g long soon, they would be perfect! Which LFS did you get them at? Clarks Feed and Seed?

 

[Kaosu]

Pretty!!! I want one! I'm gonna do a 20g long soon, they would be perfect! Which LFS did you get them at? Clarks Feed and Seed?

yes I got them from Clark's but they very rarely have males in fact this was the first one I have found in a few years...give me another month and i should be able to start sexing these guys..the largest it nearly half an inch. ^_^

 

[MikeB]

Kaosu, if anything ever happens to yours let me know i have several breeding pair but often not fry as im done breeding them and keep them in a show tank.. im sure i got between 5-10 of both sexs and 3 that spawn regularly if i give them wood pvc etc..
main reason i stoped breeding and wanted to see them in the show tank was all my local stores didnt want to offer anything for them and yet they wanted my guppies.. who would have figured.....

 

[fishloverRon]

If anyone is still looking for peacock gudgeons, I saw them last week at B&I Pets in Lakewood. They are a sponsor store of GSAS and give 10% discounts to GSAS members.