Cool New Micro- Fish

SubRosa

SubRosa

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I just got a nice little group of a very cool little micro, Danionella dracula. They're one of the smallest fish in the world, max size is around 3/4". Even when I had a camera it would have been useless with these little guys but here's a Google pic:

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Awesome! I've never seen those before, hope you get some babies :)
 
Nice pics, those look good. I had 8 of these back when they were called Danionella Translucida. They have changed names at least twice since then. Practical Fishkeeping has an article from when they were discovered, if you search their site.

I loved having these, they are so small, but found them hard to feed. Once I realized how much they liked first day hatch BBS, I tried to do that for a while, but then they started choking on unhatched eggs that hadn't been rinsed out of the BBS. I eventually was down to 3 fish, and I moved them, hoping they could survive in a larger community tank, but they got eaten within a week. Not what I had expected, because they are pretty fast.
 
Good luck with them, SubRosa! They look like interesting little fellas!
 
We have them in at work.
 
mellowvision said:
Nice pics, those look good. I had 8 of these back when they were called Danionella Translucida. They have changed names at least twice since then. Practical Fishkeeping has an article from when they were discovered, if you search their site.

I loved having these, they are so small, but found them hard to feed. Once I realized how much they liked first day hatch BBS, I tried to do that for a while, but then they started choking on unhatched eggs that hadn't been rinsed out of the BBS. I eventually was down to 3 fish, and I moved them, hoping they could survive in a larger community tank, but they got eaten within a week. Not what I had expected, because they are pretty fast.
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The taxonomy of the genus was definitely messed up, especially considering how small of a genus it is. Thanks for the heads up about the bbs. These guys are taking finely ground flake so I don't anticipate any problems in that regard. My daphnia are just starting to kick it up a bit and with mosquito season right around the corner live food won't be a problem! I plan on keeping these guys in a series of 5 gal buckets full of Java Moss, moving them every couple of days. All of the info on breeding the true D. translucida states that it's pretty easy if you can keep the parents away from the fry! The young are actually very large considering adult size and easy to raise. Here's hoping these are the same!
 
Those are fantastic looking!

Good luck with the breeding program. Of course, if you claim success, we'll all be squawking "Pics or it didn't happen!" — so you might as well make plans now for a new camera. ;)
 
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