New to white cloud mountain minnows (a little advice please)

[stingray4540]

Yes, plainzwalker is right. they are schooling fish therefore they need to be in a school to feel comfortable, I would go with anny less than 6, but at least 8 is prefered.
when you get your 10 gallon, just add a few more and things should level out.

 

[Ms.Bubbles]

OK, I guess I'll go pick up a few more and see if that helps, & maybe switch them to a 5 gallon QT...

 

[Alreadyinuse]

Let me know if it helped (adding more) because I just picked up 3 Endler's Livebearers and 1 have myself a "Rocky" too, picking on the others...

 

[plainzwalker]

Let me know if it helped (adding more) because I just picked up 3 Endler's Livebearers and 1 have myself a "Rocky" too, picking on the others...

3 males? 2 males? I don't know much about Endler's, but from what I heard they are similar to other livebearers in the male aggression to other males. You might want to make sure you have a good ratio of male to females.

 

[Joseph1391]

what do white clouds look like?

 

[kill_a_watt]

what do white clouds look like?

google it keke

 

[plainzwalker]

what do white clouds look like?

A fish? :joke:

 

[Joseph1391]

ok thanks! yeah after i posted this i went and looked it up... dont know why i didnt do that before i posted a new thread

 

[lucy_kk]

I keep a species tank of minnows in a 6gal unheated tank and this seems to suit them best. I have read they can withstand temperatures suitable for tropical fish too as they are very hardy, however it often says at these higher temperatures, their brightest colours cannot be seen.
Hope this helps

 

[plah831]

I raised a bunch of them from the wee size of about 1 cm at work. When they grew up, I took 7 of them home to my aquarium. When they matured, the males started getting really randy and chasing the females while displaying. The guys would splay all their fins and do a little shivering dance.

You can tell the males from the females because they have a slimmer body (especially if the females are gravid). While I haven't had caviar yet, I noticed the behavior was "worse" when I separated them from the community tank. Well, it got so bad, to the point of being aggressive, that I gave away 4 of them. Being left with 3 (1 male, 2 female) the minnows have calmed down considerably.

These are very hardy fish that can tolerate just about anything. They've gone through ammonia spikes, high summer temperatures, heater malfunctions, and are still going strong after 3 and 1/2 years!