Mountain Redbelly Dace
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Mountain Redbelly Dace (male) + Speckled madtom
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, Feb 19 2007 08:53 PM
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Posted 19 February 2007 - 08:53 PM
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Posted 21 February 2007 - 09:56 AM
Wow! That dace is just...wow, beautiful.
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Posted 22 February 2007 - 04:22 PM
Wow! That dace is just...wow, beautiful.
Hopefully I can get a breeding group going so I can make some captive-bred ones avaiable.
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Posted 23 February 2007 - 08:49 AM
Hopefully I can get a breeding group going so I can make some captive-bred ones avaiable.
If you could do that I'd be interested in getting a few for myself. Do you have any pictures of the females?
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Posted 23 February 2007 - 03:35 PM
If you could do that I'd be interested in getting a few for myself. Do you have any pictures of the females?
Not any good pics. Check out the video in here : http://forum.nanfa.o...?showtopic=1109
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Posted 23 February 2007 - 03:58 PM
Those fish look great. A number of years ago I collected a bunch of MRBD and kept them in a 135g native community tank. Within about a month they were putting on their breeding colors and doing their dance but I don't know if they ever laid eggs or not. Because of the variety of life in that tank I doubt any eggs would have lasted a minute.
They seem to value being in large shoals and having a lot of tank space to move about in. They also seemed to really value strong currents in the tank, with buffered areas. They usually hung out just off to the side of a strong current and waited for food items to get shot in their direction on the current.
I've also had them in smaller tanks without any other species present but they never exhibited the courtship behavior like the group in the bigger tank did.
Good luck with them. The MRBD is an excellent aquarium fish, exhibits gorgeous coloration, and it would be wonderful to see them available as CBB in the hobby.
They seem to value being in large shoals and having a lot of tank space to move about in. They also seemed to really value strong currents in the tank, with buffered areas. They usually hung out just off to the side of a strong current and waited for food items to get shot in their direction on the current.
I've also had them in smaller tanks without any other species present but they never exhibited the courtship behavior like the group in the bigger tank did.
Good luck with them. The MRBD is an excellent aquarium fish, exhibits gorgeous coloration, and it would be wonderful to see them available as CBB in the hobby.
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Posted 23 February 2007 - 05:55 PM
I'd say put me on that list too. On the other hand, maybe I'll get some at the convention.If you could do that I'd be interested in getting a few for myself.
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Posted 23 February 2007 - 06:40 PM
I'd say put me on that list too. On the other hand, maybe I'll get some at the convention.
They are common as dirt if you know where to look.
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Posted 23 February 2007 - 11:04 PM
Since you know where to look, I'll be lookin' for youThey are common as dirt if you know where to look.
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Posted 24 February 2007 - 05:52 PM
Really nice photos Drew!
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