pundamilia sp red flank.

as some of you know i recieved some fish sent from friends in europe. most of them came from ole sehausens collections originally, any way one species i recieved was the pundamilia sp red flank. one other guy also recieved them but was void of males so it looks like i have the only produceing group in the united states.

they arrived small under 1 inch but after about three weeks i had three holding females.
i got 10 1 male and 9 females.

since the females were so small the number of the fry was small but i had no losses. and now have 14 viable free swimming fry.

here are some pics.

male 1.5 inch, i kioid you not this guy has every color of the rainbow.







after spawning



the fry


please dont ask for any of the fry. there are other obligations i need to meet first, but in time i will make them available. with 9 females and the way this guy is on them i have a feeling there will be lots to go around. but due to the rarity of the species i cant pass them on to just any one who wants them.

cool stuff. nice write up. have you considered doing fish of the month?

that is up to the mods.

Awesome fish!!!!!

Love the colors of this fish.

awesome fish.. rare fish keeping is always a prevledge

I had posted a thread on if anyone wanted to do fish of the month.



Nice Ross. Keep the pics coming I want to see them develope.

nice fish. cool you have something rare.

Congrats real nice lookimg fish

I need to get some fry from you so I can get my male.

jim, these are yours as i already let you know.

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What a beautiful tiny fish, great colors!!

the adult males will grow to be just shy of 5 inches.

Stunning fish..

Good looking fish. Once he gets some meat on him, he gonna be king of the tank