Cielo Azul (Peruvian killifish)

[LooksLater]

Big thanks to Mr. Perkins, owner of Wild Peru, who gave a fantastic presentation at the GHAC meeting and was also kind enough to donate some wild caught Peruvian fish for auction to the club. We were lucky enough to win the auction for the killifish (sorry, Fiona! ) aka: Aphyolebias Rubrocaudatus "Cielo Azul".

We started back up the 6g bowfront softwater for them, with some wood and IAL. Using Brightwell and half RO to start, we have pH at 6.6 or so yesterday.

Here's what it looks like currently:



We put in tons of crypts (bronze and green) to break line of sight, as the male can get a little touchy if his attentions are not reciprocated. So far the male has a favorite spot on the right side of the tank and likes to peek out at us.


We can get him to pose occasionally, he's starting to color up nicely...




The female is a bit more camera shy, excuse the bad pictures please.


In the middle of the tank here...

She sees me-

And SHAZAM! The male comes streaking by...


We're super excited to have these beauties, and look forward to seeing if we can make a love shack for them. :love:

[mnemenoi]

Here is a picture taken from the Wild Peru Facebook page

Male

Female

[mistahoo]

Re: Cielo Azul (Peruvian killifish)

Nice! I call dibs on some eggs if you get them to breed and willing to sell!

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[troy tucker]

They are very cool! And again I wish I could have come...

[Ballinxalex]

nice !!! good luck with the breeding

[LooksLater]

So the female and male both have been getting nice and fat, being good to each other... then she decided to take advantage of the tiny opening in the lid for the HOB, and went on a 'walkabout'- thank goodness it was while we were in the kitchen cooking tonight and she couldn't have been on the floor more than a few seconds...

GAAAAAaAaaAAhhhhh! Why....:aua:

She's back in the tank and currently breathing, but not looking real hot. Real still, eyes cloudy. G@*$%&^! S&*%! Stupid #$*$%!
Hopefully she'll pull through, cross your fingers for us everyone...
Maybe we'll sacrifice a cube of mysis shrimp to Neptune for her speedy recovery. Anything else we can do?!

[aquabee]

Oh NO!!! Let us know how she's doing. :( Extra air stone? :-/

[LooksLater]

Thanks, I am super bummed...I love these fish.

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[aquabee]

I know the feeling. How is she?

[mnemenoi]

She has looked far better, but she is alive...

[aquabee]

She'll hopefully pull through!

[troy tucker]

Sorry to hear. I hope she makes it.

[LooksLater]

She made it through the night, I think she's going to be okay...but her eyes are both milky, almost opaque. And she apparently can't see very well. I don't know why that would be???

I'm going to rearrange a few things and try to get them both into smaller, (2g or so) separate tanks for now. I'm thinking her getting picked on by him might have been part of the jump and she's going to have a hard time staying away from him if she can't see. He nipped her fins a little last night.

[troy tucker]

Glad to hear she made it though the night. That a good sign.
At her size. Jumping from the tank to the floor. Is like me jumping off the roof.

[mnemenoi]

With how she looked last night that is a very good sign indeed. Sounds like another tank is a great idea.