Red longfinned white cloud minnows

[Krisvalkyrie]

I just went to Fish Ranch II today to get some supplies - I had a list and was determined to stick to it, for once, then Mike showed me these guys -

They were too pretty!  I have a 14 gallon that I am working on, I decided I want to go all planted, no more fake plants in my nicer tanks, and had 7 rio von flame tetras in there.  I bought plants there (crypts, red ludwigea) with the plan on getting some CRS's in there.  Now when I saw these fish, I just had to have them, so after asking about their compatability, I bought 10 of them, 6 male, 4 female.  

Does anyone have these fish?  What conditions do they need to have fry?  One of the females looks really fat...

Kris

[mahoro]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

they are nice looking fish, what were the price?

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

5.00 each or 10 for 40.00.

I knew I wanted more than 5 of them, so buying ten just made sense.  

Kris

[mahoro]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

i am setting up a small 10g paludarium, which will have around 6g worth of water, still not sure what to stock it with yet, either couple of those meteor minnows or couple cpd...

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

Say those the other day.....they have some really nice furcata rainbows too!

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

The only other fish I am super tempted to add to them would be a pair or two of the angel rams they have - they are so pretty.

Kris

[mahoro]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

oh wow, so they got the blue eyes now too?  i was there before their shipment came in... need to go check out again...

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

They looked like they had just unpacked another shipment as well...

My total purchase came out to a lot for me.  

I got 10 lfrwc minnows
1 medium pleco
1 small albino pleco
4 freshwater clams
1 crypt
2 potted grass like plants
1 red ludwigea
sand
blue/black tank backing (tired of looking at my chest freezer through the 30 gallon
assorted food and tank chemicals.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

Yep...some healthy and small sized blue eyes! I always wanted some but being as though all my tanks at the time were small and not accommodating the the larger ones they use to get it I never got any....these are small but not tiny IMO perfect size!

[mahoro]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

hmm, eww clams, return it if you can, they don't do well in aquarium (they do much better in soup or sauted...) ...   i am in the process of finding a 40 - 50 cube, and going to do a paludarium with a doz. of those blue eyes... not sure which kind yet...

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

I agree.....clams in any aquarium is destined to cause problems when(not if) they die.....they are filter feeders and there is no ideal way to provide that in a closed environment.

[Krisvalkyrie]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

Hmmm, I thought they would help clean the water in the tank that has no shrimp or snails.



What do they eat?  At FRII, they seemed to think they would be a good idea...

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

They are filter feeders so there must be source of nutrient/food in the water column for them to feed on....They need a high level of food/detritus/planktonlike in the water column which IMO means dirty water.

[Tiapan]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

i got some when i was in there last a couple of months back. they did not do too well. not a problem when they died (fishies ate them right up) I believe i still have a few left but they dont come out often. the empty shells look kinda cool though. but i dont think i would recommend them, since they dont add too much to the tank and have a high tendency to die.

[mahoro]

Re: Red longfinned white cloud minnows

a friend of mine has kept and breed those before, he had a huge mature tank, he would put the clam in the sump with a sand based bottom, that is about the only way i know of to keep them alive at home...