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I would have preferred the morse codes or the Trochilocharax, but as they never arrived I am tempted to get some of the orange ones IF they turn up here (supposed to next week…). I have ruby tetras with my A. bitaeniata, they haven’t been eaten…
You certainly manage to get some interesting fish! I am sure I have seen those two in the Oliver Lucanus tetra videos, but some time ago and I can’t remember what species they are…
They should definitely be mature (I suppose, though I have never kept them). I presume you have tired the usual - plenty of live food and a large cooler water change? I had the same with Lladislao, they never bred. Neither did my dwarf pikes despite trying everything I could think of (only had...
They look lovely, a store here (Ecuador) is meant to be getting some tetras soon that they are calling "Tetra zaramizina", I am wondering if they are the same? They possibly come from a location close to that of the Amaya pencilfish as these will arrive in the same shipment, though I can't be...
Mine are straightforward floodlights, and yes they are waterproof, meant for outdoor use.
I meant to say in my last post that (many) plants seem to do well with these lights, and I have not noticed any difference between 5000 and 6500K in terms of plant growth.
I have this type of light on all my tanks but one. They are fine and much less expensive than “proper” aquarium lights, the only disadvantage being that they can’t be dimmed. My tanks have lids so the lights are only about 20cm or slightly less above the water. The first tank I set up like...
I am sure that is true. I haven’t seen any serious aggression from any of the pencilfish I have kept, and marginatus seem the most peaceful and my favourites so far. My ruby tetras are neither aggressive nor shy. The most aggressive and very territorial tetras I have kept were emperor tetras.
Before I got mortenthaleri I kept reading that males were pretty aggressive to each other, but I never found that to be the case, occasional threat displays but no real chasing or fighting.
There are some new Mesonauta described recently, I won’t add a link to the article published this year, as when I have done this before the moderators have to check the post and it takes ages to appear, but just search for species delimitation in neoteopical fishes of Mesonauta…..
But I think...
I agree that from the stress patterns it looks most like insignis in the diagram, though insignis is supposed to have the scales above the lateral stripe rimmed in black, which yours doesn’t appear to have. Bear in mind that if captive bred there is a possibility that it could be mixed. I think...
Yes, that is basically what that paper says, I doubt they will be split into different genuses, but I think that what we know as marginatus, trafasciatus and eques in particular will each be split into several more species.
Nice, you can see why “lipstick” on some of them at least. Do they all...
Exactly, I found this paper,
DNA Barcoding in Pencilfishes (Lebiasinidae: Nannostomus) Reveals Cryptic Diversity across the Brazilian Amazon
I have not read it in great detail yet, but it suggests that there are many more species that have previously been lumped together, particularly in the N...
Exactly, I found this paper, I have not read it in great detail yet, but it suggests that there are many more species that have previously been lumped together, particularly in the N. eques, N. marginatus and N. trifasciatus complexes...