limia babies

daisycutter

i just captured my female limias from the communty tank and put them into the livebearer tank and the babies are huge more than twice the size of Guppy fry does anyone else keep them? they seen to be a very overlooked little fish

Amphitrite

Nope, never seen them before. Do you have any pics?

daisycutter

http://www.zyworodki.akwarysta.pl/ht...lanogaster.htm not mine but the pictures are clearer

Amphitrite

Thanks for that. They're certainly nice looking fish.

Very similar in shape to platys, are they top dwellers?

daisycutter

they behave more like guppies than platys in fact there easy to mistake for guppies if it wasnt for the black bars down the body that are present in even newborns they are hardier than most livebearers probably due to the fact they havent been selectively bred and retain there wild form i would put them under a beginers fish for that reson the only problem ive had is the proportion of males to females must be 3 f to 1 m or they pester them constantly resulting in the females hiding i say there an overlooked fish as i bought mine months ago from a store which has stopped selling them and ive never since seen them sold anywere

damselfish

it would seem you have a very unusual fish ..i also never seen them before could you go back to the fish store and ask

daisycutter

there not seen often because nobody really breeds them
on the head of this forum theres a HUGE list and you rarely see more than %10 of the species on that list for sale