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Out of curiosity . . . is anyone on this forum keeping / breeding goodeids? We just got 8x Xenotoca doadrioi this weekend from a breeder in our fish club. They were originally collected in the Etzatlan region, Ameca / Magdelana basin and imported by the North American Goodeid Working Group for a convention back in 2014. They're a CARES priority list species. Kept at indoor room temperature - no heater. They like foods with greens in, but will eat just about everything. The males are very brightly colored. Greg Sage over at Select Aquatics has done a lot with these. It's hard to keep in stock though, because demand can quickly drain a breeder's supply. Females, it is reported, generally only drop 5-20 fry every 60 days.- 43 replies
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Got a starter group of 8x Redtail Goodeids (Xenotoca Doadrioi) from a Goodeid specialist in our Fish club last December. 6x fry dropped within a month or two. Just recently, another batch of ca. 11x fry have dropped. Colony is starting to groove! These guys are CARES species, endangered in the wild. They’re cold water Livebearers. Most food we feed consists of plant matter (Bug Bites Spirulina flakes, Omega One Kelp flakes). But with fry, we add baby brine shrimp to their diet every few days. Definitely not a “show tank” — we throw random cuttings in here — but these are some happy Goodeids! -
Our first CARES species fry! Xenotoca doadrioi. Started with breeding group of 8x. Fry has interesting umbilical-like appendage. Pretty big, but kind of clumsy at first.
