Yanni Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I have a 30 gallon pond that has about 2 dozen gold ricefish. The fish are doing great but they seem very skittish in deeper water. I don't have any in a shallow tank so I don't know how they would act in that kind of environment. I put some L. Sessiliflora, hygrophila corymbosa, hygrophila angustifolia, and alternanthera reinikki mini. There is also some water lettuce. I think that there is a lot of cover but the rice fish seem to be very shy when I come to feed. Also, I haven't seen many fry. I have a bunch of snails and I think that might be a reason for there being no fry. Could anyone tell me if snails eat eggs? And if they do, should I leave them in the tub or take them out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The pond is 5 feet deep but the rice fish hang out in the top couple of inches. They must like it well enough because I put in a handful and now there are thousands. They also don't seem to have any problem with hanging out in open water either. They are possibly the least demanding fish I have ever kept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasatchaquatics Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 My ricefish tend to hang out on top all the time too. Though they go down to the bottom at night. i rarely see fry except for when I keep breeding colonies with a spawning mop that I can pull and hatch. I’ve had very little success just colony breeding in a tub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) @Daniel what rice fish are those? Edited September 29, 2020 by Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 On 9/29/2020 at 2:07 PM, Pete said: @Daniel what rice fish are those? I got them on Aquabid, here is the auction listing: https://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/closed.cgi?view_closed_item&fw1596729002 The seller called them Orange Medaka Ricefish. There are white and bluish ones also, so it turned out it wasn't just orange. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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