Psuedomugil gertrudae Aru II blue eyed rainbowfish

[Guppysnail]

I’ve always wanted these.  Last year P. gertrudae was at my LFS so I picked up a group of 12.  They were not healthy and quickly fell to being only a trio.  
They seemed very conspecific aggressive and did not have the color and look I was expecting.

I gave away the trio as unimpressive and uninteresting.

One if our respected breeding club members brought a trio of his offspring to auction so I brought them home.  Even in the bag they looked better and healthier than the store bought ones. 
 

I’ve only had them 6 days and I’m very impressed.  Active, not aggressive, not fearful of me.  They are already spawning  I’m going to make a spawning mop to put in this weekend.

I put them in my hillstream loach algae tank and the lighting combined with their speed is not conducive to photos.  I’ll work on getting video and better photos.

First photo is from the internet.  This is what I see looking into the tank that is not displayed in my lousy photos.  

My crappy photos 🤣

 

[Whitecloud09]

I love all these awesome looking fish you have @Guppysnail! So rare looking to me for some reason lol

[Guppysnail]

On 3/8/2024 at 8:35 AM, Whitecloud09 said:

I love all these awesome looking fish you have @Guppysnail! So rare looking to me for some reason lol

Not rare just not your common lfs or online retailer fish.  They are much more prevalent in clubs.  The curviceps used to be a hot item 20-30 years ago before apistos became the new hot item. 

[Guppysnail]

Got some video of the boy trying to coax the girls into the spawn mop.