ianho said:
Thats ace!
do you keep shrimp with these?
Yes, my blue pearls are in with them.
They hunt the blue pearls continuously, but thankfully seem to be quite bad at it. I expect they are getting to some of them, but the tank has lots of hiding places. The moss wall in particular is a great once. It is so dense in patches that I can lose two or three of the gouramis in it at once!
dw1305 said:
Hi all,
I think Trichopsis vittatus and T. pumila (Sparkling/Dwarf Sparkling) are both very underrated fish, and I don't understand why they aren't more popular.
I think the croaking probably means that the male is ready to breed.
cheers Darrel
Breeding would be fantastic! Along with the croaking there is a lot of flaring, which shows off the red patterning on the fins nicely. The reason I mention it is that the patterns have improved a lot over the last week. Possibly another sign they are well conditioned. Quite exciting.
I think they get overlooked in LFS as there are always more brightly coloured fish on display around them. Such a shame as once they settle in, and under subdued lighting, their patterning is beautiful. It is the behaviour that draws me to them though
BigTom said:
I'm considering a pair/trio of T. pumila for my 12" cube if I can't find any Indostomus, reckon they'd be OK in something that small? Not overly keen on keeping fish in cramped accommodation.
No idea really, my fauna often get given oversized accomodation (my next shrimp tank will be 155l!), so I will happily bow to Darrel's judgement. The only thing I can add is that I would give them enough hiding places, so they can be out of line of sight of each other when needed (they are always darting at each other and then retreating).
