My tetras do this, they turn into creepy ghosts at night. I was looking up
Nannostomus espei too yesterday that have the
eques night vertical bars during the day, very nice and apparently rare so I assume too expensive for me 😂
I read that the yellow variants are from Peru as well and it's been confirmed by seriously fish here under distribution
www.seriouslyfish.com
I do find that these and the other striped pencils can be very changeable when it comes to colour. Using my beckfords as an example they definitely change throughout the day based on mood and what they are doing. I've seen the same with marginatus, developing more red when they were being a bit feisty.
Good old Seriously Fish! The colourchanging sounds great, I love that part of fish behaviour.
Not sure how much they were
@shangman I've messaged Steve and will report back, I suspect they won't be cheap.
Oh goodness do I ever want to know? 😅 I just looked on Kew Aquatics and there they were £17.80 each, evne more than the coral reds!
I’ve had these on my eBay wish list for a long long time:
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Dwarf Pencilfish - PEACEFUL TROPICAL FISH - Nannostomus Marginatus at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!
www.ebay.co.uk
I’ve had a couple of batches of fish from Kesgrave and they have been decent quality.
They stock about 4-5 different fish that I want!
Oh I didn't think of ebay, that's def an option if the local shops fail me, I kinda love going to the shop and getting the fish and the ritual of that!!
Conundrums.... Fish Barn have said they probs wouldn't get wild ones until mid summer cos it's the rainy season rn, which is a shame as I'd prefer to get them there over anywhere else but... summer... is far. Don't want them right this second, but in like 1 - 2 months when the new plants are grown in well ideally. I've seen they have some at TropCo which is only an hour away and for only £3.50 each for 10+, but then a friend said she saw them there and they looked in dodgy condition (though this was a few months ago I think.) Gonna call up Aquatic Design Center & Wholesale Tropicals and see if they have any and for how much. Ah another option is Kew Aquatics which are also about £3.50, and can make postage smaller by going and getting them myself.
I'm thinking all these options aren't bad, but also... I think this time I'll be a good girl and set up a quarantine tank for a few weeks cos the only place I actually truly trust to give me really healthy fish is the Fish Barn lol, I do have my old 60L in the garden, could just be ugly and useful for a few weeks to make sure they're ok. I think probs ADC I trust too if they've had the fish for a while, I've never seen any disease there and bought many fish there. My tank is looking so heavenly like a lil garden of eden rn and the fish all frolicking about very healthy so it's time to be proper about it! No pandemic for my fishies!
Hmmmmmmm maybe waiting until summer/hopnig they might come a bit earlier for the Fish Barn is the way, what would you guys do?