Limia vittata

Viviparous or Live bearing fish - Mollies, Platties, Guppies
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...what a wonderful phrase!

Picked up 5 of these lovely fish today for £15, they seem to be getting on OK with Mt remaining 2 x. Pygmaeus, albeit a little confusion over interspecies relationships...
Already jiggling and seem to be happy so far!

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Also picked up a nice big amazon sword you can see in the background... was for the stairway tank but too tall so I split the smaller part and put the bigger bit in here 😁
40L nano
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail

80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow

20L Qtank
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Nice, never come across them before!
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Love em. I love a lot of the little obscure livebearers, especially the peaceful ones. If I had hard water I’d be keeping some.
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They look great, I currently keep black belly Limia, it's really nice to watch the colony grow, I don't have any other suitable tanks at the moment but the temptation is always there, well when you can find any that is, so many nice ones ::geek::
500l - Africa river - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6873
2x200l - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7790
Others - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewto ... =15&t=7411
230L 6ft - Shallow stream
Roma 125l - Holding fish
Qubiq 60 - Dwarf Spotted Danio
40l/25L - Black- bellied Limia/Pygmy Sunfish
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Agreed, I like the obscure (as well as my guppies ;) :D ) livebearers as well. :D
I must make space and find some.....
If at first you don't succeed....
...get someone else to do it! :D

Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian
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