netty_3164 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hey all, I thought I would share some pics of these beauties I recently picked up. These fishes seem to be quite rare and it has been 5 years since I have seen them last which was in a little fish store down in Melbourne. Anyways, I have 16 of them in a 4ft planted tank, all swimming around well but don't have much interest in eating... If anyone has any advice, it would be much appreciated. Some pics: Beautiful male Equally stunning female Males flaring Hope you like them as much as I do! Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 They need very little food. A little bit of a good quality tropical flake seems to do the trick nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netty_3164 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Yup, I tried flakes this morning and some of them are starting to take it which is good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_Shorty Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 What stunners. Finage is awesome. Nice shots too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasMick Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Nice fish and great photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CichlidBreeder Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 wow what country do they originate from ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netty_3164 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Thanks guys, absolutely in love with these beautiful and graceful fish. Their constant flaring is an amazing to watch. The white cloud fishes originated from the White Cloud Moutains in China. Heres a neat youtube video I found of the behaviour of these fish. They pretty much flare up every time they come in close proximity to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev77 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Beautiful fish. Would be nice to see more of them around. Hopefully they,ll breed for you. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noyakfat Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 A bonus is that these sexy little swimmers can go without a heater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netty_3164 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 The fish seem to be having an appetite now which is good however some are still a bit 'lifeless'. Hoping they will all start to eat and so the females can be fattened up for breeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 lol of course they will breed they ARE still white clouds long fins or not lol back in the day ........cue grandfather speech........... we called them, poor mans neons and they were awesome srsly they always look crap at a lfs look past that buy some common, golden or l/f dammit they are awesome they dont eat own babys they dont need a heater they dont eat tadpoles are easy to sell and sooooooo pretty as fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah1234 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Stunners! they remind me of displaying threadfin rainbows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
