Spotted Blue Eye rainbow, Pseudomugil gertruae-Species Spotlight
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- Easy to breed, colorful, and outgoing, the spotted blue eye is a very rewarding choice in an aquarium.
Pseudomugil gertrudae “Spotted blue-eye”
pH 7.0-8.0
temperature-70-82
hardness 6-30 dkh
adult size: 1.2-1.4″
breeding: egg scatterer
diet: prepared foods, microcrustaceans
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Thanks Rachel...their pink cheek and blue eyes make them absolutely adorable! Gonna get them.
Glad I've found your blue eye rainbow video. They sound ideal for my 4ft swamp tank. Thanks again. You are fast becoming my fish encyclopedia!
I'm from Australia and there native here, havnt caught or seen any as I don't live in the area for them but I catch flathead gudgeons, empire gudgeons, ghost shrimp, long arm shrimp, dwarf flathead gudgeon and fire tail gudgeons there the most prominent fish I've caught
very useful vid..have fry at the moment from one Male and 3 females..couldn't find anymore locally..hence the breeding to increase the numbers..I notice yours have much more yellow colour than ours in the UK..the males here are greenish tan..and the females are an clear olive green..
Hopefully once we get them to a decent size then we can start selecting the next generation of parents for better colour ..
I wouldn't mind trying to source other variants just for the contrast..I remember when I worked in the aquarium trade 15 years ago there were some really pretty white Gertrude from the czech republic..
I haven't seen anything like them for a long time except for in books and on the internet..Anyway thanks for the vid and please keep up the good work..
Thanks for sharing Rachel, one of my favourite little fish, they are much tougher then they look I've collected them here in Australia in North Queensland in roadside puddles with a couple of inches of water near swamps and keep them in ponds outdoors the temps in winter get down to bellow 10deg. C. they breed very prolifically in the warmer months in densely planted ponds so a good fish for a beginner and look good in nano tanks.
I had a mailorder of forktails and accidentally got sent these and got to keep them for free. They are an awesome unplanned addition to my tank
those eyes are just mesmerizing
really thorough, you didn't miss a beat..
I just got these fish at my LFS and was hoping you had a species spotlight and yay! You did. These guys are seriously so pretty! I’m happy to hear they are easy to breed 😀
They are BEAUTIFUL, Rachel!!! On top of NEXT TANK list!
Im looking forward to more on small 🌈 rainbows. I like the idea of lots of same species small fish.
Excellent spot light on those darling little fish.
What awesome little fish!! So pretty, they remind me of killifish
FilbieTron Ha! That’s funny because a great tank mate for them is Clown Killifish!
I love these little fish, but I did not know that they did not live very long. I get very attached to my fish and that would break my heart to loose them that soon :(
These little dudes are one of the most charismatic and lovely fishes. The only negative fact about them is their short life span. They must live 10 years at least.
I've just got three today...stunning fish......
thanks for the eye candy, never knew rainbows could be that small 😀😀
I use to have these guys and really loved them.
I'll be getting 8 of these for a heavily planted 29g tomorrow. I didn't realize they had such a short lifespan. I hadn't really seen that anywhere that I researched them. Hopefully I'll get a good mix and have some luck with breeding.
They are also from northern australia and the ones i have are from etty bay and have lots of blue.
Please do threadfin rainbow. i love those fish
Awesome as always thanks Rachel!
Awesome i love the whole genus :)
Thank you so much Rachael for bumping these up the list. They are a beautiful little fish. Nice to know they are so hardy also. The only question I have is do they tend to swim in directional schools?
+LVcichlids They are not a directional schooler like a tetra, but they are always together and actively engaged with each other- if that makes sense.
+Rachel O'leary that makes total sense. You think I could do a half dozen or so Gertrude in my 20 long along with a school of maybe chili rasboras?
+LVcichlids absolutely, plenty of room. remember the chili's are miniscule
I'd love to get your take on killfish. As these guys remind me of them with their short life span. A lot of work I know but the beauty of them may make it worth the effort
I only have worked with a couple killies.
I have been looking into them semi-annual's of the species just because of their longer life span.
There are certainly some really phenomenally beautiful specimens, I just don't use lids on 95% of my tanks, making them unsuitable to most killifish.
How do they do with a betta? Assuming it's not one of those very aggressive bettas that will kill any tankmate, of course.
Nice, had one of these bad boys when I was an idiot kid and didn't know they had to school. He lived pretty long regardless
You have beautiful driftwoods always.
Great video!
What do yo u mean by filter squeezing to feed them? I'm considering trying to breed them, but feeding the newly hatched ones is my biggest obstacle
Great video
Do you think it would be difficult to breed them in community tank with corydoras aeneus and rummynose tetras?
I have the pseudomugil signifers and I can't get them to breed for nothing. They are in my heavily planted 36 gallon and I do run the temp a little low as they are with White Clouds. Should I up the temperature a bit?
Nice update rachel ur always helpful!!!! Hows the 150 gallon coming from the last vid?
Hi Rachel... I think my pacific blue eye rainbow fish has layed eggs between my ricia fluitans. The eggs are yellowish in color. I'm very new in this and I'm not really sure on what to do. In my 26litre tank I have 6 pacific blue eyes and 6 neons and a couple of otos. Need your advice on the survival of the eggs and potential frys
hi Rachel, big fan of your videos! Quick question, i have a planted 25g tank with lots of caves and im thinking about adding a pair of dwarf cichlids, due to your knowledge of the 'dwarf' species I was wondering if you had any reccommendations, thanks!
+Nik Khatri i would need to know more about your tank (and water parameters) as well as your goals to give good advice. You have tons of options!
Are endemic to many Australian creeks as well...tough little fish.
yup! their distribution is massive
I have 14 firetail gudgeons that I am going to put into a 75 gallon with some other aussie rainbows in the future - the firetails were being sold dirt cheap as feeder fish in LFS - too pretty for that and so lively..I discovered that they were sourced from a river only 5 minutes from my home (I am in Australia)...and as much as I have been tempted to return them to the river it is against the law - as they may now contain diseases not found in the river system....so will try and give them a good life...
Yeah Rachel I don't know how far back you check the comments I just discovered your TH-cam channel last week and I've been binge-watching it ever since I started to put in a small fish room about a year ago I don't have the space available that some do but I do what I can with what I've got and independently have come to some of the same decisions that apparently you and others have Mattin filters and sponge filters for example and Nano species. Anyway I have two questions that I hope you'll see and maybe have an answer for where can I find endlers and class with documentation? And the other question is where's the best place to acquire the various blue-eyed rainbows with accurate species name. I currently have some male endlers I got from a mail-order house and some blue eyes that I think are no more common fork-tailed variety but I'm hungry for more thanks for the information and entertainment
I haven't ordered from them, but for Class N endlers (I have some here, but not hte paperwork) you can go to swampriveraquatics for a database of sellers. As far as blue eyes- there a few of us that sell them, but rarely do we have exact collection point data, however the species ID are generally pretty good.
Thank you for the prompt reply very much. I will check into those I may seem overly concerned about the whole species thing but I ordered eat fish that were listed as assorted pseudomugli at a fairly high price from one of the larger mail order places.. 6 survived and it appears they are truly assorted. I believe I have four 3 male 1 female furcatus. And a pair of some form of gertrudae sp?. I'm hesitant to breed them cuz I don't want to thanks again ever so much!
Wow Voice to Text really butchered that
i read through the randomness! hybrid rainbows are not great, i would definitely try and sort them if you can.
Just an update. The pair of oddball pseudomugils were picked out. pretty clearly p luminatus. got 12 eggs before the female jumped out of the tank. found a quarter inch gap. have 3 fry now I think the weren't quite mature yet. looking for more now.
hi what ph do you keep yours at I have some but mine are blue what size tank do you keep your at I have mine in a 54L tank with guppies and I want to move them to a tank on there own in a fluval flex tank with Plenty of live plants cheers happy fish keeping
those are cute!
Hey, I have problems with these fish. I have 6 of them, 4 male and 2 female. 2 male died and the other 2 fight each other and chase around the females aggressively. My tank is 25cmx35cmx25cm.
They need more females to breakup their attention
@@RachelOLeary Thankyou very much for responding :D How much female per male do you suggest?
I like 2males four females minimum
Awesome!
I was thrown off of adding these to a community tank because most sources suggested brackish water for best success. It sounds like that isn't a problem, for you! Hmmm
hi love your video can you keep them with guppys
can any of the pseudomugil rainbowfish live with a high amount of water flow
Rachel, you mentioned "filter squeezings". Do you have something more specific on what that means?
Literally the "crap" you squeeze out of the filter media
@@RachelOLeary Thanks for taking the time. This is a very interesting concept that I've not heard of before. So what exactly is done? --just take a dirty filter and squeeze it out in a fry tank for the purpose of providing microscopic food? Please do share this technique.
Another great video! I'm a small time apisto and Cory cat breeder looking to start a TH-cam career. Any tips on creating good content?
I was wondering if you would be doing a species spotlight for the neon tetras, one of my most favorite little fish
+MrKazuma52 I am sure I will be at some point, definitely green neons, as well.
yay \o\ I'll be excited for it
Hi Rachel, I'm considering to put some Gertrudes (5) together with my Rasbora Galaxies (15) and Pygmy Cory (10) in my communal 17 gl tank. Do you think they will live happily together?
+Edwin Sulistiadi I think they would be fine together, may even make the cpds a little more outgoing
hi rachel o'leary,an advise pls..can i put threadfin rainbow together with the forktail blue eye rainbow in the same tank?tks.
yes, you can
ok,tks.
those are so cool i wamt some
Do you ever see flashing behavior in this species?
have you any success breeding them?
I was able to get my hands on some, juvenile still. I'm feeding them blood worms and tropical fish flakes. They spit out the food alot, should I be worried? It's been two weeks.
Not if their body condition is good
@@RachelOLeary wow they're still alive and their coloring is so beautiful. And their behavior is amazing.
how many of these could i put in a 9gal nano tank?
In order to breed gertrudae, does the water need to be a specific parameter because my water is very hard. Do they need any special conditioning as well as far as food goes? Thank you!
+Christina Patricia live or frozen small foods will get them in the mood
Rachel O'leary ok, thank you!
will these guys harrass betas?
Thanks for the info will try to breed mine I also have the more orange ones do you know if there similar
+Noveske O2369 Do you know the latin? Perhaps you mean Pseudomugil furcatus? If so, yes, they breed the same.
Nice. Question, Will they eat shrimps?
They don't eat shrimps. I have cherry shrimps and they leave it alone.
Yup. That decided it. Adding these to my 40g "nano"
What do you mean by filter squeezings?
+PufferPony I'm guessing she means the stuff squeezed out from biological media like sponges?
Yes. A seasoned sponge is full of micro organisms, which make great first foods.
What is the minimum tank size?
are they schooling fish?
Ma Moon not realy schooling they are mostly together in small groups tho
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Forgot the "n" in "Rainbow" in the title :p
Will this eat my cherry shrimps?
+jlantican85 it will eat young shrimp
you forgot the n in rainbow
fixed, thank you