Care Guide for Furcata Rainbowfish - Aquarium Co-Op
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- If you're looking for a fun, energetic rainbowfish that won't get too big, you have to try forktail rainbowfish (Pseudomugil furcatus). This 2-inch (5 cm) peaceful species has stunning blue eyes and yellow fins that look like little pom-poms when they swim and dance around each other.
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Are your shrimp hide on your shop, kuhli friendly ??
I bought 9 (3 for $11) but they gave me 10 i almost cried i was so happy
I put 18 of them in my 50 gallon tank with a pair of apistos and some bushy nose blue-eyed plecos. They were super skittish and shy at first, always swimming away from me, but now that they know "I have the food" they don't mind putting on a show when I'm in the room and staring through the glass. We Don't have any babies yet but I totally love these guys!
I got mine for free! I had 6 fry magically appear in my tank and they're going to be the first residents in my 50gallon.
My stocking was decided for me
I find myself drawn more and more to the small rainbows. Thanks for highlighting such a cute species, Irene!
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This is one of my fish on my list that I absolutely have to keep one day. So glad to see a video about them
They are great! My old LFS had them so I got hooked. My new one said they'd order them when I got my tank set up and so I'm pretty happy.
I love all the blue eye rainbows! The best nano fish IMHO.
One of the fish I don’t keep but love to watch at my LFS!
Love the outro message, what a fun blend of Irene and Aquarium Coop. Perfect mix!
A bright cheerful presentation over all.And TRUTHFUL ! Be happy all, Doc BC
Im so happy you did a video of them! I have a school of 10 in my 40g 🥰
Love these fish! I just got another 4 to go with my remaining 2 (almost 2 yrs old). Thanks for featuring these beautiful and unique fish!
I just got 6 juveniles from aquahuna a week ago. They love the co op fry food and baby brine! Zippy little fish! I love them!
I just ordered some but havnt got em yet...so theyre good in your opinion?? Both the fish and AquaHuna??
@@brandonj7458 Aquahuna is great! We have had a great experience with our fish. Only a couple of losses in the 6 months. I ordered a lot of fish, so I am very happy.
Thank you so much for this video! I love these little fish they are so beautiful active and cheerful in my community tank.
Arrrgggg! Now I want these! I am gonna need another tank!
I love my forktail! So active and awesome. I have them in a nano 36 bow front with dwarf flags, gold ram, and a group of Corys. One of my favorites
I love these fish. I have had some for over a year and a bit and have been breeding them in a spare tank. They don’t live for a long time, but they are very energetic. I also recommend keeping females with the males, as they need to girls to show off to.
Yeah, she said they tend to color up more having multiple females around. Do you notice any difference in how they color up when having more or less females around?
@@cattfishing hi Kat. I’ve only kept them together. The males will spar (Flash) with each other if the girls are around. I’ve seen them in the shops and they don’t have a great colour, but on my dark substrate, they both colour up nicely. When the big males flash to each other, they’re ridiculously gorgeous. I feed mine Hikari micro pellets, and I think that helps them too.
Love your videos, Irene. Thanks!
Excellent video Irene!
Thanks Irene hope you have a grate day
A bucket list fish for sure!
I got that same lil bridge 😂 i got it with a 10gal, airpump, lid, lights, and a waterwheel bubble decoration all for free, my wife be stalking fb marketplace 😂
Great review on a great fish!
I love your videos! I think I told you this before, but Irene is one of my favorite names. My Polish side of the family names their daughters after my Aunt Irinka (Americanized to Irene). Anyway, thanks for your videos, I'm always happy to see you in my feed.
Thank you that was very informative. Definitely something I will be thinking about in the future ☺️
Great fish.
They don't like nitrates, if the water is not clean enough, they will easily start to "bend".
As you said, they don't live long, and they tend to be less fertile quite soon, 1 year is already a bit late to have a good spawn.
Thanks for sharing Irene!!
Great info as always! I love, love, love my blue-eyed rainbows -- P. signifer may be my fave, but they're all awesome!
Love these guys
Just started to keep these..Unfortunately the first 8 I got I killed 5 of them. But now a few months later I have about 7 older ones, 12 bigger fry and now about 20 new fry. I believe they are dropping their eggs in an Aquarium Co-Op sponge filter.
Do you think blue eyed red neon rainbowfish would do well with a Honey Gourami in a heavily planted 10 gallon UNS 60S tank?
Great tips
I love those Rainbows. They are hard to obtain though. I have tried to order twice this month, and before shipment was notified both times that they were pulled.
Are they sensitive like Rammy Nosey? Can beginar should try them?
Do you think they could go with clown killifish?
I like these but they want $50 each here in Australia
Would these guys do alright in a 29 high? I want to set up a community tank with some Cory's and a betta as the centerpiece fish and I was thinking like 5 or 6 of these guys
I had six of these lil guys but they got some sort of fungal infection and even with treatment they all passed sadly
how similar are they too the gertrude’s spotted blue eye rainbowfish
Very similar care. Only real difference is temperature preference, gertrudae like about 76°max, otherwise it will speed up their metabolism and shorten their lifespan. I learned that the hard way unfortunately. Conversely, Furcatus will do well up to 80°f.
Would the Pseudomugil luminatus be about the same care?
Basically yes, although luminatus like the ph to top out at about 7.5, while furcatus will take it up to 8.0. Luminatus also do best and live longer at a bit lower temperature than the furcatus, I keep my luminatus at 74-76°f max.
Surface dwelling fish
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Yeah, mine use all the levels of the aquarium.
@@TarasTankFriends mine can even live outside water . My fish jumped out of water 2 days back , he is still there . Now that's a hardy fish 😎
So when i get settled in my new place in April, I'm starting a 32g furcata species only tank...kinda hoping to breed. I know sand/pebbles is a good natural substrate. It's going to be fully planted with some larger stones and forest blackwood. Are there any more suggestions about setting up the tank for them? I'm in Florida and my praecox rainbows in my 55g love the hard water, so no worries there. It's going to be a fluval flex 32g most likely...I know they're expensive but I have the 15g and it's been a great little tank. Anyway I'd appreciate any more tips from anyone. Thus will be my first breeding attempt besides guppies...thank you
Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t these particular species of rainbow fish brackish? I’m pretty sure some of them are but I don’t know which ones are. I’ve been trying to find them.
Some pseudomugils are indeed brackish. The pseudomugil cyanodorsalis is brackish to almost full salt. Some people who have very soft water have success keeping luminatus in brackish, too, but as for the furcatus they're a freshwater fish as far as I know.
I've seen Pacific Blue eyes in pure salt water.
Can these be mixed with betta?
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So are these celebes rainbow fish…?
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Great video again!! I'm going to be getting these, I'm getting 18 of them for my 40 breeder, Cory catfish are in tank already. Can I put dwarf neon rainbow with them?
Also , can I use almond leaves , I have a hard water dark water tank as well with an Oscar... I like the tannins. And it's benefits to fish health. Am I ok doing this?? Thank you for your help.
For dwarf neon rainbow, I'm assuming you're referring to pseudomugil luminatus, those would be fine just make sure the furcatus aren't out competing them for food. If you're meaning m. Praecox, I have no idea, lol. I would NOT keep them with an Oscar-- the furcatus would likely be expensive lunch for it, or they'd annoy the Oscar at the very least.
You sure can introduce almond leaves to a furcatus tank, even alder cones, but slowly is best as they don't really like sudden ph changes and do like a ph around 7-8, and some hardness to the water.
Anyone have good success keeping these at 78f (25.5c)? I would like to keep these with some galaxy rasboras and I am worried about temperature. My research shows that's their limit and I don't want to stress them.
Wanted since but so expensive at my LFS
How long have people kept these alive? My only reservation is the short lifespan...
I noticed your betta's fins are nipped. Which fish is nipping them?
It's a crowntail betta so it looks like its fins are torn
Finally I was looking to get some of these a few months ago but didn't find much info on care. How much do these vary from Celebes?
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