New additions A. Mento

I am now the proud owner of 4 males and 8 females of this stunning little fish.
I have spent many hours since I got them watching the males display to each other through their quartine accommodation.
When they arrived in the post I was shocked to see how small a box they undertook their journey to me in and even more shocked to see the small bags of water each fish was in but they all arrived alive and are thriving.
There colours have subdued somewhat but I guess that may be down to the stress of spending a week in transit.
Here is the best picture I could get of one of the males

And one of them all in there temporary accommodation


Any one else keep these?

Never heard of them was just reading online about them cool little fish seem to be very undamending in how they are kept was reading that for a longer lifespan they should go through a winter phase and be kept in cooler conditions for a period of weeks that's fascinating that it needs that cooler period to prolong its life.


Best of luck with them would be a cool fish to try one day.


Regards
Craig

Looking forward to see pictures of them when they colour up.
Killifish are real beauties

Where did they come from to spend a week in transit?
Glad they survived, good luck with them.

They came from Malta Johnlate.

So often things that are in nature short lived are beautifully coloured , the mayfly and dragonfly beautiful but only live for a day

I dont think they are that short lived Robert.
My research tells me that they have a lifespan of 2-3 years in an aquarium but I may be wrong.
I agree with you though some of the most beautiful species we know of have the shortest lifespan.

You may get 2 to 3 years, but you would need to overwinter them properly to get that lifespan.

ian

Gonna nitpick here, but adult dragonflies usually live for at least several months.

just checked they can live from 6months from egg to lava to adult fly, the ones with a longer lifespan can spend up to 14 months in lava stage. a beautiful insect.. its the mayfly that only lives a day as an adult fly ,

Finally managed to get a semi decent picture of one of the males in his true glory.