Heterandria Formosa Florida swamp biope aquarium

This is my heterandria formosa aquarium, which is a natual biope tank seeded with swamp water and natural algae. I don't put my hands in this tank, because it is full of all sorts of microbes. Heterandria Formosa's, also known as the Least Killifish, is the 7th smallest verbrate and a very tiny livebearing fish. These spectacular specimines are in superb health, and it is unlikely that you would see wild fish in this condition. They are decendants of the fish that I collected in a Florida swamp several years ago. Because most Florida waterways are closed off, or polluted, I used NASA satellite images to locate a collection point for the initial fish. I then drove ten miles to collect them.
These fish are very hardy, because they are not imbred like most tropical fish strains are. They have robust genetic diversity, and I am very proud of the way that they have been thriving. I plan on moving them to a larger tank soon.
Because they are so small, I have to keep these fish by themselves. Unlike most livebearers, they don't eat their young, and this is possibily because they babies are large when they are born. Unlike other livebearing fish, and more like mammals, these fish nourish their young in a womb and deliver a baby every few days. A typical livebearer, on the other hand, merely hosts the eggs inside a body cavity, and the egg yolks substain the development of the embroys and the fetuses. Other livebearers have their young all at once, in large batches, and the babies are very tiny. As a result, the mother fish eat them.
Although not as flashy as store-bought aquarium fish, these fish are attractive, with an olive-green hue with tiger-like striping. There is a red mark on the dorsal fin, too.
I'd recommend these fish for a small tank, but good luck finding them in any Florida fish store, as they are native Florida fish.

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• heterandria
• formosa
• least
• killifish
• florida
• swamp
• biope
• aquarium
• livebearer
• fish
• livebearing
• genetic

[blownable]

It was just an idiom. Don't try to breed arowanas in a 10

[TampaBayFilm]

LOL... Food fish which can grow to six feet need hundreds of gallons.

[Smokeondavidp69]

best way to control the snails is buy three clown loachs

[TampaBayFilm]

Clown loaches are good; you're right. Another great fish for pest control would be three spot Gouramis for hydra, which this tank probably has. This tank has water from the collection location, which means that it has all sorts of nasty things in it, such as the brain-eating Amoeba common in Florida lakes and water. It also probably has T.B. . I don't touch this tank without gloves.

[alberto4991]

do i hear a filter lol

[TampaBayFilm]

There is more than one tank in the room, although this tank has a mini filter on it.

[TampaBayFilm]

Here in Florida they are native fish, so you can't get them in the stores. Also, it makes no sense to do mail order when I can collect them in the wild. The original fish which I collected were in perfect condition, too, and their offspring, which are now in the tank, are perfect, too.

I may redo my 20 gallon tank and move the fish to it.

[blownable]

You could breed arowanas in a 10 gal for sake of  your dedication