Jul 3, 2025
Either I was far luckier in my fish photography than usual, or the new aquarium light makes the wild livebearers look very attractive and brings their blues out. 😍
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Either I was far luckier in my fish photography than usual, or the new aquarium light makes the wild livebearers look very attractive and brings their blues out. 😍
The latest batch of Ameca splendens fry. I’ve been keeping this species for about 15 years. I wonder what generation from the originals these are. 30th? 70th? 100th? Beats me.
I love my fish but the phone camera doesn't.
Feed us, feed us, feed us!
I moved this Anubias plant to the front of the tank and now all the males want it.
In this one, I make a biotype aquascape for a variety of endangered fish, Ameca splendens (Butterfly Splitfin). I saw these incredible fish at a local fish s...
It’s so nice to see Tanner keeping Ameca splendens now! He has over 1 million subscribers and probably more people will want them now since monkey see monkey do. I have seen a an increase in people keeping them over the past two years, while when my family first got them over ten years ago practically no one had them. They’re still not available commercially, but I’ve seen Absolutely Fish in NJ and The Wet Spot in Oregon selling them a couple of times when hobbyists had extra. Although I did ask Absolutely Fish if they wanted some of mine once and they said no because they didn't sell well the last time. :/ But overall I think there’s hope for the species and I think social media has helped to spread a lot more awareness about them.
The Amecas. For some reason I have a much higher population of males than females, even though when I sell them I choose at random. I have a feeling that something in their diet is promoting more male than female embryos to develop. I know it’s a controversial thing to believe, but honestly, although the 261 person sample size was a bit small, one study that examined trying to influence biological sex through diet in humans showed it had an 80% success rate.
I can never get good photos of the Ameca splendens...look at how shimmery though. I like these fish because they have a very natural beauty, though the fact that they don't come in reds and oranges like other livebearers is the reason some people told me they're not interested in them.