European Minnow – Phoxinus phoxinus
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August 18, 2014 at 9:50 pm #303366
ThomasParticipantHi,
A nice surprise, a few weeks ago I got a small group Phoxinus phoxinus from a small river near my hometown.
Really nice fishes (for non cobitidae loaches) and I hope I can see them next year in breeding condition!
Cheers,
Thomas
August 19, 2014 at 9:22 pm #353450
ThomasParticipantAnd of course the minnows aren’t all…
August 20, 2014 at 12:50 pm #353453
MattKeymasterVery very nice Thomas! Did you collect the loaches as well, and how many of each do you have?
August 20, 2014 at 6:12 pm #353454
ThomasParticipantNot collected by myself, but I’ve 4 minnows and 11 loaches, both from the same source.
August 22, 2014 at 1:37 pm #353465
MattKeymasterDo you have a special plan to keep the water cold or room temperature is sufficient?
Here are some Spanish minnows from different places.
Riu Besòs
Riu Noguera Pallaresa
Riu Llobregat
Aigüestortes National Park (Riu Noguera de Tor; Segre drainage)
August 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm #353466
ThomasParticipantNo really plans, overwintering in my cellar and hoping for the best…
The third pic is P. bigerri, rigth? I’ve seen this pic in another thread of you? Are the others also bigerri?
Two pics from the q-tank:
August 29, 2014 at 6:36 pm #353483
MattKeymasterThey are cool – still to find Barbatula over here. :-/
Am unsure on the Phoxinus ids. Used to think that was P. bigerri as well but it seems it may not occur as far east as the Llobregat basin.
February 21, 2015 at 2:29 pm #354225
ThomasParticipantThe speed of the development of the Phoxinus male is slow, very slow. But at least there is one male!
05.01.2015
25.01.2015
10.02.2015
13.02.2015
21.02.2015 (with whirled sand…)
Cheers,
Thomas
February 21, 2015 at 9:33 pm #354231
Barb ManParticipantThose are very cool indeed. Is it possible to order some like Matt showed from anywhere? I think they would be a very cool addition to a native tank from the U.S. the fish probably have similar needs and the climate is almost the same depending where in Spain you’re talking about. I hear the south of Spain is just like Washington. How do you all go about collecting? I haven’t really ever tried for like an expedition but this summer I would like to look for something. Possibly Novumbra hubbsi. I still have the three spines stickle back in my back yard pond and thought he would like some company. I don’t really know what kinds of minnows there are that I could get here in the states and there are sure to be collection permits I need to look into
February 23, 2015 at 8:18 am #354232
kim mParticipantCool little fishes. Never kept them, but 200 metres from my father in laws house there is a stream where I have observed Phoxinus phoxinus. Just have to bring a net sometime
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