European Minnow – Phoxinus phoxinus

[Thomas]

Hi,

 

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

[Thomas]

And of course the minnows aren’t all…

 

[Matt]

Very very nice Thomas! Did you collect the loaches as well, and how many of each do you have?

[Thomas]

Not collected by myself, but I’ve 4 minnows and 11 loaches, both from the same source.

[Matt]

Do 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)

 

[Thomas]

No 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:

 

[Matt]

They 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.

[Thomas]

The 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

[Barb Man]

Those 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

[kim m]

Cool 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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