June 2007 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society

fins & tales June 2007
May 2007 Name That Fish
by Zenin Skomorowski KWAS
zenin@golden.net
This month’s “Name That Fish” was a bag of
two Jordanella floridae guessed by John Van
Rompu. They are commonly known as Florida
Flagfish or American Flagfish.
The Florida Flagfish originates from shallow,
slow flowing water in Florida and other southeastern
U.S. locations, as well as some areas of
Mexico. The colouring of the male is similar
to the U.S. flag. Their shape suggests that it
might be a livebearer or goodeid, but it is an
egg laying killie.
The majority of their diet is vegetable based,
including many varieties of algae, especially
hair algae. Feed them blanched leafy greens,
algae wafers, vegetable flake food and the occasional
live food like larvae and brine shrimp.
Keep them in slightly alkaline water with some
aquarium salt. Temperature should be around
20C (68F).
For breeding, provide Java Moss for egg laying.
After spawning, remove the female, and
then remove the male when the eggs start to
hatch. Fry will emerge over 10 days, so they
will be at various stages of development. Feed
them micro worms for a few days then supplement
with brine shrimp. After a week, start to
move the larger fry to other tanks with larger
foods. The males grow to 8cm (3 inches); the
females are smaller at 5cm (2 inches).
Photos by Zenin
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