Species Care

BLUE EYE - DELICATE

Pseudomugil tenellus

Keeping Snapshot:
DOWNLOAD THIS CARE SHEET Preferred Water Parameters:
  • Temperature: 22-27 degrees celsius
  • pH Level: 6.0 - 7.4
  • General Hardness: Soft-Moderate

Range: Northern Australia: N.T. and Queensland

Reproduction: Large eggs scattered amongst plants, hatching time approximately 3 weeks. Suitable first foods for the fry include powder foods, vinegar eels and Artemia nauplii.

Feeding: Omnivorous. Feed small sized foods, including frozen & live foods.

Additional Comments: When kept in a school, Blue-eye males put on elaborate fin displays to impress females and to outshine rival males. Best kept in planted aquaria, either in a single species tank or with other small fishes. Suitable for nano tanks, also useful for mosquito control in frog ponds in the tropics.

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