A short while back I got interested in fish-keeping. That mug peering at you is a Pseudotropheus socolofi that was one of the first cichlids I got. He has nothing to do with this particular story, except to welcome you. 
That and his tank is just below the fish I’m going to talk about.
About 3 months ago I bought some Xenoophorus captivus at an auction. They are native to Mexico and listed as endangered on FishBase.org. You can see their geographic location at Jesus Maria google satellite maps if you are at all interested. But what about these Green Goodeid’s already.
OK, lets just say when I got them there were eight. Now there are about twenty-eight. If you have never had live-bearers you don’t know what you are missing. Read the rest of this entry »
