Attempt number 2 they laid 30 eggs and @ 16 hatched in the presence of a few drops of methylene blue. They are so cute! Thank you for the methylene blue tip Frank!

Male tequila in breeding colors. Sometimes they turn completely black with the yellow fin markings.

My tequila babies from Oct all grown up. New batch of tequila babies born around Mar 4 2024.

Have 6 fry so far. Will post soawnign report later.

Did a water change, this is part of the colony. Jan 15 2024

January 15, 2024 all grown up

Pasta salad

I had another batch of about 16 fry on 20 Nov 2023.

Spawning Report:  Limia melanogaster   Name:    John Satterlee Scientific Name of Fish:  Limia melanogaster Hobby Name of Fish:  Black bellied Limia Method of Reproduction:  Livebearer Number and Gender Distribution of Parents: trio Origin of Parents:  Tank raised   Approximate number of fry:  At least 16 Date of First Hatch or Birth:  Sept 28, 2023 Approx number of fry at 30 days:  16 Approx. Number of Fry at 60 Days: ______   Aquarium Conditions: pH:  7.2 General Hardness:  150 ppm Average Temperature (72-76 F) Salinity:  none Average Nitrate:  < 40 ppm Aquarium Size:  20 gallon Water Source:  Rockville MD tap water with Seachem Prime Water Changes:  80% once a month Filtration System:  sponge filter Additives:  Crushed coral Décor: Live Plants:  Lots of valisneria Substrate:  Home depot pebbles Lighting Type and Timing:  Home Depot light, 12 hrs on/12 hrs off Food Fed to Parents and How Often:  Tetra Color Tropical Flakes morning and evening.  Freshly hatched baby brine shrimp every 1-2 days.    Food Fed to Fry and How Often:  Finely ground dry fry food (Aquarium Coop) morning and evening, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp every 1-2 days.   Additional comments:  They are colony breeding, and the adults for the most part do not appear to eat the fry.  These fish are not shy at all.

Here are the parents

Here is spawning attempt number 2, I have around 16 fry---a lot more than I expected Some were born Sept 28 2023, and some probably a little later than then based on their size.

A Zoogeneticus tequila male. You can see the fan of yellow coloration in the tail.

Here is an ugly picture of the 6 tequila fry.

These are all fry, the adults are hiding behind the sponge filter in the back.

Spawning Report:  Heterandria formosa   Name:    John Satterlee Scientific Name of Fish:  Poecilia wingae. N-class pure Cumana Hobby Name of Fish:  Least killifish Method of Reproduction:  Livebearer Number and Gender Distribution of Parents:  two pairs Origin of Parents:  Tank raised, from PVAS auction many months ago, from Lee Agin   Approximate number of fry:  8. (this is from an entire tank, they only have 2 fry at a time) Date of First Hatch or Birth:  May 1-July 1 2023 Date of Free Swimming If Hatched:  N/A Approx. Number of Fry at 60 Days:  >8     Aquarium Conditions: pH:  7.2 General Hardness:  150 ppm Average Temperature (72-76 F) Salinity:  none Average Nitrate:  < 40 ppm Aquarium Size:  5.5 gallon Water Source:  Rockville MD tap water with Seachem Prime Water Changes:  80% once a month Filtration System:  sponge filter Additives:  Crushed coral Décor: Live Plants:  Valisneria, anubias Substrate:  Home depot pebbles Lighting Type and Timing:  Home Depot light, 12 hrs on/12 hrs off Food Fed to Parents and How Often:  Tetra Color Tropical Flakes morning and evening.  Freshly hatched baby brine shrimp every 1-2 days.    Food Fed to Fry and How Often:  Finely ground dry fry food (Aquarium Coop) morning and evening, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp every 1-2 days.   Additional comments:  They are colony breeding slowly but surely. The fry are extremely small and easily damaged if you try to net them when very young.

These are colony breeding nicely for me now although I would probably get more surviving fry if I had denser planting.

Spawning Report:  Poecilia wingae. N-class pure Cumana   Name:    John Satterlee Scientific Name of Fish:  Poecilia wingae. N-class pure Cumana Hobby Name of Fish:  Endler livebearer Method of Reproduction:  Livebearer Number and Gender Distribution of Parents:  trio Origin of Parents:  Tank raised, from PVAS auction many months ago, from Lee Agin   Approximate number of fry:  >14 Date of First Hatch or Birth:  Mar 30, 2023 Date of Free Swimming If Hatched:  N/A Approx. Number of Fry at 60 Days:  > 14 Aquarium Conditions: pH:  7.2 General Hardness:  150 ppm Average Temperature (72-76 F) Salinity:  none Average Nitrate:  < 40 ppm Aquarium Size:  5.5 gallon Water Source:  Rockville MD tap water with Seachem Prime Water Changes:  80% once a month Filtration System:  sponge filter Additives:  Crushed coral Décor: Live Plants:  Guppy grass No decor Substrate:  bare bottom Lighting Type and Timing:  Home Depot light, 12 hrs on/12 hrs off Food Fed to Parents and How Often:  Tetra Color Tropical Flakes morning and evening.  Freshly hatched baby brine shrimp every 1-2 days.    Food Fed to Fry and How Often:  Finely ground dry fry food (Aquarium Coop) morning and evening, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp every 1-2 days.   Additional comments:  They were colony breeding very nicely.  I sold off the colony of maybe 20 fish at the Nov 4, 2023 PVAS auction.

These goodeids are colony breeding for me nicely now.