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The Spotted Blue Eye Rainbowfish is a beautiful small rainbowfish. They only grow to 1.5 inches. They inhabit shallow heavily vegetated, slow-moving streams or standing waters with submerged branches, roots, or leaf litter. They prefer warm temperatures 70-83F. In nature they can be found in Papua New Guinea and nearby territories.
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They enjoy the water to be stained with tannins (Almond leaves would be perfect as cover as well). Some floating plants such as Salvinia also give them a sense of calm. Java Moss is great to give the eggs and fry cover since the adults will try and eat them.
Spotted Blue Eye Rainbowfish prefer to be kept in small groups of 8-10 individuals. We feed them a large variety of foods which include finely ground Northfin flake foods, small Northfin pellets (veggie, community, & bug pro), frozen foods. Their scientific name is Pseudomugil gertrudae.
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So far, I can honestly say I’ve no issues whatsoever with ordering from Flip Aquatics! I’ve recently fallen for the blue eyes (both luminatus and gertrudae). My local aquarium store rarely has blue eye luminatus, so my previous order from Flip was of course some luminatus’, which all arrived alive, healthy looking and colored up quickly once inside the aquarium. I’ve wanted some gertrudae, so when I saw they had some spotted blue eye gertrudae’s, I didn’t hesitate. I received 7 yellow colored, active gertrudae’s and packaged well (of course). The males were flashing their fins on day 2 in my tank. It’s been two weeks now and they seem to be thriving and their coloring is starting to change and I can see some darkening on their fins and body. They’re a little less skittish than they were (compared to the luminatus) but I love watching them in my tank, inspecting everything. Sometimes my younger Pygmy’s shoal along with them. Very peaceful temperament. I recently (and stupidly) ordered from another online seller that was also supposed to be reputable, and was shocked at how they packaged their fish as well as the overall condition (and water quality) they arrived in. I’ve ordered fish online from 3 sellers now, one was also great but on the more expensive side, one definitely should not be on a list of reputable online sellers as I had a DOA, crappy unlabeled packaging and even before receiving my order, short, not friendly responses from customer service. So lesson learned on my part. Flip truly cares about the welfare of their fish which shows in how well packaged the fish are (sometimes too well! After I’ve had a fight w/ the rubber bands, then I have round two with the insanely super tight, secure knotting of each bag….but cant make any gripes since it’s one of the many reasons every fish I’ve received has arrived alive and well ;) ) Also, something that I didn’t think about or appreciate until I received from another seller: they put a LABEL on each bag so you know what kind of fish is in the bag and how many (and thanks Flip for those +1’s!!). I had nothing but great experiences with Flip Aquatics so far and out of the 3 online sellers, Flip is the only one I’ve placed more than one order from and from now on probably the only place I’ll order fish from. I couldn’t be happier with my gertrudae and luminatus’. THANK YOU!
I thought the Spotted rainbow fish would be closer to adult size
They arrived active and tiny they are growing and active especially when I feed of course I have to look closely at the aquarium to find them in a 40 breeder heavily planted with their tiny tank mates peacock gudgeons as always healthy from Flip Aquatics
They adapted well to their new tank and love to explore all the plants! All of them arrived healthy and they're thriving!
Let's just say I was very impressed when I received my order! First off, ALL 14 of the fish arrived healthy and alive. They were all packaged well and protected. Very happy with my purchase and will definitely be using Flip Aquatics again on my next build!
Spotted Blue-Eye Rainbowfish | Pseudomugil gertrudae
Ordered both spotted and forktail and both were just barely not fry anymore. I ordered 5 and you shipped 6 because they were small I assume? Now I have 4 each because of post shipping deaths.
Fish were shipped quickly and all arrived healthy and looking beautiful. Would highly recommend ordering through Flip Aquatics, I have done so a couple of times and and always left happy that I did
This was my first time buying from Flip Aquatics and I am impressed! My fish arrived fast, very well packed and labelled, all alive and they seem to have felt right at home in their tank after acclimatizing them. Everyone looks healthy and flawless and they happily accepted their food. I will definitely be buying my fish from Flip Aquatics now!
Absolutely beautiful fish, came in perfectly healthy. One is on the slender side, hoping to fatten her up with brine shrimp. Can't wait to order more fish
My dozen or so spotted blue eyes all arrived healthy and lively. I wanted to have a mix of males and females. I ended up with mostly males and I’m glad to have some of each sex. I don’t know enough about breeding and if this is recessive, but the coloring of the fins is not the same throughout and I would have liked it to be, but since I do not know if this is to be expected, I didn’t knock any stars off. Just something for newbies, like me, to be aware of. One has very bright opaque yellow pectoral fins and another bright opaque orange. The rest are a more uniform translucent yellow, even with fish of the same size compared to the outliers. They have done very well. No one has gotten sick and they appear to be happy in their planted 20 gallon quarantine home.
All my rainbow fish came in alive, very healthy/lively and most importantly ick free!!! I've bought fish from quite a few other places and theres always one or two dead but not with flip aquatics. And it can be quite hard to find grouping fish without ick, so I'm extremely impressed and happy with my fish. 100% recommend and honestly I'd give 10 stars if I could.
Arrived Happy and healthy. they settled in quickly and colored right up. Beautiful healthy fish
I was disappointed that I ordered 8 (got 9) but only one of them was a male. Since the males are much prettier and the reason I ordered them, I was hoping for a good ratio. That being said, they are very pretty little fish and in great health.
The fish all arrived alive and healthy! Two weeks in and haven't lost one yet! Very active fish. I will definitely be ordering again.
They are very beautiful fish! All arrived healthy. Thank you
Neat little fish with some personality.
First time receiving these and all 10 arrived healthy and doing well in their quarantine tank. Really attractive little fellows and they curious and interested in what's happening outside and not particularly skittish in my heavily planted tank.
I have ordered fish from many online places . They came with ick smelly water or very TDS.Fish always died
Flips Aquatics fish came healthy no diseases. No ick . EVERYONE OF THE FISH ARE ALIVE AND STILL ALIVE. I definitely will do business again
All arrived healthy and are acclimating wonderfully. I ordered 8 fish and just so happened to get 4 males and 4 females. They are all shoaling together. They also have been completely ignoring my amano and neocardinia shrimp. It's hard to get a good picture of them because they are so active. Thanks for these beautiful fish!
the rainbow fish (8) all arrived so happy and healthy and eggs were in the bag when they arrived! Not sure if they’re viable but I thought it was cool! They are still happy now and I love to see them travel around the tank
Beautiful fish & all arrived healthy and in great shape.
They are amazing! I got several extra. Everything came healthy and they are buzzing around flaring like crazy.
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