Aquarist Species: Melanotaenia Goldiei
Aquarist: DesktopAquatics
Species Profile: Melanotaenia Goldiei
Species Photo by: Kyle Carlson
Description: Larger Melanotaenia 4-6inches, Males have orange and red coloration with a iridescent blue body with a black stripe down the middle horizontally. Females rock the same iridescent blue body with a slight green tinge, shorter fins but both will have a bright orangish yellow stripe on the top of their head when fired up.
Category: Rainbowfish
Global Region: Southeast Asia
Distribution: None
Aquarist Notes
Photo of aquarist's species:
Collection Point: Dekai village
Genetic Line: FX 3rd or more Generation
Year Acquired: 2025
I got these from Victor in 2024 who got these previously from Gary Lange.
Video of aquarist's species:
Spawning notes:
Species Spawned: Yes
Seperated a group into a 20 gallon Tall tank with a spawning mop and removed it every day pulling eggs and putting it back for 5 days.
Have Reared Fry? Yes
after incubating eggs for 7 days they hatched I put them into a lowell fish tray and with a larger quanities of fry they typically will do better. I kept them in the fry tray feeding powdered foods and vinegar eels for the 1st 2 weeks until they were on live BBS. after 2 months I moved them out of the Fry tray into a 15 gallon long and still feeding bbs daily (typically 5-6 times a day).
Young fish available? Yes