At home with the gudgeons.

There have been some changes in our fish tank. First, I decided that I only wanted native fish, so the swordtail and guppies have been moved on (to our front pond - hopefully they'll keep the mosquito population down!) and we now have tank full of gudgeons.

My favourite (and Eli's too) is the purple spotted gudgeon who has taken residence inside one of the 'rooms' in the ruins in our tank...his colours have really come along now - no doubt courtesy of the frequent and high quality food he gets every day! 

The other gudgeons in the tank are smaller - these are the firetailed gudgeons and I think they're pretty cool and colourful too, but they certainly can't compete with the striking colours of the purple spotted gudgeons.

 




Finally, here is a video of the large male purple spotted gudgeon, emerging from his front door for a spot of scavenging before returning home through the side entrance.