Peacock Gudgeon - Tateurndina ocellicauda

I started this 15 liters acrylic aquarium suddenly(will get a bigger tank soon). I received some very interesting fish last week (9th Jan 2007) at the ZooShop I work at, and I couldn't resist not to get some for my self. This beautifully colored fish is known as the Peacock Gudgeon aka Eye-spot Sleeper (Tateurndina ocellicauda).
They are still juveniles, so this tank will do for a short while. I keep 2 males and 3 females. The tank is filtered with a corner filter driven by an air pump. I planted it with some Java Moss, Java Fern (young shots) and Cabomba. I added lots of withered Oak leaves. I feed the Gudgeons once a day with frozen artemia, which they devour. They will refuse commercial flake/granules food. I found out that white mosquito larvae is also on their favorite menu. I will try to breed them soon. Since they are cave spawners I introduced a little commercially available cave. I will follow this article as a guideline.

Photo 1; Male
Males have large hump-head and lots more of blue color + they grow to about 7cm.

Photo 2; Female
Females have much smaller heads, less blue, yellow stomachs and black lines at the edges of there fins+ they grow to about 6cm. Honorable mention; The same day I got my self this gorgeous looking Dragon PLAKAT Betta. He was together in the same tank with the Gudgeons, for a week. I didn't notice any aggression inside the aquarium. Yesterday morning I found him dead on the floor. He jumped out :-( I seem not to have luck with Bettas.
Photos by Dusko Bojic.