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How to look after
Tateurndina ocellicauda
Peacock goby, Rainbow gudgeon
(Nichols, 1955)

(Other members of the genus Tateurndina)

ADULT SIZE: 5 cm

WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical

TEMPERATURE RANGE: 24-28 C

FOOD: Feed Tateurndina ocellicauda small live-foods and fine grade dried foods

DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from New Guinea

AQUARIUM CARE: A stunning goby! This species does best in a well planted tank with lots of hiding places and sopme open water.

BREEDING: Males guard eggs which are laid together on the substrate. Fry should be raised separately on newly hatched artemia nauplii.

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Tateurndina ocellicauda
Peacock goby, Rainbow gudgeon


Tateurndina ocellicauda
Peacock goby, Rainbow gudgeon
breeding notes

BREEDING: Males guard eggs which are laid together on the substrate. Fry should be raised separately on newly hatched artemia nauplii.

Have you bred Tateurndina ocellicauda? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?

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