http://www.tfhdigital.com/tfh/201004/?pg=86#pg86

Read the above article to better understand the following question I have. What is it? Anyone actually know? I have no idea. I just bought a pair and no one is sure what it is actually. So any information would be helpful. Links to article and names of books with more information. Thanks.

Hello,

That is a pretty good article on them. I had them up until the last ALA convention. They breed very fast. One thing I can say is I believe there are two different strains going around. I obtained some from Pat Hartman and some from Allen Wood. Both were from the same collection site but looked very different to me. (From what I can tell the populations have been separated for some time)

The ones I received from Pat had thinner lines, more spangling (jewelling), grew larger and had a darker background/body color. The ones I received from Allen had fewer but bolder stripes, lighter background/body color and almost no spangling or jewelling.

Both fish were very active and peaceful. The ones I received from Pat lived in a 29 gallon tank with some Betta raja were fry from both fish grew up together. The ones that I received from Allen lived with some farlowella catfish in a 20 gallon tank. Both tanks were heavily planted.

There are many fish that are kept that have not been scientifically described as of yet. We will just have to wait for someone to get around to identifying it.

I would suggest feeding 2 times a day and doing lots of water changes to keep the fish healthy and happy. They are nice fish but I could not handle how fast they breed.

Good luck

Thanks for posting that article. I agree with Thrifty, my Tiger Limia came from Allen Wood but I also saw Greg Sages' colony and he has older adult males that develope a slight hump like a Grossidens or Nigrofasciata, I have also seen some that stay very thin and pale maybe water perimeters and diet have a lot to do with it? They are a good fish i'm barely starting to get mine to drop a few fry here and there. Last I heard the guy from Haiti who first collected them with Alex Cruz and Dominic was working on identifying them and finding a name.

Mine came from Bill Allen (the article author) and have narrow stripes. They're one of my fave Limias. Until they're ID'ed, I call them Limia sp. 'Tiger'.

That may just be something I will try to pick up at the convention auction this year. The selection at that auction is great and it features fish you just won't see elsewhere. I usually focus on goodeids but a nice limia would not be all bad either.

I have had my colony of Tiger Limia for many years. I got the founders from Dominic Isla shortly after he returned from the collection trip to Haiti. I have colony bred them with no selection for that time. I have removed any individuals that were misshapen or miscolored. I have individuals that are deep bodied and some that are slimmer. Some individuals have fewer, thicker bars and others thinner bars. Some few have forked bars. Some are with a lighter background color, some darker. They are not uniform in my group. Greg Sage has a colony of similar age. His fish are more uniform in appearance. Those that got fish from me might have gotten fish of one body type or another and their colony would also be of a more uniform appearance than mine.

I find them to be very prolific and easy to keep. I keep the colony in a 55 gallon tank with java moss and hornwort, 10-15% daily water change, 70 degree temperature and moderately hard, alkaline water.

Allen

the historical collection location is "S.W. Bight, Lake Miragoane, Haiti ’11/98" they were originally introduced as Limia garnieri then it was rapidly determined (I believe by Dan Fromm) that they were not the garnieri species. since there are an attractive relatively prolific fish they were given the common name "Tiger Limia" or Limia sp. "Tiger" until the true ID could be determined. to my knowledge the ID has not been confirmed and they continue in the hobby as "Tiger Limia"

These are valuable details. I wonder if we should summarize it for inclusion in 'Livebearers' for future reference? I don't recall seeing the info there, but my memory isn't exactly reliable.

I've had a colony for many years I got from Dominic, they are all very slender and seem to reproduce fairly uniform in shape and color. Ken