Variations
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Twoline skiffia
Peaceful and shy; keep a group and give it plants and calm tankmates.
- Giant gourami eats animals up to about 10 cm. Twoline skiffia only grows to 6 cm.
- Oscar eats animals up to about 12 cm. Twoline skiffia only grows to 6 cm.
- They need different temperatures (18–26 °C vs 27–30 °C). No setting suits both.
- Only a narrow pH range suits both: exactly 7.
- Only a narrow pH range suits both: exactly 7.
- Only a narrow pH range suits both: exactly 7.
369 species in our list are a good match.
Care and water
Behavior
Peaceful and shy; keep a group and give it plants and calm tankmates.
Food
Algae, spirulina and small foods; likes a vegetable component.
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Male or female
Health
Common problems. Tap one to see the signs. This is a guide, not a diagnosis.
Breeding
Livebearer · Moderate
Livebearer; 5-20 fry per brood after a 2-month pregnancy.
A group of 6 or more.
Planted 80 L tank with hard, cool water and plenty of floating cover.
Cool temperatures and stable water.
5-20 large fry per brood.
Newborns are large; feed baby brine shrimp and fine flake.
- Warm stale water
- Bullying tankmates
- Soft acidic water
Where it lives in the wild
The story of the twoline skiffia
A small goodeid from the highlands of western Mexico, with pale gold and black patterning. A peaceful species for cool-water tanks.
American ichthyologist Tarleton Bean described this goodeid in 1887. It is a small, peaceful splitfin kept mainly by goodeid enthusiasts.
First described by Tarleton H. Bean in 1887. Named for 'Bilineata' means two-lined.
- It lives in clear, plant-rich waters of the Mexican plateau.
- Like other goodeids, its embryos are nourished inside the mother.
- Males show more colour than females.