All the Skiffia Species: Rare Livebearer Genus Profile - Beautiful Little Fish!

[@lorenzatolentino5058]

I do have some,.. tank you.

[@jimdutcher6678]

Great video and fish. A favorite of mine

[@crsautogroup6088]

Great Video Andy!

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Beautiful fish…I do like the spotted variety!

[@marybillups8901]

Thank you! Another livebearer that has interested me! ❤

[@allysontaylor6509]

Can’t wait to see your next video!

[@christianlark2796]

Your work is amazing!

[@Rews-fish-shed]

Skiffia are beautiful species indeed.

[@catfishcave379]

Thank you for the Skiffia education - so many beautiful species that I've only seen photographs of before.

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Thanks for watching! I am glad you liked them, they are beautiful for sure. If only more people were looking to keep & breed them to spread out in the hobby!

[@newmexicoaquatics282]

What a great genus of fish. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing! - Little Bobby

[@thestruggler1000]

Andrew the fish with all the black on them are really lovely.

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Thank you, a fish from that line is actually my avatar! Very beautiful fish for sure!

[@jomsborgwiki5749]

Super! 😀👍

[@pathartman9206]

Another Excellent Video with correct information!

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Thanks Pat! That means a lot coming from you. Thanks again for the Lago de Camecuaro Skiffia. That is an incredible fish!

[@kjeaquatics]

This is great . Thanks for taking the time to do this

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Thanks man! Really hoping to shine a light on these rare creatures!

[@kjeaquatics]

There is definitely a niche for these and others like it . I love them and trying to do my part sharing some of them

[@kjeaquatics]

There is definitely a niche for these and others like it . I love them and trying to do my part sharing some of them

[@kjeaquatics]

There is definitely a niche for these and others like it . I love them and trying to do my part sharing some of them

[@kjeaquatics]

There is definitely a niche for these and others like it . I love them and trying to do my part sharing some of them

[@astromeliasroughcollie6671]

So beautiful

[@FishTankBarn]

Great video Andy. Really like the skiffia multipunctata and skiffia francessae in my fishroom

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Awesome, I am glad they are doing well for you. The francesae are definitely a gem!

[@dbielby]

Wow! Thank you for doing this. Makes me want to switch my tanks over to this good work.

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Most of the goodeids are imperiled & are not terribly difficult to keep in the aquarium. If not these, there are plenty of other species that could use the help of a caring aquarist that can build up their numbers in captivity to relieve pressure on wild populations. Thanks for watching!

[@bmbmaurer]

My multipunctata from the ALA just dropped fry!

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Congrats! Really happy to hear about more people keeping these!

[@sagep.lindsay5236]

Were have you gone?

[@burakcakmak7605]

I really congratulate your fish very well. You have followed a good diet. are you still producing these creatures? Does the turkey I would follow you if you have any information on exports made me wonder if other countries?

[@lorenzatolentino5058]

Tell me, do they laid eggs or they have babys?

[@MarcoIsidori]

Nice video and explanation my friend, it is a little known and widespread species in my country but I find it very beautiful and interesting to breed.

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

My guys from you are doing well. Three fry drops so far, with the first now adults. Hording for now, but hope to share them in the hobby.

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

That is awesome to hear! No need to disrupt a successful breeding colony unless you have to. Keep them going my man!

[@guymcwethy5022]

Hi Anfrew, I am just starting a Fish room for goodeids. I would like to dedicate some aquarium space to the Skiffia, if I can get some stock. I am not having much luck with that out here in WA so far. Any chance I can tap you as a potential source? For fish and/or information! Thanks! These videos are helping a LOT! Guy

[@ElMetaldeAleman]

Great Video! Sadly all Skiffia apart of multipunctata are very hard to get here in Germany. Would love to get some francesae.

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

It is basically the same situation here, only a few keepers really of the species outside multipunctata. There is a guy selling francesae for a ton on aquabid right now but the source is unconfirmed as pure francesae from the original Kingston collection. Finding these fish can be extremely tough!

[@richardmcnair5243]

Andrew what is your latest video? Have not seen anything new.

[@michellescharlock2550]

Do you know if skiffia can crossbreed with guppies? I am setting up a new tank and want to branch into some goodeids but I have some panda guppies rn and don't want to cause any interbreeding. I could definitely return the guppies to a LFS. Also, love your videos, super interesting to learn about these fish. Thanks!

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

They definitely will not interbreed with goodeids. Guppies are actually pretty common dithers for a lot of the smaller species. For me, I am raising baby Characodon in one Endler tank & baby C. peraticus in another. Guppies are actually in a different family, Poeciliidae. Thanks for watching!

[@michellescharlock2550]

@@AndrewPiorkowski Awesome thanks so much for answering my question!

[@radovanprasko5447]

Nice

[@seanootd3406]

Another great video mate still trying to source them but im not rushing lol im not sure my floors can take much more weight Hey random question for you in your experience do your zoogonetics tequila eat fry i was feeding and one of my Males ate a fry that was going after a small piece of blood worms

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Zoogoneticus will definitely eat fry if they are given the opportunity. Once a colony gets large enough they tend to leave babies alone. I originally raised my fry separately for a number of months before adding them back to the main tank, after that the presence of a few new babies went more unnoticed since there were more distractions. Best of luck with them!

[@seanootd3406]

@@AndrewPiorkowski hmm might have to get another tank just for fry then until i get a larger colony then thanks for the advice man really appreciate it

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

@@seanootd3406 I am raising some fry in a 1 gallon jar although at various times I used a small plastic storage bin on up to a 5.5 gallon tank for the babies. I have a number of older videos from back in 2017/early 2018 about my process for rearing fry. A whole separate tank may not be needed but wouldn't hurt!

[@seanootd3406]

@@AndrewPiorkowski yeah ive watched them but i don't trust it not getting knocked over i have a 98 pound pitbull he loves to wrap his bone in his blanket and shake it to send his bone flying and bins with water he think is his personal pool lol he is a overgrown spoiled baby i know

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

I hear that. My main worry is one of the kids getting into the tanks. My baby girl likes to pull the magnets off the tanks & toss them in...

[@NotAnAngryLesbian]

All The Skiffia is the latest new age jazz style. I think.

[@jimothyj2638]

Hey man why no uploads for 5 months 🙁

[@Datacorrupter234]

where can you get these?

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

They can be found at local clubs or places like aquabid. It helps to make friends with other fishkeepers to expand your network which can make it easier to find specific fish you may be looking for.

[@Datacorrupter234]

@@AndrewPiorkowski thanks yeah i found some on aquabid! thumbs up

[@fabiolopes7408]

Legal gostei muito 👍👍🐠🐠🐠🇧🇷

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Thank you! I put this into Google translate. Always nice to see how connected we all are!

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

Bro, EXTANT!! lol idk y but it always erks me when people don't say extant, idk if it isn't taught enough but being a scientific person it just gets to me lol

[@AndrewPiorkowski]

Thanks for watching & commenting. I appreciate hearing from other people with scientific backgrounds. I do have 2 quick questions regarding your comment: are there any other species assigned to Skiffia (extant or other)? Can you define extant since both locations currently assigned to francesae are extinct in the wild & are no longer outside of direct human control?

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

@Andrew Piorkowski - Goodeids extant means that there are no more in the wild, but there are still specimens alive in captivity. Idk what species are extant (most of the time we just don't see the group for a while) but there are a few goodeids that are. also if you live within driving distance of Ohio (~4-5hrs) I would love to eventually be able to get all these Goodea species from you.