Can't help it - he's one of my favorites :) HIs page can be found in the Wilds section here.

I was elbow deep into his 20 tall tank while doing a water change a couple of weeks ago. Mr. Beautiful Idiot freaked out and jumped STRAIGHT INTO MY FACE. It was a vertical leap of about 2 feet. The first time I have ever screamed fishkeeping! I guess there is a first time for everything.

San Francisco has been insanely dry the past couple of years, due to an incredibly severe drought. I hope that changes soon! This past January was the first in a hundred years to have ZERO rainfall. My friends started calling it "June-uary" because of the beautiful sunny days.

Despite the bonus of being able to walk around in a T-shirt, I held off setting up spawns until a storm front was guaranteed. Luckily, a low pressure wave hit a couple of days ago, and I set up two pairs of CTPKs. Both of them spawned within 24 hours, and the males seem to be caring for the eggs and fry. I'm always  a little nervous when the males are in charge (a fact that spans both fish and humans....)

I spawned in glass tanks this time, so I was able to take some good pictures. Hopefully I can create spawn logs once they hit free-swimming in the next couple of days.