Helfrichi Firefish
 

Does anyone have any experience with Helfrichi firefish?

I'm considering a pair for my new nano. I'm still in the research stage, but any experience with these would be appreciated.

I have brought a few in.
they appear to behave similarly to other firefish.
lid is a definite.
beautiful fish.
appeared to settle into captivity easily.
Neal

Very cool, thanks for letting me know.

Did you ever keep any in your tanks long term?

Were they hard to bring in?

I didn't keep any longterm.
I only see them infequently with my supplier.
Neal

Are they a seasonally collected fish?

that I am not sure

+1. beautiful fish but a jumper. seems hardy enough from what i hear. Only thing is that pairs are discouraged. Older ones will fight regardless of whether or not they were introduced together or not.

search around nano-reef.com. there's a few people over there with helfrichis.

I think that they're collected from far deeper waters than their more plebian firefish cousins which would explain the price and lack of availability.

Thanks guys.

I think may just opt for a single firefish. I'm still deciding on if Helfichi is for me, or if I should go with a purple or red.

that's one pricey fish......... last time I saw one at J & L it was ~$130

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]