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There is someone on the website i frequent that has some for sale a (trade me) And i asked the seller some info as well but i am doing some net searches too to find out as i have seen them and heard of them and is after some for my tank community. Does anyone have some information on them or even on a website so i can read up about thier compatability,temperment,diet and the enviroment they like to see if my tank and tank mates be suitable for these guys.

They say fishes are dumb, because humans need to be smarter in keeping the fishes alive.

Maybe its a mexican leopard goodeid, Chapalichthys pardalis, they are a cool water livebearer and sometimes known as leopard fish, polka dots etc, lots of common names.

They are not a bad choice for the aquarium tough and easy to breed, but needing good clear water , plenty of filtration, with reasonable oxygenation.They should be ok in community as long as your tank isnt too warm. Temperament wise its a little like a barb, so you shouldnt really mix it with much smaller fish, although this fish only gets to 6 cm, and grows slowly. They eat all the usual flakes and live foods that youd expect with the usual community fish. They eat quite a lot for a small fish, and create quite a lot of waste hence the need for good filtration, unusual in such a slow growing species.

see linky for profile here,

http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/159.htm
although the temps may be a little warm as listed, I think they like it a little cooler.

Heres a site with piccies.

http://www.goodeiden.de/html/pardalis3.html

Thank you, thank you so much finally someone is able to give me an insight. Sounds like they will go well with my goldfishes,minnows and my loach all coldwater. When i leave home lol i am going to specialise in breeding the coldwater speicies of fishes to give people more varity than goldfishes as coldwater. Yes the room i have the tank in isnt too warm it has a lot of natrual light around too.

They say fishes are dumb, because humans need to be smarter in keeping the fishes alive.

You might find them a little nippy to have specifically with golfish though, some fancy goldfish seem to have "eat my fins" tatooed on them.Perhaps theyd do better with florida flags, white clouds, hillstream loaches and stuff like that.

Goldies arent really a great community fish cos they should really be in ponds, not tanks, and they chuck out so much respiritory pollution other species you put them in with can be overcome by the foul water quality and disease. Goldies in addition to being very tolerant of high levels of bacteria compared to other coldwater fish, also tend to be compulsive feeders and sometimes in community with unrelated fish they may become massively obese and die prematurely. They also do a great line in tearing up plants that the small coolwater fish use as cover. Big goldies may also swallow small fish whole, so again not great for community with much smaller fish.

Getting into coolwater communities is great, but goldies for the most part would not be a good part of such communities, not as adults anyway.

Having said that theres plenty of scope to get some really cunning freshwater systems going. If you know your species theres no reason a coolwater tank couldnt be made to mirror the tropical, complete with a spectrum of species including scavengers, algae eaters, and interesting show fish,shrimp, plants , the works!

Good luck with it!

ps, you might find the whole plants and small fish thing easier if you do actually get a light or two, coldwater low light plants are few and far between. A lot of coldwater plants need fairly bright light.Ther are various ligt fittings that dont actually have to be close to the water in a hood, some have their own little support tands that hold them clear of the water to avoid overheating.

lol people has given me all sorts of warning about the goldies eating the smaller fishes, esp the commets which are the most aggressive and i know that coz i have had a few in my time but this lot.
In a 3ftlong2ftwide and 2fthigh tank that holds 70ltrs of water that houses 12 goldies and 5 being fantails 1 being a black moore they leave my minnows completely alone they cant be stuffed with them they are real placid as with my myers hillstream loach he is happy to suck on the side of the tank to keep the algae down.
And the plants grow well with the natural light around them they grow that well that i have to trim them. So you wreckoning the leopard can be fin nippers i will watch out for that. And also my goldies are of a good size too though they are slowing down in growth due to winter.

They say fishes are dumb, because humans need to be smarter in keeping the fishes alive.

Whoa, I see some big tanks in your future, thats a lot of goldies for a 3 ft. It will only work in that space while they are small, as adults one fish would be a bit heavy on the bioload for that tank.

Not being rude or anything, but seriously it might might be a good idea to do a little research into bioload limits of stocking vs tankspace for goldfish. Especially if you want to start a renaissance in coldwater keeping. Wouldnt do at all to give your potential acolytes erroneous info on fish stocking! They might all gang up on you!

Planning for a nice indoor pond it is then!