This variety has to be the fish for the beginning killie
keeper to start. They are not picky in what they eat, accept a wide range of
water conditions, and readily spawn. The fry can usually eat newly hatched brine
shrimp, even though I always start with micro worms along with the baby brine
shrimp so everyone can find something they can eat.
This is a male, looking good. I keep these fish in pairs or
trios (1 male, 2 females) in 2 gallon tanks. The tank has a sponge filter, java
moss, and a spawning mop.

Picture is of Fundulopanchax gardneri Misage
I pull the mop out every week or so and either pick the eggs,
or if there are a lot of eggs, I let the mop drip until it is only damp. Then I
put the mop in a plastic bag with a baggy tie into a box for a week to 10 days.
I will check the mop then to see if the eggs are eyed up and ready to hatch. If
so, I will then pick the eggs into a small container with water. Usually by the
time I have the eggs picked the first ones are already starting to hatch.
I prefer this method because it gives me a larger hatch all at the same time. It
is much easier to feed and cleanup after a tank with 20-30 fry all the same size
than having them hatch out 2-3 a day for a week. Then you have a lot of small
containers with 2-3 fish to take care of.
A tank full of albino fry, just about ready to split the males into
one tank and the females into another.

I do some heavy culling at the same time that I do the split
out of males and females, paying particular attention to keeping only the
straight backs.