{"product_id":"normans-lamp-eye-killifish-pair","title":"Norman's Lamp Eye Killifish (Pair)","description":"\u003c!-- ============================================================\n     BEST4PETS.IN — PRODUCT DESCRIPTION BLOCK (DARK THEME)\n     Norman's Lampeye (Poropanchax normani)\n     Paste into Shopify \u003e Product \u003e Description \u003e \"\u003c\u003e\" (Show HTML)\n     ADD BEFORE PUBLISHING: arrival size (snapshot row + What You Receive)\n     ============================================================ --\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#EAF0F5;line-height:1.65;font-size:16px;max-width:760px;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- HOOK --\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;margin:0 0 18px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eThe eyes genuinely glow.\u003c\/strong\u003e The upper half of the iris carries a reflective layer that throws back light as electric blue-white, so a shoal of Norman's Lampeyes in a dim tank reads as a drifting constellation of tiny headlights. It is not pigment and it is not a trick of marketing photography — it is a structural reflector, and it looks exactly like that in person.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 22px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    The body is understated by comparison: translucent silver with a faint blue sheen, and males carrying delicate yellow and white edging on the fins. That restraint is the point. This is a fish for a shaded, planted, blackwater-style tank where forty tiny blue lights moving together does more than any amount of colour would. Unusually for a killifish, it is a true shoaling species — and unusually again, it is not annual, so a well-kept group lives for years.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SIGNATURE CALLOUT --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-left:4px solid #F2A03D;background:rgba(242,160,61,0.13);padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border-radius:0 6px 6px 0;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:15px;color:#F7E4CB;\"\u003e\n      \u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFC978;\"\u003eBuy a big group. Ten is the minimum, twenty is where it works.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:15px;color:#F7E4CB;\"\u003e\n      Kept as five or six, these fish stay nervous, hug the back of the tank and spend most of their time hidden. They are small, timid and shoal-dependent, and the entire effect depends on numbers. They are inexpensive enough that buying twenty instead of six is the single best decision you can make with this species.\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- QUICK FACTS --\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eCare Snapshot\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0 0 30px;font-size:15px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    \u003ctbody\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);width:42%;color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eScientific name\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoropanchax normani\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eAlso known as\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eNorman's Lampeye, Blue-eye Lampeye; formerly \u003cem\u003eAplocheilichthys normani\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eFamily\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eProcatopodidae — African lampeyes\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eTank-bred; widespread across West and Central Africa\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eAdult size\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e3.5–4.5 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eLifespan\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e2–3 years — not an annual killifish\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eMinimum tank\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e60 litres, minimum 60 cm length for a proper group\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eTemperature\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e22–27 °C\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003epH\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e6.0–7.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eHardness\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e2–15 dGH — soft to moderately hard\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eDiet\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eMicropredator — very small foods only\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eTemperament\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003ePeaceful and timid; shoaling, keep 10+\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.06);\"\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eCare level\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eModerate — easy once settled, fragile on arrival\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eSwimming zone\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eUpper and middle\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n  \u003c\/table\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SETUP --\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eSetting Up For It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 30px;padding-left:20px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eDim the tank and darken the background.\u003c\/strong\u003e The eye is reflective, so it shows best in subdued light against dark substrate and a dark backdrop. Under a bright white LED over pale gravel the effect largely disappears. This is the one decision that determines whether you got what you paid for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eFloating plants and planted edges.\u003c\/strong\u003e A timid upper-water shoal needs overhead cover before it will use the open front of the tank. Salvinia, frogbit or water sprite across part of the surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eGentle flow.\u003c\/strong\u003e Small, lightly built fish. A sponge filter or a baffled outlet suits them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eMature tank only.\u003c\/strong\u003e They are sensitive to ammonia and nitrite and to unstable conditions. Do not add them to a tank under two months old, and keep up with water changes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eTannins suit them.\u003c\/strong\u003e Catappa leaves and driftwood soften the water, dim the light and settle the shoal — and the warm tint flatters the blue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eTight lid.\u003c\/strong\u003e Surface-oriented and capable of jumping when startled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- TANK MATES --\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eTank Mates\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;margin:0 0 30px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 260px;border:1px solid rgba(95,212,196,0.35);background:rgba(95,212,196,0.08);border-radius:8px;padding:16px 18px;\"\u003e\n      \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#5FD4C4;\"\u003eGood matches\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:15px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eChili Rasbora and other \u003cem\u003eBoraras\u003c\/em\u003e, Ember Tetra, Pygmy Corydoras, Otocinclus, Kuhli Loach, Sparkling Gourami, Honey Gourami, adult Neocaridina shrimp, Nerite snails. Small, slow, quiet species that will not out-compete them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 260px;border:1px solid rgba(242,160,61,0.4);border-radius:8px;padding:16px 18px;background:rgba(242,160,61,0.1);\"\u003e\n      \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#FFC978;\"\u003eKeep away from\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:15px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003eBarbs, danios and any fast greedy feeder — these fish will simply not get to the food. Also avoid anything boisterous or large enough to swallow them, including most gouramis beyond the dwarf species, and any cichlid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 30px;font-size:15px;color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003eAdult dwarf shrimp are safe; shrimplets may occasionally be taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- FEEDING --\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eFeeding — The Mouth Is Tiny\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    This is where lampeyes are lost. The mouth is minute and upturned, and standard flake or 1 mm pellets are simply too large to be eaten. A shoal can starve slowly in a tank where the owner is feeding generously every day, and because the fish are small and thin to begin with, it is hard to spot until too late.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    Feed small, slow-sinking particles two or three times a day. From the \u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eAQA\u003c\/strong\u003e range, use the finest-grade micro granule or crushed flake as the daily staple, and rotate in small live and frozen foods for condition and colour.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 30px;font-size:15px;color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003e\n    Foods they take enthusiastically: baby brine shrimp, microworm, grindal worm, cyclops, moina, finely sieved daphnia.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SEXING \u0026 BREEDING --\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eSexing \u0026amp; Breeding\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eMales\u003c\/strong\u003e have longer, more pointed dorsal and anal fins edged in yellow, orange or white, and display at one another constantly in a group. \u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eFemales\u003c\/strong\u003e are slightly smaller, rounder in the belly and plainer-finned. Both sexes carry the reflective eye.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 30px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    Unlike the annual killifish most people associate with the group, this species is a continuous plant-spawner and needs no dry incubation. A conditioned pair deposits a few eggs daily among fine-leaved plants, java moss or a spawning mop. Lift the mop into a separate container every few days, as the adults eat the eggs. Hatching takes around ten to fourteen days — slower than most community fish — and the fry are exceptionally small, needing infusoria or a liquid fry food before they can manage microworm or baby brine shrimp.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- INDIA NOTES --\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eKeeping It In Indian Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 30px;padding-left:20px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eRoom temperature works for most of the year\u003c\/strong\u003e across most of India, so a heater is needed only in northern and hill-station winters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eWatch the summer ceiling.\u003c\/strong\u003e These are small fish with little reserve, and above 27 °C they become noticeably less robust. Increase surface agitation and run a fan across the water through April and May.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eHard alkaline tap water is workable for tank-bred stock\u003c\/strong\u003e, though colour and breeding response improve markedly with catappa leaves, driftwood or a share of RO water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom:9px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eSort out micro food before the fish arrive.\u003c\/strong\u003e Frozen cyclops and baby brine shrimp are available in most Indian cities; microworm and grindal cultures are not, and take a few weeks to establish. A shoal waiting on your food supply is a shoal losing condition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHAT YOU GET --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-top:2px solid #5FD4C4;padding-top:18px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch3 style=\"font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5FD4C4;margin:0 0 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eWhat You Receive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:15px;color:#EAF0F5;\"\u003e\n      Tank-bred juveniles and young adults, quarantined and conditioned at our Bengaluru facility before dispatch. Sex is not guaranteed; male fin development and the yellow fin edging appear with maturity. The eye reflection is far stronger under aquarium lighting at home than it appears in a bag. Packed with oxygen and insulation for pan-India delivery.\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:15px;color:#A9BCCB;\"\u003e\n      Covered by the Best4Pets live arrival guarantee. Please film an unboxing video before opening the bag — it is required for any DOA claim.\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Best4Pets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666078089305,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/9814\/5587\/files\/normans-lamp-eye-killifish.webp?v=1793258580","url":"https:\/\/www.best4pets.in\/products\/normans-lamp-eye-killifish-pair","provider":"Best4Pets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}