Hi im intrested in starting up a tank and trying my hand at some killies.

Was wondering were i could get some?

Ive just down loaded the club form but i wouldnt mind trying to keep some b4 i join.

Im located in Aux if that helps.

your 1st point of contact would be the killifish association.

I'll have some Australe big enough soon or if you join the club a lot of fish get offered there first

Think you normally have to join the NZKA before you are allowed to get these from Club Members

I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong :-?

you don't have to sell only to members. but members get first picks.

its all highly secretive :lol: joking, lol...

Think you normally have to join the NZKA before you are allowed to get these from Club Members

I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong :-?

you stand corrected

Hi im intrested in starting up a tank and trying my hand at some killies.

Was wondering were i could get some?

Ive just down loaded the club form but i wouldnt mind trying to keep some b4 i join.

Im located in Aux if that helps.

Im away this weekend so wont be available but get in touch next week and come have a look

Im in West Auckland not too far away from Oeminx

Lyndyloo

As Killis are rearly imported we tend to offer them to each other first so we simply dont loose them to the fancy. We have and still do encourage and try to help people with them but we have also lost several specie in the past by not keeping and eye on who has them.

One of the most comon peat spawners was the N. Korthausae. No-one was breeding them and at this years specie survey, we found that there was only a single male left (I had him) and a few bags of peat that I was about to throw out. After the club survey we realise how desperate the situation was and have hatched the peat. There is now about 30 fry growing on and hopefully they will be bred again.

By being in the club, we can see who has what so that if it happens again, we can beg and borrow to save a specie

As invited agecage, get in touch next week and come around at some stage, I keep about 20 specie

Good on you Barrie

I totally agree with what you are saying

Hope all goes well with the Killie Fry you have.

I was going to at one stage join the NZKA, but never got round to it, I think they are the most gorgeous little Fish.

Good Luck with yours

Lynda

I got my first killies before I was a member. But just going to Barrie's will make you want to join.

Im like a spider lureing you into the Killi web :oops:

:lol: :lol: :bounce: :lol: :lol:

Mate, the best thing I ever did was join the club. Mind you, I just started with the one tank, now I have 6 and I'm looking at building a Killie Cabinet to house more tanks.

You get great deals on fish, Brine Shrimp and most important of all, knowledge.

A great bunch of people, most whom I have never met, but so generous.

Tony

so... with breeding killies.... does it have as much variety as the guppies?

with guppies it is one species with different colour variants, now killie is a term for many different species and each species may have different colour variants.

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have a look here for great photos http://www.alfanita.se/english.htm

you get more/stronger/brighter colours on a single killie than i've ever seen on a guppy, i spend hours marvelling at the blue, green, orange and red on my scheeli's, every colour is just so intense and so clearly marked out. The females have more colour than guppies too, especially oeminx's lovely golden australe girls, they're beautiful enough to display by themselves.

Tell me, is it ok to put several different varities into the Same Tank :roll:

I'm thinking i's probably not a good idea to do this :oops:

Now where can I set up a Killie Tank

You can put different species together if they are different enough from one another that you don't get cross breeding going on, I'm not an expert on different combination but I have Australe and clowns together.

You can also put males together of most the specie if you want a display, you just have to be careful about the sizes of the fish because if it can fit in there mouth they will eat it and a killies have a big mouth.

panchax's are awesome too. they love eating guppies

They sound awesome, might have to set up a Killie Tank somewhere I think

Tell me, is it ok to put several different varities into the Same Tank :roll:

I'm thinking i's probably not a good idea to do this :oops:

Now where can I set up a Killie Tank

If you want to do this then it is best to only keep males together.

the females look too similar to each other and it is possible to get confused on which species are which.

some species the girls are easy to tell apart

but you'd have to be very careful to get rid of any fry, mine bred happily in a community tank for a few months so i imagine they'd crossbred in a nice planted tank easily.

panchax's are awesome too. they love eating guppies

leave the guppies alone maaaaaannnnnnn.......

I too am keen to join the Killie elite group - anyone in the Tga/Mt area into it? I currently have guppies (just a few) and some Blue Rams - I am getting another tank shortly and wouldn't mind getting some advice on set-up etc for these beautiful fish. Anyone interested in helping me out?

Im in Auckland but more than happy to help just ask away

Thanks for your kind offer to help Barrie - I just got all my stuff form the NZKA this morning so I will print that and read thru - I'm sure I will have questions after that.