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ahh yes definately go check out Barries killies. He has an awesome setup and some amazing killies Nice guy too 8)

They do love planted tanks, but most breeding tanks are just a bare tank with a spawning mop and they are happy in that too. If you were going to do a killie community tank then it would be best to make it planted, with some fine leaved plants and even some java moss or something, as they will most probably breed (thats if you have males and females) and they prefer mops of moss to do it in. The fry have a higher chance of survival in a planted tank as they have heaps of places to hide from hungry mouths. Bristlenose are good cleaners, along with Corys, and you can pretty much put them in with any other community fish, such as guppys, tetras, pencilfish, rasboras and dwarf cichlids. I have 2 spare female korthausae yellows (which look sorta like guppys lol) in a 350L community tank with guppys, bristlenose, corys, hoplos, kribensis (plus their hundreds of fry) harlequins, golden pencilfish, tetras and a fighter. They are sweet with alot of fish, as long as they arent major fin nippers, and the killies cant fit in their mouths. If you are really keen to get some killies, id Join the NZKA (NZ killifish association) and you will get some wicked deals on some wicked killies, plus you get other bonuses such as an awesome monthly newsletter, becoming a member of the FNZAS and you can meet up with heaps of killie enthusiasts around the country, and trade eggs and fish. We are hopefully going to be setting up a Website very soon too which will be updated often with fish profiles and info, eggs and fish for sale, upcoming events, helpful links and much much more.

Cheers. Killies are awesome little fish, with lots of personality. This little guy for example is always wondering what you are doing, and quite often peaks at you from under his spawning mop. you can almost see him thinking to himself 'what is that kid doing?' lol. They are fairly easy to keep, like coolish water (21-24 degrees) and prefer a low to neutral pH. I keep mine in trios for breeding, but they will be fine by themselves, in pairs, trios or even groups. Non-Annuals like the australe in the photos are easy to breed, and will readily lay eggs non-stop if they have somewhere suitable to lay, and are happy. The annual killies (which IMO are even more beautiful then the Non-annuals) are harder to breed and sometimes have a lower life expectancy, but it is a great feeling hatching eggs out from peat that has been dried for 3 months, and even having your own ones lay in peat. I would recommend Non-Annuals to beginners as they are easy to breed, and usually last a bit longer than the annuals. Killies will do fine in a community tank, but are often better in species/breeding tanks by themselves. If you want to know anything more, just ask. Or if you want to you could google and read some articles about them etc. theres some good ones out there. happy to help you out

Lol are they in those little as tanks by the door?

Ive got a pair of what were the old Brichardi, and as ryan said the tank will be quite bare for a while to begin with, but when they breed and the fry start to grow up etc the tank will slowly become fuller and fuller RE the brichardi/pulcher thing, i think its ridiculous!!! they are two totally different fish IMO

Congrats. hatched out my first Nothobranchius yesterday and im stoked! its a great feeling

Nah its just your standard old camera, and i stick it on Macro mode. Sometimes i use the flash as i find it focus' better, but without the flash it shows the fishes colours better As for the brineshrimp, i just went and got some salt water this morning. Been wanting BBS for ages but have never got round to it. finally bought some yesterday Got 5 palmqvisti fry that hatched out last night, plus 12 Rachovii that i got from Erling to feed now 8)

Camera i used only cost $300 lol Thanks guys Oh and adding to the above, ended up with 5 Palmqvisti fry last night, hope to find more this morning!

Thanks Yea ive got a few other kinds. I have Striatum, Gold australe, clown killies, Rachovii fry (week old) and 1 x 5 hour old Palmqvisti fry lol (more will hatch overnight im hoping) Ive also got three other species in peat (eggs) that i will be hatching around new years time Ive also got eggs from the golds shown in the pics, and eggs from my striatum

Growing extremely fast! Little munters when it comes to food lol

full size pic here http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/ev ... rale10.jpg And yes i did name the pictures incorrectly :oops:

One of his (two) girls joined in on the action for a little while too P.S. they are Aphyosemion Australe Gold for those who dont know, Commonly known as Gold Australe. Also, the pics look way better in full size

First he peaked Then he showed me his back end Then he got a bit more friendly Then gave the money shot

29/30 is the reccomended temp to keep discus at. Are they a proven pair would be the first question that needs to be answered

Yep Ryan packs them up very well and is a great person to deal with. the 18 Demasoni i got off him arrived in perfect condition, in well under 24 hours of him sending them. Would not hesitate to deal with him again 8)

Plants or Demasoni

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Oh sweet. I dont realy have anywhere to put mine, so just use a poly box that i keep under my big tank

Nice Barrie Where do you keep your eggs to keep them at temp?

Had the pleasure of seeing this pair last weekend (when the babys were 1 day old free swimmers (in fact i think i was there when the first few photos were taken lol)) and they are a beautiful pair of fish, along with all his others Shot luke!

Yea i was there every day :lol: right up until close on monday (plus longer!) On the Monday i was wearing a Blue Wardley Shirt that i scored for free so if anyone was there that day they might have recognised me. I was also on the goldfish pond for a few hours on Sunday.

Ah was that you taking photos of the Native fish' anal fin etc :lol: I was standing there thinking 'why on earth would someone take a photo of that'..... :lol:

Glenn off here won the Aqua one tank raffle, and i happen to have the tank sitting in my bedroom at the moment I bought it home for him as i will be seeing him this weekend so am gunna give it to him then. Dunno who won the co2 or fountain raffle, they were just random people i didnt know

Yea they are sjostedti, very nice killies indeed

Yea id get some Bristlenose then