ajbroome Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 Folks, Took some pictures the other day and they're now online. More will come as I get the time to take them and Ang gets the time to do the HTML. Pictures so far include: Apistogramma agassizi Aphyosemion australe gold - the new import Fundulopanchax gardneri Fundulopanchax nigerianus gold - the new import http://www.oxalis.50megs.com/fish/fishr ... hroom.html Comments, as always are welcome. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 Lovely fish Andrew. A lot of colours in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGilchrist Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 Good looking fish Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Earlier I said... > More will come as I get the time to take them and Ang gets > the time to do the HTML. Some new pictures have now been uploaded. Some are not as good as others but I wanted to get at least some photographic record of the fish I have. As before, further updates will follow as time permits. http://www.oxalis.50megs.com/fish/fishr ... hroom.html Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikiegirl Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 hi nices fish bro lve not seen fish like that will only on the net did know we can get them in nz very nices . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Hi Andrew, very nice looking fish indeed! I have seen Fundulopanchax gardneri in our local shop last week. Sold for $27 each ??? How old are the angels? Cheers, Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Robbo said... > I have seen Fundulopanchax gardneri in our local shop > last week. > > Sold for $27 each ??? That sounds about right. Do they still have them? Some were imported a few weeks back, I'm getting my first fry from them at the moment. They actually seem more like the gold form of Fp. nigerianum as far as I can tell. There are pictures of the parents on my fishroom site. The true Fp. gardneri are the blue fish, the gold Fp. nigerianum are paler and more greeny-yellow with almost yellow females. > How old are the angels? A couple of weeks. I'll need to be finding homes for them at some stage soon, if anyone local is interested... Golds and Silvers. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Hi Andrew, no they sold 2 days after arriving. Very nice fish indeed, are they hard to keep and breed? They are not a community fish are they? Kind regards Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Hey Robbo, why not join the NZKA. Andrew will fill you in on all the vitals. Join the "Real-Fish-Breeders" Sometimes you can get lucky and get the fish at 25% of what the shop charges. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 hi Andrew enjoyed your photos - the colour of the killies is amazing the only killies I've seen up here are ones they called clown killies - they were tiny, interesting looking and I was very tempted but unsure if they would go well in with guppies and in a 10g and I prefer to have fish that I can breed and trade locally (hence the guppies) regards - sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Hi Alan, what is NZKA ? Cheers Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 N - - - New Z - - - Zealand K - - - Killifish A - - - Association NZKA Andrew is the President Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Robbo said... > they sold 2 days after arriving. I hope who-ever got them puts some effort into breeding them... Maybe Kevin Rowe got them? > Very nice fish indeed, are they hard to keep and breed? Not hard at all really. If you can keep other tropical fish alive you should be able to keep (and probably breed) many of the commonly available killies. Fundulopanchax gardneri, Fp. nigerianum, Aphyosemion scheeli, Aplocheilus lineatus, Epiplatys dageti (and even Aplocheilichthys normani) are all good candidates to start off with. > They are not a community fish are they? Not if you want to breed them. I've got a couple of species (Aplocheilus lineatus 'gold' and Aphyosemion scheeli) living in my community tank with Angels, Corydoras, Ancistrus etc... I keep my breeding fish, one species per tank though. I have some young Fp. gardneri (see photos) available if anyone keen comes to Palmerston North to pick them up. There's no need to join the NZKA to get fish from me but obviously we welcome members and you'd be supporting the FNZAS (and therefore this site) and would get the Aquarium World magazine etc as part of your $15/yr ($10 if you're already a member of another FNZAS club) membership... Fish and eggs are shared freely between members. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Sue said... > the only killies I've seen up here are ones they called clown > killies (Pseudo)epiplatys annulatus, one of my favourites. > they were tiny They never get big. About an inch maximum for the biggest males. > ... interesting looking and I was very tempted but unsure if > they would go well in with guppies and in a 10g and I prefer > to have fish that I can breed and trade locally (hence the guppies) They're very breedable but not what I'd call easy. The fry are *very* small (think Bettas) and a bit tricky to raise. A couple of pair on their own in a small tank, with lots of small live food should become self-sustaining though - all things being equal. I'm looking for some at the moment if anyone sees any females. All the ones I've seen lately have been males... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Females seem to have been only a minority of the shipment, it wasn't a single sex shipment, just low on females. Of the 10-15 specimens I've seen locally only 1 or 2 were females (I now have 1 or 2 females) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Andrew said: >Maybe Kevin Rowe got them? I met Kevin Rowe probably 13-14 years ago. Is he still around ? Same place ? Thanks for all the info sofar, I would love to keep Killifish and will at a later date. For now I will have to be content with what I have. Unfortunately family comes first ? Whom ever thought of that should be held accountable amongst fishkeepers ! In the meantime I can enjoy your pictures Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted October 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Robbo said.. > I met Kevin Rowe probably 13-14 years ago. > Is he still around ? Same place ? He's still around and still keeping fish (including some killies apparently). I've got his e-mail address at home, PM me if you want it. As far as I know, he's living at his Dads old place (Ngapotiki St???). Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Hi Andrew, I think I am confused. When you said Dad's place the penny dropped. I met his dad ( Terry? ) not Kevin. Do you know what happened to Terry? Cheers for now, Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 He past on to the big aquarium in the sky Robbo. A while back now. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Thanks Alan, very sorry to hear that. Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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