cees Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 I've been breeding guppies for quite sometime but I'm considering expanding to other species. Simple question, what would be a good killifish to start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted May 6, 2001 Report Share Posted May 6, 2001 my personal recommendation would be the Gold lineatus (Aplocheilus lineatus) They are a beautiful fish and will live quite happily in a 30 litre tank. They are fast and do jump well so they need a lid. They can be fed on a oxheart mix such as is fed to guppies whereas many of the other killis need a large proportion of live food such as brine shrimp, mosquito lavae and white/grindel worms. The eggs will hatch in water after about 14 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuhliloach Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 I have one Gold Lineatus I think it is a male.I would like to try and breed them were can I get more , and what price would you pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 D'oh! How did I miss the following from Cees...? > I've been breeding guppies for quite > sometime but I'm considering expanding > to other species. Simple question, what > would be a good killifish to start with? Kellys suggestion of the gold form of Aplocheilus lineatus is a good one. The fish does get quite big though but does have the advantage that it'll happily eat guppies... Another good, perhaps more colourful, species to consider starting out with might be Aphyosemion scheeli. Both species are non-annual, the eggs taking about 2 weeks to hatch at typical aquarium temperatures. There is plenty of online info available, including the NZKA web page at: http://nzka.killi.net which has articles about the fish and photos available off the 'species' page. Another good source of local killifish info is the AUNZZA mailing list that I run. If you (or anyone else) is keen to get any killies, feel free to contact me privately via [email protected] or any of my other various addresses Once again, sorry for missing the question earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Ooops! Forgot to mention that Epiplatys dageti would be another good place to start your killifish breeding efforts. Mine are producing eggs at the moment and I am getting fry so I'm hoping to have some available in the near future. Of course, you should check in with Stuart Lord to see what he's got at the moment. Generally he'll have something worth trying. It might be worth talking to John Philips too... I'll probably be disposing of some annual killifish eggs soon, mostly Nothobranchius species... Obviously they'll be offered to NZKA and AUNZZA members first but any spares will be available to anyone who wanted to have a go... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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