Adrienne Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Has anyone kept these before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Probably not that particular variety but I have kept and bred thousands of Nothobranchius guentheri. Like most Nothos they can be buggers for getting velvet. Salt or peat tends to help and they are very sensitive to copper (killed a few hundred once with one seventh of the dose of chelated copper sulphate). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 are you going to bring us some back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Been looking on Trademe? I was tempted to ask the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Nothos do not like me - they always kark it. P44 has some of these, although he is resisting my suggestions on a breeding tank - the peat spawning tub thing in a display tank is messy, so he will have to get one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I used to breed them as trios in small tanks. Put sand through a fine seive that is smaller mesh size than the eggs and keep what goes through the net. After spawning put all but the fish through the seive and you will be left with only eggs. Add to moist peat and store for 3-4 months then wet --you will only get 10-15% hatch so store again for a month and repeat. You can dry the peat out till quite dry before storing. Can have babies colourd up in about 6 weeks--very fast growers. They love live food. Sensitive to copper and probably malachite green. Can use acriflavine to treat mild velvet but best to avoid it with salt or peat or both. Nice looking fish. When you have a few hundred in a planted tank they look like a war is going on but it is all bluff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Been looking on Trademe? I was tempted to ask the same question. Yes I have. I didn't think there was anyone around that had them and this person seem to have heaps of eggs for sale plus a single adult male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I've been tempted by these too, seems abit strange that he has sooooo many eggs?? Gorgeous wee fish. If I can track down a smaller tank I might have to grab some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 They are very prolific breeders. I used to spawn them for 2 days once a week (every weekend). There was a guy down here breeding them as well I will check out if he has any for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 If you check out his feedback he seems to have sold a few adult males. Never seen him with females for sale. I was tempted to buy one of the auctions for 30 eggs, but then I figured if by some chance most of them hatched I live in Cambridge now and i'm not confident enough to ship fish so it could just go bad and i'll end up with heaps of fish and need to find space for more tanks . But then maybe having no experience with killfish they may not hatch at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Having to store the eggs for 3-4 months puts a lot of people off but after the first 4 months it is all go. It is usual to breed them in trios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 I checked with our local breeder and he has Nothobranchius guentheri for sale at $7 each and also Aphyosemion australe gold for sale at $10 each. Getting a few together would save freight. They are young and just coming up to breeding age. PM me if interested, and I can give you a contact phone number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 This guy has lots of males and a few females. He breeds them regularly. Pity peat is so messy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Use fine sand and feed live food --you will need to buy lots more tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Stupid Killifish. Didn't jump out all this time until I remembered that Killies jump - put a lid on the tank and sure enough, it found the smallest gap and jumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 silly killi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 tut tut tut. Same goes with people, lock them up and they will find a way out. My killie tanks were never covered. no jumpers. unfortunately, I don't have killies at the moment, so still no jumpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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