caserole Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 That tank size is fine for a pair of most killi species Penjane. leave the baby guppys in nathin like live food to keep your killies happy :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 HAHAHAHAHAHA Caserole nice try but these young guppies will be up on trademe before long. Some are starting to colour up nicely. Got one nice half black orange tail and I think there "may" be a couple of snakeskins in there but waiting for the rest of the colours to show up. Well depending on the price tomorrow will tell me if I go ahead and get a pair or not and also depends on their colours to. If it doesn't work out then I guess eggs are the next step cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 eggs are fun Nothing like the "instant fish, just add water" feeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaNut Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Ive recently hatched out 200+ notho yellows. It was easy and Ive got the daily feeding and water changes down pat so that I can spend the rest of the evening watching them, doing water changes and collecting and hatching eggs. Like I said, if I have eggs around the 25th of Dec, Im going down to Queenstown to be with family and would love to go on a road trip and meet people and drop off either fish or eggs at a small nominal price. This only applie to NZKA members of course so if you havnt joined then do it soon. :lol: Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Aquanut, do you want to take down some registration papers with you and your wallet to collect all the $15 or $20 as you sign them all up?? Alan NZKA 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 PJ - are the snakeskins the offspring of the one I sent down to you via Caserole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaNut Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Id be more than happy to do that Alan. Its so good to see the club alive and finning Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 If all goes well I just might have to sign up if you make it this far. I don't have any trips planed to queens yet and after finding out that my husband has to be on call over the holidays doesn't impress me as I was wanting to go up to dunners. If you like I can give you my address and phone number for when you come this way and if possible what species will you try to bring with you? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaNut Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Well I will hopefully have the following: Aphyosemion Australe Chocolate Nothobranchius Korthausae Yellow Fundulopanchax Gardneri Albino Fundulopanchax Gardneri Nigeriatum Gold Fundulopancdax Sjoestedi (Got to love the SJO's ) And maybe a few other little numbers that only some members may know about :lol: Keep in touch near the middle of Dec and maybe you could get a group of Southerners to meet up at once and join the club at the same time. Im new to this hobby but would love to pass on the knowledge ( thanks to Alan W ) to others who are keen for a chat about Keep Keeping Killies over a coffee or beer Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 WOW I really like the looks of the Gardneri albino. They look soo pretty! How do you go about hatching the eggs for thoes ones? All I have found out is that they are a switch. So I am really over that lol cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 I could REALLY make you blush PJ after your last sentence. It refers back to our #1 NZKA member and some eggs he had sent to him. BUT that's another story. When eggs are sent to you, to avoid or minimise disappointment, the breeder makes sure the eggs have "eyed up", this is confirmation that they are fertile and are, if all things go right, produce fry for the recipient. If left too late to ship, they will at times, hatch on their journey. Normally the eggs are then just removed from their container, and placed in another (icecream container???) for hatching etc. Alan NZKA 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 ok after telling me they won't get them in because they don't live that long they got killies in today so I went and had a look. Well I was really shocked to see what size they were. They wer lucky to be 2 cms long and she said that they would be 6 months old and ready to breed. They are the clown killies which I don't really like. I don't know what prices they are putting on them as they were still getting the fish out of the boxes. I would like to know how old would they be at 2 cms long? Also 1/3 of them had real bad bent spines like they were a figure "S" shape and didn't look very appealing. Guess I will just have to join the NZKA and attempt to get the ones that I like with out relying on the budget LFS we have down here. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 def join the NZKA, you'll get better fish (or eggs) and a much greater variety. Chances are you'll get your subs back in the savings you make on your first purchase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Yep I think joining the NZKA is defenatly on the cards at the moment. Still need to get a tank sorted so I will wait till then or untill I can free up one of the smaller tanks to house the eggs Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Just eat more icecream Penejane As Alan said.. you only need to raise them in an icecream container. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 are u sure it was these guys?? there not that bad and are not common at all in nz cheers Kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Sounds like another local breeder, not in the NZKA has them again. If the price is about $6 they'll be locals If double that, they'll be imports. If they have bent spines, leave them, that's my advice Alan NZKA 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Alan you dont by any chance know of anyon with them do you?? kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Sorry Kyle. That's why I said NOT in the NZKA. Alan NZKA 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Actually they are in the NZKA now. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Thanks for letting me know. Who?? Alan NZKA 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 they are only 2cms long. They have blue eyes and very solid black thick stripes on them. Their tails are rounded with no colour at all so I can't tell Female from Male and I doubt that they can either. They have $6.50 on them. They keep telling me that they are imports but as mentioned I would of thought that they would of been more expensive for imports. They are even talking about raising the price of their fancy guppies if and when they get them in up to $10 per fish I don't like the clown ones but I know that werner is down here and he has some killies. Maybe he might like to breed these ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 pen that is very possible an import as clowns are 2.95 off importers lists. kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 yes $6.95 is posably import price there cheep because there small and prolific if given the right food. at 2cm you should be able to sex them, this may mean there all females, saw this last time I was in Auckland - all females, do you remember Alan poor things were getting squashed against the glass and floating betta tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Well I was told that they ordered pairs so there should be 5 pairs of killies as there was only 10 fish in the bag. I couldn't find any difference in the tails apart from the one that I could see up the top with the real badly bent spine whos tail was showing a hint of yellow. But as I said before I would much rather get the ones that I like instead of paying for ones I don't hehe I am hoping to get my first tank this weekend so it will free up one tank. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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