Who keeps killis & what do you have?

[jayc]

Who here keeps killifish? 

I would love to see some pics of what you keep. 

I wish Serkan was still active here. He had heaps. And it was always great to see pics of his fish. 

[kizshrimp]

Wish I was still keeping killis @jayc it's a great community of people with a really different vibe to much of the rest of the aquarium scene. We need more people involved to see a return to the golden age of killis in this country... as breeders drop off species are lost, sometimes forever. 

Serkan still has an amazing fishroom and heaps of fish. He posts routinely on the killi group page. 

[jayc]

30 minutes ago, kizshrimp said:

Wish I was still keeping killis

Never too late Kiz.

Get back into it! Just start with 1 tank ?

 

Would be good to get more Killi keepers on this forum. A friendly Killi community in a friendly forum.

 

[jayc]

I only have 3 ... only.

I'm not allowed to have anymore tanks around the house. ?

Aphyosemion bitaeniatum

 

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Fundulopanchax gardneri Nsukka

 

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And Aphyosemion Australe var gold

Edited July 29, 2016 by jayc

[zn30]

Beautiful fish, purchased some many years ago due to the colouration, sadly their lifespan is too short, even less than shrimp. ??

[jayc]

On 29/07/2016 at 7:15 PM, zn30 said:

sadly their lifespan is too short, even less than shrimp

That would depend on the type of Killi you got.

The annuals don't live very long, but are prolific breeders. 

I keep non annuals, so they live longer.

[kizshrimp]

@jayc is absolutely right, while annuals like the Nothobranchius species don't live much longer than a year in aquaria, they breed prolifically during that time. The non-annual Aphyosemion that jayc showed here can live 2-3 years which is just as good as livebearers. 

Your bitaeniatum is the Lagos strain jayc. 

[jayc]

1 hour ago, kizshrimp said:

Your bitaeniatum is the Lagos strain jayc

Thanks for that ! Good to know.

I've clearly still got a long ways to go. Can't believe you just look at it and go "oh yeah, that's a such and such strain."  ?

[Munroco]

These both came from the same batch of eggs and at least one of them is a Gardneri

[kizshrimp]

These fish are both gardneri @Munroco, one has turned out as the gold form. There's lots of aquarium strain gardneri around but yours are really nice with the gold edging all round. 

 

[Baccus]

I actually saw 3 killi species for sale the other day at local pet shop (usually its only the Golden Wonder if anything locally), and was sorely tempted to get them. But common sense over ruled the heart because I realised that I didn't really have the room for more tanks, let alone the time to dedicate to live feeding and sorting/ drying eggs to keep the populations going.

But I do love killi fish with their extreme lifestyles and amazing colours all packed into a little package.

[jayc]

4 hours ago, Baccus said:

actually saw 3 killi species for sale the other day at local pet shop

Thats encouraging to hear that more shops are stocking killis. 

My LFS stocks killis but sporadically.

Edited August 24, 2016 by jayc