Which Killifish

by **apistodiscus** on 07 Jul 2008 12:39

Had a quick look on the net to see what killifisch eggs are available. Here's a list of what I found:
Notobranchius rachovii, N. korthausea, N. guentheri, N. furzeri, N. foerschi, N. Fuscotaeniatus, N. eggersi, N. othonotus, N. patrizii, N. palmquisti
Simpsonichtys carlettoiwi, S. fulminatus

I quite fancy the last two species since they are South American. Never mind. Which of these species require the least work and are easy to breed since none of them last pis*ing time? I had a chat with Jamie on the weekend about killifish in general and he was telling me that some eggs needed to be incubated for 9 months or so. My wife still has that odd believe that the hotpress is for airing clothes and not keeping bits of peat and fisheggs long term.
Any suggestions?

by **jtheuma** on 15 Jul 2008 20:47

I've kept N.rachovii and palmqvisti succesfully. They are annuals and lay their eggs in peat as you may already know. N.eggersi and N.guentheri aren't difficult neither.

The south americans are more difficult as the fry are smaller when they hatch. If you're a beginner wit killies I would go for African killies, maybe semi annuals too, so that things are less complicated at hatching.

by **Tim tdc** on 20 Aug 2008 13:44

easiest killi in the world are Aphyosemion Gardneri (any form and any colour variety) or Aphyosemion Striatum... very easy to sell on to your local petshop if spare too.

Annnuals have a very fast metabolism and so if you cant feed lots and at least twice a day the fish will never reach their full potential.....

The top 2 are easy to breed using a small tank say 12 -14 inches and floating or sunken mops and a sponge filter....

:wink:

by **drim30** on 12 May 2010 16:54

apistodiscus wrote:Had a quick look on the net to see what killifisch eggs are available. Here's a list of what I found:
Notobranchius rachovii, N. korthausea, N. guentheri, N. furzeri, N. foerschi, N. Fuscotaeniatus, N. eggersi, N. othonotus, N. patrizii, N. palmquisti
Simpsonichtys carlettoiwi, S. fulminatus

I quite fancy the last two species since they are South American. Never mind. Which of these species require the least work and are easy to breed since none of them last pis*ing time? I had a chat with Jamie on the weekend about killifish in general and he was telling me that some eggs needed to be incubated for 9 months or so. My wife still has that odd believe that the hotpress is for airing clothes and not keeping bits of peat and fisheggs long term.
Any suggestions?

for more species killis u can check this site http://www.itrainsfishes.net/content/
and for buy sometimes very rare species i recommend http://www.aquabid.com/

i keep before few Nothobranchius sp.(rachovii,guentheri,eggersi)

by **Acara** on 12 May 2010 20:54

Check out this guys website,he's up the Nth,but at least he's on this Island.

http://www.puddlefish.webeden.co.uk/

by **Acara** on 12 May 2010 21:16

Just realised how old this thread is! :shock:

by **darwin** on 12 May 2010 21:21

Acara wrote:Check out this guys website,he's up the Nth,but at least he's on this Island.

http://www.puddlefish.webeden.co.uk/

This guy is absolutely amazing with his indepth variety of knowledge that he so eagerly shares for his love of fish with other fishkeeper on all aspects right down to the microscopic level,i take my hat of to this chap