Killifish

[Ron Sower]

Does anyone here raise them?

[Mugwump]

Does anyone here raise them?

Not I.....but maybe someday?.....fewer and smaller tanks are in my future somewhere....

[BallAquatics]

I had some clown killis a few years back.  Very beautiful fish and easy to keep too.

Dennis

[Ron Sower]

I've seen these in one of the LFS in our area. Actually some have gone though our monthly auctions. Did you breed them, Dennis?

[wsantia1]

I had some clown killis a few years back.  Very beautiful fish and easy to keep too.

Dennis

Wow, Dennis. Those are beautiful. I would raise some of those if I ever could get my hands on them.

[BillT]

I had some Nothobranchius fuzeri for about a year.
Killifish are different from Danios and require a different approach which I did not entirely get in time.
This species is of interest to researchers right now because they have a very rapid development and a very short lifespan. They want to understand the genetics and development behind that.

These fish require:
1) collecting eggs from the substrate,
2) storing them a while,
3) getting them to hatch,
4) raising them and
5) getting them to breed

I found 1 and 3 difficult. the rest were easy. they were very easy to maintain, but had a short lifespan.
The researchers had a nice trick to make getting the eggs out of the substrate but using glass beads as the substrate in a dish and then running the substrate through a mesh that retained the eggs. I did not get hold of the materials soon enough to make good use of them.

I had 4 of them in a 10 G tank.

[BallAquatics]

Did you breed them, Dennis?

Yes, but I can't take any credit as they required nothing special from me.  The males are much bigger than the females and can be a bit rough with them.

Dennis

[Ron Sower]

I've had some Fundulopanchax a few years ago. Attractive genus.

[ilroost]

Killi fish are one fish I have never kept. But have seen a few at the local auctions

[Ron Sower]

Most of the time you have to get them through hobbyists that raise them. I've spent some time on the AKA website and others and there are hundreds of beautiful species! Their colors are what attract me!

[BillT]

Most have really great colors.

However, they are kind of slow moving, like a betta.