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 May 27 2007, 10:29 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes  Group: Members Posts: 1080 Joined: 31-July 06 From: South Shields, UK Member No.: 23379  |
Hello, first post in the rather quiet section.
 Is there any special information i need to know about these interesting little fish? They look like they might be pretty easy to keep, but i haven't been able to find much information about them so far. |
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May 28 2007, 12:21 AM
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 Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 4-January 07 From: NE London, UK Member No.: 27854 |
i have quite a few of these guys. they have been easy to keep so far and are fun little fish. my ph about 7.4 and I keep the water clean, they are in with cardinals, shrimp, kubotai loaches and until recently - danios.
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May 28 2007, 11:03 AM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1080 Joined: 31-July 06 From: South Shields, UK Member No.: 23379 |
QUOTE(dirtydog @ May 28 2007, 01:21 AM) [snapback]1630790[/snapback] i have quite a few of these guys. they have been easy to keep so far and are fun little fish. my ph about 7.4 and I keep the water clean, they are in with cardinals, shrimp, kubotai loaches and until recently - danios. Any suggestions of how many to keep for a happy life. I want to have 6 in my tank if possible, but i did read they prefer groups of around a dozen!  
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May 28 2007, 04:01 PM
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 Failure is a great teacher.  Group: Moderators Posts: 3825 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern Ireland Member No.: 12235 |
There are quite a few fish termed as Lampeyes these days. I have never kept them personally but try doing a search for Aplocheilichthys Normanni (which is what I think you have there)
Regards BigC |
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Jul 18 2007, 10:32 AM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 255 Joined: 14-July 07 From: australia mate! Member No.: 33731 |
WOW! a shoaling killifish! i better find me some of them! i love shoaling fish!
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Jul 18 2007, 06:48 PM
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Failure is a great teacher. Group: Moderators Posts: 3825 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern Ireland Member No.: 12235 |
Quite common and inexpensive these days.
Regards BigC |
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Nov 5 2007, 05:52 PM
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 Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 10-December 06 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 27214 |
I have just picked up 6 of these guys, and didn't realize they were shoaling fish. They do see happy to just rush around the tank. They do not seem to school as much, but could be from the lack of numbers, but they do certainly like to be around one another. They seems to unthreatening to every other fish in the tank. From the shrimp to the cardinal tetras to the glass catfish. Really spurty as well. Would recommend a longer tank as they like to go back and forth a lot. They seem to enjoy frozen brine shrimp, and have not warmed up to flakes as of yet.
I will try and get some more updated information as I can get them. |
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Nov 11 2007, 04:53 PM
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 Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 143 Joined: 4-June 06 Member No.: 21847 |
Lampeyes - unlike other killies, tend to inhabit water with a bit of current. Usually a clean stream or river.
They will be at their happiest with clear clean water, with a current. They like to swim against something, so still water isn't so good. They can be doing very well, then the water gets a bit dirtier, and they will just die. Keep up the water changes and they should be fine. Other killies often inhabit smaller bodies of water, and can take a gradual increase in disolved waste - certainly not the case with lampeyes. They will do even better if you feed them (yes the adults) baby brine shrimp a couple times a week |
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Nov 18 2007, 10:41 AM
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 I Hate Vertigo - Its Debilitating Group: Members Posts: 4897 Joined: 7-February 04 From: Coventry Member No.: 4039 |
I just got some of these yesterday and they are cheap. 7 for 2.50
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