Calling All Killi Experts

[the_lock_man]

Good morning, all,

I have a 65l community tank that needs something new, and I'm wondering about Killis. Part of the attraction is to hatch them from eggs, so the kids can watch the process.

Can you guys recommend a Killi species that's relatively easy to rear, is reasonably colourful, and which is suitable for a community tank?

Thanks kindly.......

 

[ZoddyZod]

If BigC doesn't reply then send him a pm. He should be happy to make some recos.

 

[the_lock_man]

Cheers Zodders

 

[leondf]

Hi, I got into killis a couple of months back and raised gardneri fundulopanchax from eggs to fry and now they are adults. I enjoyed it so much I bought a pair of striatum and bought some annual killifish eggs ( nothrobrancious guntheri red & blue) and raised them from eggs into fry and now breeding adult pairs.

I have had the best results with the striatums , got 30 fry just starting to colour up and another 15 fry swimming around with the parents in the tank.

But will also add that the gardneri ( steel blue ) are just as easy to raise and breed but we have never seen a fry in with the parents , so we are constantly removing eggs from there spawning mop and water incubating.

 

[BigC]

If its a fast process given that you buy the eggs "ready to hatch" then I would opt for Nothobranchius guentheri.....
Do a little homework first on their requirements especially the fry.
You will need to have access to live-food and be able to hatch brineshrimp and have microworm available as first foods for the fry.
But the process of growth will be much faster and the fry will colour up quicker (in the males) and they have a much faster growth rate being annuals.
I feel this may be a much better choice of species due to the fact that you want to invilve the kids and their attention span may not be too great when it comes to non annual species and growth of the fry.
All the best and lets know how you get on
Regards
C