Fundulopanchax gardneri .

[GaryE]

Murphy, who wrote a famous law, is also a deranged sniper. You dodged his work getting the other gardneri.

You'll have to watch because cause of death is unknown. It sounds like a small tank problem, with an aggressive male. You might want to separate the group into two or three tanks, maybe with females on their own. I have had large groups of sexable gardneri live together in peace, but not in bare 5 gallons.

 

[Back in the fold]

Murphy, who wrote a famous law, is also a deranged sniper. You dodged his work getting the other gardneri.

You'll have to watch because cause of death is unknown. It sounds like a small tank problem, with an aggressive male. You might want to separate the group into two or three tanks, maybe with females on their own. I have had large groups of sexable gardneri live together in peace, but not in bare 5 gallons.

I think you’re right about that . What you say about large groups living together peaceably is right too . I have read other guys say the same thing and my own observations tell me it’s right . I have already separated the sexes and won’t put them together until the females are ripe and then I will separate them again after I see that the females are slimmed down . That gives me time to pick eggs and get ready to go again . I think back on the gardneri that I had in 2019 and the picture forms as to everything I did wrong . Knowing the outcome of actions from personal experience is a good teacher .

 

[fish48]

Another one that I had but no success with . I will definitely have a rematch with them . The pair I had just would not put on size and I had a feeling that they had not been fed properly as fry . The female died first and didn’t get over an inch long in the six months or so I had them . Then the male died at about two inches or so . These are fish that get to four inches . Not a particularly colorful Killie but very interesting in appearance . They have a kind of reptilian look to them with their blunt nose and broad head . I found that appealing .

yes they're not very colourful i kept them many years ago over the years they seemed to become a rarity in the fish hobby I recently found someone online who will send me some eggs when available,

 

[fish48]

Have you guys kept Epiplatys dageti? They're often available, breed like guppies and are fun killies to keep. Peaceful, not too big and really adaptable. If you like Aplocheilus, you'll like these too.

as you mentioned breed like guppies , easy to keep spawn regularly , I pick the eggs off the mop and put them in a container , once hatched I grow them on for a few weeks before removing them to a tank.