Hatching Killifish?!?!?

[SomethingsFishy]

I'm about to order a group of 50 killifish eggs, but I need some more information. Can you guys give me the low-down on hatching killifish eggs?

Is it fairly straightforward? What should I know?

Thanks!!!!

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Stuff from a book:
Activate hatching by placing the eggs in the correct temperature. Blah! There's nothing here on hatching them.

I'll look online, then!

 

[Dwarfs]

Add water I think, maybe tempestuousfury will get more detailed info

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Annual killifish, by the way?

When the time comes to rewet the eggs, mix up about 2 liters of water, ½ tsp. non-iodized salt and a drop of Aquari-Sol to prevent fungus on the fry. I use small Rubbermaid containers to get the maximum surface area. Unceremoniously dump in the peat and gently rub any lumps to separate them. Stir any floating peat gently to get most of it to settle and leave the whole messy-looking thing for a few hours. The fry begin hatching in a few hours and sometimes continue to hatch for about 2 days. If no fry have hatched in 24 hours, restrain the peat and incubate for another month. Removing the fry and redrying the peat for a further incubation of two weeks to a month will generally yield a second hatch of fry. Although the fry are quite small, they are generally able to eat brine shrimp nauplii as a first food and grow incredibly quickly. By six weeks old they are in glorious color and are already spawning so you can start the whole cycle all over again.

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HTH

 

[SomethingsFishy]

I didn't end up buying them...but by the looks of it, it should be pretty easy to do. Couple q's for ya while you're "around..."

Can I keep killies with one opaline gourami? That would be the only fish besides the killies.

What breed do you suggest? I'm looking for COLOR and personality, but I don't want them to be too hard to keep either.

Thanks!!!