Stocking Help

[PDSimon]

Hello

I've been interested in killifish for a while but havn't had a reliable dealer but have come across these two species recently. I think its probably too late but there isn't a whole lot of info on the net and some is conflicting.

The species are:

Aphyosemion bivitatum
Aphyosemion cognatum

The tank is a 30G, my stocking is:

2 bolivian rams
2 cockatoo cichlids
8 kuhli loach
8 rummy nose tetra

So most of the stocking is full up I think? but there is a bit of space left possibly for a couple of these guys if conditions allow it? pH is 6.3ish, temp is 27, probably too much? No idea if they would get on with my stocking

Any help is greatly appreciated as I know very very little about these fish except that they look great!

Thanks for reading,

Si.

 

[BigC]

Too many btm species IMHO & the killifish species you mention would be down around there too, If I were you I'd be looking toward Epiplaty's dageti Monroviae for the surface. A nice easy going killifish without to many demands
Regards
C

 

[PDSimon]

Thanks BigC, I will look out for it any other ideas will be appreciated, thanks!

 

[PDSimon]

I found a good dealer that has

aphyosemion cognatum
filamontose panchax
australis
blueatatum panchax

Any of those any good? a couple of those were great top dwellers, one was a bit small and one was a bit expensive and both at temps much lower than 27. Would they thrive in 27/die quicker/die straight away..? I'm not sure so any help will be much much much appreciated!

Thanks, Si.

 

[Biulu]

Some panchax are very hardy fish, but the blue panchax is agressive. I don't recommend it, plus they do like lower temperatures as you said. I kept my golden wonders at 22.

 

[PDSimon]

Thanks biulu, I'll probably just stick to some sort of tetra