I have Nothobranchius guentherii coming in the first week of March , Nothobranchius rachovii eggs coming in late March or early April and I still am looking for Epiplatys dageti or Pachypanchax playfarii . The plan is to have all things set up by mid February so that when fish and eggs arrive all I have to do is plop them in . Ten aquariums now .
You should try to get your Nothobranchius egg seller to estimate hatching dates. I've had trouble with that when I bought eggs. If the eggs are laid here I am way better at hatching them at the right time, but eggs from elsewhere are trickier. There's never an exact date or anything like that, but at least if you can get close.
If you can't find dageti but can get ansorgii, jump at them. They are similar to keep and very beautiful.
I'm plotting to get some new species this Spring, though later than April. I'm thinking late May because of temperatures. I want a Nothobranchius, an Epiplatys or two and some Aphyosemions. In a perfect world, I'd want Procatopus, but I can't find them. In total, I'd like to add 5 killie species. I can't go through the AKA, so it'll be Aquabid from Europe.
I am seeing something I thought I never would - a tiny killie mania around here. The shrimp tank people have seen my killies and love them. They are popular in the auctions. In Montreal, they got $3 in the auctions, but here, they go at $20 a pair. People discuss them, and we have local breeders all of a sudden. I've been breeding mine just to keep them around, and had dropped a number of species because no one wanted them and they were filling up the fishroom. Now, I can find good homes for as many of the fish as I can produce.