Aphyosemion striatum

This pair are the latest addition to my coldwater setup, many thanks to Darren. The first three pictures are of the male while the last is the female.

Is that not a killifish? If so, they usually like tropical water non?

25-28°C ?

Regards
Conor.

Hey Conor,

I bought these fish from platy252. He recommended that the fish be kept at a Temp 18 - 24c and at a ph of 7 or less.

I have also just had a quick look around the ye old'e Internet and it suggests the same. Plus apparently the lower the temperature that you keep the fish at:

>the better the colouration.
>the greater the life span.
>and the less susceptible they are to getting fungus attacks.

Species Page 1
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Since platy breeds these fish, he might have something else to add to this post!!

"Widely distributed in the coastal areas from Equatorial Guinea (found in the lower Mitemele River drainage system), to northwestern Gabon (in the Mbei, Komo, Gabon, Abanga & lower Ogowe Rivers)."

Hmm, there was me thinking Africa was a hot continent ;-0

I suppose in the wild, they only live for a year, so reducing the temp could potentially let them live longer? Also, they can live in the sea too (like the addition of salt it says), so this would make sense for those temperature ranges as the sea rarely gets that warm, and never does in the atlantic.

I dunno though, as I've never kept killifish. I do LOVE them though. I must get some....

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gv.html

"generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds"

If you are thinking of getting into Killifish, you should definitely check out eBay! There are many many many suppliers who will send all different types of killifish eggs world wide and for a fairly reasonable price too.

Check out some of these little beauts!!!

Nothobranchius-Rachovii
Cynolebias whitei
Cynolebias nigripinnis " del molina "

I have never bought fish eggs online, does anyone have any experience with this?

I have kept these at diffrent tempratures and the results;

14-18c startling colouring, non stop breeding and extreamly active.
No fungus problems with the eggs and great survival rate with the yong.

18-22c at this temp. rang they seemed more natural, not so hyper and colouring was still viberant.
They didnt breed as much and There was the odd bit of fungus on some eggs every now and then. Some Amano shrimp in the tank soon kept a lot of the fungus away.

22-25c there was no real diffrence at this temp. rang from the 18-22c set up.

26c and above. once the temp. hit 26 or higher there was real changes.
Faded colours, staying in the one spot on the tank floor, no breeding and fungus.

I know it dosent make sence since they come from tropical pools, but this is the temp. range most killi keepers keep them.
The guy i got my orignal stock from David Mikkelson clamed he kept 90% of his stock at 20-24c. He had over 400 species of killifish avalable when i contacted him.

I have some Aphyosemion gardneri at the moment that dont like the temp. below 20c.

Salt; i only add salt when these fish get old and start to show sighns of fungus on the bottom lip.
Some species live in water that is several times saltier than seawater.
If you are ever in turkey you will find killis in the salt lakes.

Killis are found all over this planet and in some extreme conditions.
In Mexico Cyprinodon pachycephalus lives in waters at 37c.
C. nevadensis hold the record for surviving at 43c.

Thats amazing platty. I must go get some!

Conor i have some Aphyosemion striatum at the moment. if you are interested pm me.

Well i hope you gave him Bad Feedback?

Basically he's asking if the eggs were still ok or not.

What i'd do is inform him that because the water had drained nearly all the eggs had dried out. have you tried to hatch out what was left? give him the benefit of the doubt and see if he offers to replace any, and suggest a different type of packaging, maybe peat?