Coming Soon: Killifish Eggs!

I’m not sure why, but as soon as I accomplish something I can’t just sit back and enjoy it. I have to start something new. Updates on my 55gal will go in a separate post, but to summarize, baby tears are THRIVING, the marseila is not, and I have not been fertilizing for the fear of ammonia… but in better news the german blue rams are still alive. A few cardinal tetras were eaten by the larger angelfish, so I’ll have to rehome that guy :C

Back to my main point – I’m getting Killifish! My water is moderately hard, and with CO2 injection it becomes neutral. Since most killifish like softer water, my choices are pretty limited but there’s still some. I’ve already won an auction for 100 eggs of gardneri lafia gold. Challenge on these: they’re more successful with soft water, but they do survive in neutral conditions. Other than that, they’re fairly easy to keep and breed. They’re going to a 10 gallon tank, possibly 20 gallons depending on the amount of eggs I hatch.

Fundulopanchax Gardneri Lafia Gold

I’m also bidding on 25 eggs of Aphanius Fasciatus, mainly because they thrive in harder water. They’re not as colorful and they require brackish water, but they were recommended to me so they better thrive. I’m not going to get as excited over these guys because I haven’t won yet! I’m still hunting aquabid for more colorful killies that would survive in my conditions. I have a lot of small tanks to spare…

Aphanius fasciatus

So… another expense I just realized is that I need to buy brine shrimp eggs now to feed the baby killies. I’ll probably have to post a new entry on brine shrimp hatching, I’m eyeing the stuff over at BrineShrimpDirect, especially the super cool artemia hatchery dish. It’s probably overkill, especially since I’ve got the supplies I need to make a cheap DYI, but I know myself.

Filed under: Killifish , aquariums, brine shrimp, fish, hatching, Killifish

Pictures :)

Well, the cardinals acclimated well and right after putting them in the tank they colored up! The german blue rams could be more colorful, but I think it’s a stress thing rather than water quality issues. They do come up to me when I approach the tank, but with loud noises (and my camera grr) they freak out and go hide in the plants! Here’s some pictures:

Acclimating the 25 cardinal tetras and wild german blue ram pair

25 cardinals! they make a beautiful school

A (sorta) closer look at the german blue ram

Cardinal tetras… and a little ram somewhere!

My ugly co2 cylinder. Im over it, I swear…

Filed under: 55G Tank Log , 55 gal, cardinal tetra, co2, german blue ram, pictures