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All you need for a good breeding/fry raising tank is a sponge filter and java moss.

I don't know about lampeyes but golden wonders tend to usually hang out a the surface.

All killies are notoriously great jumpers. I would suggest getting some sort of lid.

You can have the option of quite a few species really. Is there any you have ever been interested in? Fundulopanchax Gardneri, Fp. Walkeri, and Clown Killies are a few you can look into.

Another aspect is personality. I had a betta in a 48 gallon community tank just fine with fish that had long fins (Long-fin skirt tetras, lyretail swordtails, etc) and some fish that even looked like other bettas (golden panchax killies). He never tried to attack anything, he was just a very...

Hmmm, Gardneri are the simplest of the killies and should still have eggs under the conditions of flake food and a small aquarium, even as small as 3 gallons.

Sorry, golden panchax are top level swimmers. You may be able to have killies like gardneri. What else is in your aquarium? Otherwise blue gularis might not be a bad idea.

Butterfly fish usually won't harm killies. I have kept butterflies with golden panchax just fine (just make sure the killies are fully grown if you get panchax). If you do get some killies get some that are at least 2 inches.

For gardneri there are quite a few localities, or color variants. You'll find out when they get older. If they are gardneri then color should show at around 2 months, maybe more, maybe less depending on the amount of food and water changes. And gardneri get around 2 inches in length and are...

Creg, you can have less than a 20 gallon for killies. I breed quite a few species of killies and can have them in a minimum of 5 gallons depending on the species. What did you have in mind?

I actually use a small brine shrimp net which is a very fine white net you can usually find in pet stores. It may not be a complete problem as I know quite a few breeders who squirt the shrimp in with the water and they have no problems since a little salt is usually fine with freshwater fish.

+1 for apistos or rams.

These were sold to my friend as iniradae which I know they are not. It looks like a caucatoides shape but the full grown adults don't have much color at all. Is it a poor quality caucatoides or something else? Sorry for quality.

Least killies (Heterandria Formosa) too.

I think this guy looks more like Misaje. He has blue on his bottom fish but you can't see due to flash.

Thanks, he's my pride and joy.

I have been breeding these killifish for quite a bit and have been sold to me as Fp. Gardneri Lafia Gold. Recently I have seen the same fish but with a different name, Fp. Nigerianus Misaje Gold. I've heard the names are either or but I just want a definite name for my breeders, what are they?

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate it!

I usually just scoop a bunch of mosquito larvae out with a fine mesh net and add them to a fish tank that way, I wouldn't recommend dumping any of that water into your fish tank.

You may want to post this in the Killifish section. Like most killies they do not need much room to live in. What are triple reds?

Are you sure it's an eel? It might be a caecilian.

Dojo loaches (also known as weather loaches) are great asian fish! I love them! Gold gourami's may not be red but they are nice asian fish as well. You can look into other gouramis as well such as the blue/three spot gourami and pearl gourami. For a smaller species you can get dwarf gouramis or...

I love wingless fruit fly cultures. I use them for all my fish, killies love them. I'm sure bettas would love them too.

You should post this in the Marine section down at the bottom of the site. The majority here are freshwater people. You should post this in the Marine section down at the bottom of the site. The majority here are freshwater people.

Used to be because fish are just great and fun to have. Recently for me it's to breed. Anytime I get a new fish, I must breed it, so I can give back to the fish community and breeding is also just plain fun.

They love plants so some cover would be nice. I haven't attempted breeding them yet due to their availability to me but I've heard it's not that hard and if you get a pair then there is a pretty good chance they'll breed.

I've had these fish quite often. My first flags were store bought and all the ones after that I caught my self as I live in south Florida by the Everglades. That diet would be fine and you can probably fit 2 in a 10 gallon. There may be less aggression (a possibility as I always thought a 10...

Should I be adding anything like Stress Coat or something?

Yesterday I added a reverse trio of guppies to a 10 gallon (no lid) and left right after. I came back a few hours later and noticed the large female was missing. After searching in the tank, I moved a water vac on the floor and founder her partially dried up. I picked up the limp body and threw...

A great website to buy fish off of is Aquabid. It's like an ebay for fish and fish related things. I sell fish there myself.

It it's stomach is very large and round, it may have dropsy.

Those two above are wild caught killies that can be bred in captivity. I domestically breed... Fp. Gardneri Lafia Gold Fp. Walkeri (This male is a bit stressed out) I do not have any of those two above to sell currently, you'd have to wait a few months until I raise more into adults...

I'm new to the FOTM thing. If I submitted a fish, do I have to vote for a fish other than mine? Edit: Didn't think we were able to, voted for the discus instead of mine.

These are photos of blue-fin killies and chrysotus killies I had before. Blue-fin males... Here is a young male chrysotus. When they get older they become blue/greenish with those red spots as this picture does not do them justice.

2 Males are fine. I have 2 males and 2 females in a 10 gallon.

Gardneri: They are great fish, hardy, and very good looking. Different variations of them too. Are you planning to have them as recreational or breeding?

Gardneri, Lafia Gold locale. Not lyretail at all. I do notice it looks a lot nicer compared to the ones from google images and others I see around.

Yeah, he's my only male with that intense of a caudal fin. The original pair that I bought didn't even have any cyan on the caudal fin, so he's pretty special. Trying to get him to pass down his genes soon. The camera is a Canon PowerShot SD770 IS.

Could you describe the killie?

Yeah, I have wild sailfin mollies. Quite sensitive fish, never expected it as I used to get the domesticated variety. Nothing beats a wild fish though.