Killies In The Cupboard

[youngfisher]

Everytime I see it, it looks better and better!

YF

 

[cheesy feet]

Great build, looks awesome
Now we need pics of the fish!

 

[BigC]

Now we need pics of the fish!

I'm finding it difficult to get nice pics of the fish I already have obtained due to camera limitations and reflections on the glass
I'll keep trying.

Fish I already have managed to attain are
Aphyosemion elberti N'tui Ngorro Road
and
Aphyosemion elberti Mali Mombal JVC-07

Here are some web pics of the ones which are en-route

This is quite a new species and not long discovered I have managed to acquire some eggs from a fellow breeder
it's called Aphyosemion campomaanense ABK 07/181

this is a bright new Notho sp. Nothobranchius malaissei DRCH 2008/06 Sange
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFq-A8hJ-p4

and my all time favourite

Rivulus xiphidius This species is, and will always remain, an old friend in fishy terms.

I also need to acquire a few more livefoods that can be cultured relatively easily and I need to plan a few field trips/expeditions to locate and plunder.
In fact I was going to go today but the missus has taken my car. DOH!
ATB
C

 

[cheesy feet]

Stunning, I have 2 tanks spare (excluding the cherry shrimp), 8 and 10 gallon, and will have another 8 gallon spare.
Will look into killifish more, I did have peacock gobies and Red eye red tail puffer planned.

 

[BigC]

A few more shots of the set-up

including the small planted aquaria (work in progress) for smaller killifish of course.

Not quite just there yet but close.

Frustratingly awaiting new fish stocks.

Livefoods....I'm almost fully stocked now.

ATB
C

 

[bagu]

hey BigC

crakin job on the tanks! amazing!

The Rivulus xiphidius looks gorgeous!

 

[hensonc4098]

When are your killies due to arrive?

 

[BigC]

Thanks bagu. They are not an easy species to deal with but they are, as you say, a cracking fish.

My trio of Aphyosemion elberti Mali Mombal JVC 07 have settled in and have started to produce eggs. With a bit of tinkering with their water conditions I've seemed to have found their ideal make up.
Twelve eggs were laid in all today (17-08-2009). They have been harvested from the synthetic spawning mops and stored over wet Peat Moss at a temp of 76'F

Anyone wishing to see the day by day embryonic development of one of these eggs then please goto:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=301938

ATB
BigC

 

[ben1987]

Looking good C, nice fish choices

Will there be a nice 4x2x2 FW display popping up?

 

[bae1994]

that would be cool

 

[BigC]

When are your killies due to arrive?

Hi
I am awaiting all the species, but they are comming from foreign countries so I'll just have to be patient and wait it out.
The Aphyosemion sp. was sent this morning according to breeder.
The Nothos are meant to be in transit and I am in close correspondence with the breeder as they are taking a bit long to get here.
The Riv. xiphidius cannot be sent until September as it's too warm to post fish in the breeders country at this present time.
The above factors are nothing to worry about as we are a slave sometimes to geographical climates and have a operating window of opportunity each year to get our fish posted within these times to attain the highest survival rate upon arrival.

My breeding male was a little occupied with spawning behaviour this evening and wouldn't stay still for a portrait so I've uploaded a picture of a female for now and maybe I can catch him later.

Female Aphyosemion elberti Mail Mombal JVC 07



Regards
C

 

[seffieuk]

Wow, they have got their own bar, good job they can't get out to help themselves

It's looking awsome and it's so interesting

Seffie x

 

[bagu]

hey BigC

ive come back to ask you a few questions about the Rivulus xiphidius
are they community fish? and what kind of parameters are they in need of, these fish have really grown on me
the Aphyosemion campomaanense also looks stunning.

thanks

Bagu

 

[BigC]

Rivulus xiphidius
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=280795
Definitely not a fish for the novice and a species tank is the best way to go.
The Aphyosemion campomaanense will be from first generation parents from wild fish.
ATB
C

 

[BigC]

Male Aphyosemion elberti Mali Mombal JVC 07