It's a pleasure that sometimes a member goes out of his or her way to do a little research before encountering a disaster and then moans about the after effects.
You are correct in that most killifish would go for the shrimp.
But, I must admit I have fallen in love with the Psuedepiplatys Annulatus seen in this image:
Sadly and maybe to your surprise all the fish you have listed will go for the shrimp.
Psuedepiplatys Annulatus would perhaps be the exception. I do not have any pairs or trios to part with at the moment (concentrating on a rivulus species) but I have a personal friend who has zillions of
Psuedepiplatys Annulatus guinea available at the moment. The problem would be the current weather. If you are interested I could have a word.
Regards
BigC
Do you know of any community killi's that would stay happy in a tank with gourami and platties?
Fundulopanchax gardneri and Aphyosemion australe as long as the water is not too hard and not to alkaline.
Have a word with Bloo. She bought some Australe from me a little while ago, she lives in London where the water at the tap is very hard (so she tells me) and see if she has had any problems.
Regards
BigC
Thanks for the reply/info! As for the Psuedepiplatys Annulatus guinea; I would be quite interested, but my job forces me to be out of the country until next monday (1st or 2nd of October) so I wont be able to do much until then. I just did a water change and test:
NO3= Between 0 and 10 mg/l
NO2= 0
Ammonia= 0
GH= 16
KH= 6
pH= Between 7.2 and 7.6
I realise that the general hardness is high (thanks Thames Valley water...); but from next week on, its going to be RO from my LFS (just found out that there is a maidenhead aquatics next to me!)
My carbonate hardness could be a little higher as I have a DiY CO2 kit, so the hard water counter-balances the CO2 pumping in at night, but that should be solved soon (as soon as I have sufficient funds to get a proper CO2 kit).
As for the shrimps.... hmm... they are so cute... but its the law of the wild...
I'll move some to my second tank, (which should be done cycling pretty soon); if I can keep them with killis, great, otherwise...they will be the killis most expensive meal... I'll probabily throw in some MTS (found some really nice ones at snailshop, the spiketails look quite pretty...) with the killis, they seem hardy enough.
So, at the end of that ramble, yes. If your friend can hang onto the annulatus for a week, I would be interested in a pair. I also need to close up the hole I made at the back to fit the the feeder (I use it only when I'm forced to be away from home for a week or so).
One more quick question about killis; how often do they eat? At the moment I have my mollies on twice a day; one day yes, one day no (with a live treat on sundays
); but when I travel the food regime switches to once a day (my feeder isn't the greatest).
Killis eat flakes (with some minor weaning) right?
Also, whereabouts would your friend be located? I'm nearish Heathrow (Uxbridge), but can probably get a heatpack to your friend for the fish's journey...
Thanks again,
Spinal
