Re: [Killietalk] What species?

["Svein Ole Antonsen" <svein_antonsen at c2i_net>]

Hi Scott
Thank's very much, that was an informative description which should contain
the most I nedd to hold that species healthy :-))
Sorry for my poor english
Regards Svein
----- Original Message -----
From: "unclescott" <unclescott at prodigy_net>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] What species?


> Welcome to killies Svein!
>
> Aplocheilus lineatus is a widely distributed killie from India. They eat
> most anything they can fit in their mouths. They will sometimes even take
> vegetable material which they don't digest well.
>
> Yours is one of the wild strains. As nice as the "golden wonder" color
sport
> is, many of use are back to looking for the wild ones again. Yours would
be
> a yellow or gold form as opposed to a form with some red. The females in
the
> wild morphs have those distinctive side bars - which are also what the
> juveniles wear.
>
> Obviously surface fish, they don't follow food to the tank bottom unless
it
> is a really active live food. They lay lots of relatively large eggs and
> their fry can start on newly hatched brine shrimp. They are best
reproduced
> by leaving and removing spawning mops or removing the adult fishes from a
> tank after a couple of weeks.
>
> They are even found in rice paddies, so they (and their genus) appreciate
> temperatures which are higher those recommended for most killifish. Not
> surprisingly they have been used for mosquito control.
>
> 25-27 degrees C. would be fine. They will tolerate somewhat higher and
lower
> temperatures.
>
> Sometimes it seems like the most frequent cause of death is terminal
> dehydration. Cover their tanks very carefully. If a heater is used which
is
> hung on the side of the tank, something fireproof (filter floss?) should
be
> stuffed between it and the tank cover.
>
> A water sprite top cover and and underwater heater (such as the Ebo-Jager)
> might serve them best. A corner or sponge filter is better than a power
> filter.
>
> They have a pretty good reputation as a community fish if companions are
of
> a similar size (not bite sized). However ours were left with some
bivittatum
> and Corydorus in a 60 L tank for eight days this summer while we were on
> vacation. The bivs were fine, but the Corys had been treated badly.
>
> Stressful conditions, hunger in this case, high temperatures, bullies or
bad
> water conditions in others, will cause behaviors which we usually don't
see
> in a species.
>
> They are an old favorite. Veteran killie people who no
> longer keep them, sometime wonder why they ever let them go.
>
> Good luck and all the best!
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
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