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RE: Aphyosemion australe (orange) or?

>Replace the trumpet and ramshorn snails, Giant Japanese Pond snails are far
>better and do not eat eggs as badly as trumpet snails. Nor are they as
>prolific as ramshorns.

No snails at all now.  Some folks have suggested privately to me that ghost shrimp and/or amano shrimps could work, others thought they might become food.  (and here, Amanos cost $4 each when they are available!)

>Make sure your hood is darn near air tight. Killies can get out of almost
>everywhere.

I'm glad I went with the store hood not a home brew one.  I can cut the plastic back to fit the heater and the rest fits the tank perfectly.

>Delete the bottom feeder, they almost all eat eggs.

Done.

>This fish is an ok starter, not nearly as easy as Gardneri, but they are
>about as common as killies get and you should be able to get them from your
>local club.

I've not had luck with Boston area folks but I have already placed an order for a pair of Aphysemion Scheeli.  (and I am still torn between that that the australe...)  I should have them in a week or two, just watching the long range weather forecast now, it still gets cold here at night.

>If you are not ready to start breeding yet, you might not want to start with
>eggs.  But remember that even the most common killi is still very rare as
>far as tropical fish go. Even easy killies are not actually easy fish. Like
>all small fish they are delicate and without breeding them it is  not likely
>that you will keep them as long as you would like.

>From what I've read, the Scheeli are prolific and can do well in a planted tank so I don't have to do all "work" to breed them.  Sure, the yields will be lower, but right now the work I hear of is really scaring me.  It will be a 5 gallon species tank with tennis ball size (squeezed) of Riccia in it.  I've open that up so it covers about 1/3 of the tank volume.

Thanks!
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