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Re: Aphyosemion riggenbachi
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, however it suits the rest of
the group ( I'm the new guy!)
The fish seem to have settled fine, feeding etc but their colours aren't
showing well, perhaps due to the light tube I'm using being very at the red
/ yellow end of the spectrum, and they are perhaps beinga little shyer than
I would like.
Thanks for the links Julian, I will take a look at the BKA website tonnight.
I'm suprised I picked up somethinga little out of the ordinary (my fish
appear to be the gold form), especially as they cost me £3 for the pair. I
could have picked upa few other species should I have been that way
inclined.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: David Wood <daviduu at btinternet_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:48 PM
Subject: RE: Aphyosemion riggenbachi
> Hi Chris.
> If you would like to contact me off-group I will try to help.
> daviduu at btinternet_com
>
> Dave Wood
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On Behalf
Of
> Chris Jewell
> Sent: 29 October 2001 15:35
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: Aphyosemion riggenbachi
>
> Hello people
>
> Firstly, I'm new to this group (and to keeping killi's), so greetings to
> everyone, and I hope I dont appear to un-educated or say / do anything out
> of line.
>
> I've been keeping fish for about 17 years, seriously for about half of
that,
> mainly south american cichlids and catfish. However, for the last few
weeks
> at local fish auctions where I live in the UK some rather splendid killis
> have been turning up for very reasonable prices. After toying with the
idea,
> yesterday I bought a pair of young Aphyosemion riggenbachi on impulse,
only
> having a basic idea of the keeping requirements of these fish.
>
> After reading around on the net, I've been able to find lots of very good
> general info on killi's, and some pictures of the Aphyosemion riggenbachi
> but not much specific info.
>
> I have them placed in a 17UK gallon tank, which has a sand substrate and
> very heavily planted (with a single fluro tube for lighting). pH approx
6.4,
> gH 4-5, kH 2-3, temp 25C, nitrates < 15ppm, Ammonia and nitrite 0. The
other
> inhabitants of the tank are a few corydoras, some cardinal tetras and a
> young L081 "golden nugget" plec. I've had the fish about 24-hours, feeding
> on newly hatched brine shrimp, frozen bloodworm / brine shrimp / black
worm
> and a little dried food (generally the type of diet my fish recieve).
>
> Am I correct in assuming that these fish are non anual plant spawners from
> north Africa? Can anyone supply me witha good "breeding Aphyosemion
> riggenbachi " for dummies or similar, as the reproduction if this fish is
a
> bit different from what I'm used to
>
> basically, will that setup prove Ok for them? After reading I think it may
> be too brightly lit, too high a temperature and they wont really mix with
> the other inhabitants? Will I have abetter chance of maintaining these
fish
> in a small tank of their own?
>
> Appologies for the long post and the long list of questions. Thanks
greatly
> in advance for any information, help or comments
>
> Chris Jewell
>
>
> >
>
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