Re: Epiplatys dageti

["Tyrone Genade" <9790020 at narga_sun.ac.za>]

Hi Andrew

> I just bought my first killifish, a pair of Epiplatys dageti.  I
> would appreciate any information you can provide.  I conducted a
> search on the internet with poor results. 

Good starter fish you got there. Dageti are very easy to spawn and 
raize. The adults will eat anything including BS and are relativly 
hardy. THey breed easy too. Put the pair in a small tank with some 
Java moss or some other fine leaved plant and feed. THe fry will 
hatch out and swim to the surface where they can be fished out like 
guppies. The fry will take brine shrimp from the word go and feed 
well. They will also take crushed flake but this is not ideal.
THey grow fast and tend to out shine the parents which tend to dull 
with age :-(.

Remember to do regular water changes! Bad water quality seem to be 
their only enemy in the aquarium. The moment they start to clamp 
their fins do a good size water change and add some salt to the tank.

Best of luck.

Tyrone

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References:

• Epiplatys dageti
• From: "O'Farrell Andrew" <ofarrela at fonorola_com>

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