[GSAS-Member] Tanganikyan Lampeye Killifish

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

This is regarding the Tanganikyan Lampeye Killifish, has anyone besides Kate
and Heidi ever try this fish?

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: marvin uza [mailto:syno93@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:47 PM
To: welenofsky@comcast.net
Subject: killi

susan,
i hear that a lot of people have had trouble keeping these fish. i've been 
keeping this species off and on for the past 10 years and i'll tell you what

i've learned keeping them. first, these are very nervous and easily startled

schooling fish that do best in a group of at least a dozen. second, they are

very active fish with a high metabolism and i feel that a high protein diet 
is best so at least 2 feedings a day with frozen and dry foods. third, keep 
them in as big a tank as possible. i have about 40 3-4 inch fish in a 180 
gallon tank. and finally, keep their water clean. they polute the water very

quickly with their heavy appetites. i do 50% weekly water changes with 
straight tap water with no additives and here are my water parameters: 
hardness 120-180 ppm tds, ph 6.8-7.2, temp 78-82.my hardness and ph are very

low from the tap  and work great for my dwarf cichlids. what is puzzling is 
that these killis come from a lake where the water is very hard and the ph 
is in the 8-9 range. hope this information helps your friend.

marvin





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