Re: [GSAS-Member] Clown Killifish Available aka Rocket Killi

[matt kaufman <igotadose@hotmail.com>]

As I remember when I was at Kevin's in Burien, he had pairs of Epiplatys 
annulatus for $14.99.. My memory could be faulty here. They're a great fish and 
thrive in quiet, planted tanks. Put them in with bigger tankmates and you won't 
see them nor will any of their offspring survive. Put them in a smaller tank 
with thick plant cover (water sprite works best), no snails and feedings of 
small live food like artemia nauplii, and you'll get more. They're not the 
hardest fish to propagate -> when I've bred them in the past, when I saw 
offspring showing up in the parents tank, I'd move the parents to a similar 
tank and just feed bbs to the offspring's tank, and net them out. Picking eggs 
doesn't work too well - their eggs aren't very adhesive and I don't think they 
like being moved. I've never done it successfully.
 
 
I don't think they'd do well in a community setting at all. Too shy and not 
fond of fast moving water.
 
They've been in the killi hobby for like, forever, and there are a lot of color 
forms. Most folks look for strong red color and blue in the tail. Your best bet 
is to start with the best looking adults you can find and line breed them 
culling the ones that aren't strongly colored. There are a lot of people 
claiming to be breeding Epiplatys annulatus 'monroviae', which is where the 
original importation was from, but consensus is that that fish is long gone 
from the organized hobby.
 
 
 
Matt



> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:55:44 -0700> From: matt@wrongcrowd.com> To: 
> gsas-member@thekrib.com> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Clown Killifish Available 
> aka Rocket Killi> > These?> > 
> http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/clownkillifish.php> > Man, those are 
> neat looking!> > On 8/29/07, Shango Los <Shango@shangolos.com> wrote:> >> >> 
> >> > Yesterday, I was speaking with Mike who works at The Fish Store on> > 
> Roosevelt. He showed me these cool, tiny, killifish called Clown or> > 
> Rocket> > Killi. He is raising them now and sells them for $9 each and also 
> sells> > breeding pairs. If you want some, just call the shop and ask for> > 
> Mike. He> > works Monday through Friday.> >> >> >> > Mention my name to him 
> so I get good friend points.> >> >> >> > Cheers,> >> >> >> > Shango> >> > 
> ________________________________________________________> >> >> >> > Shango 
> Los> >> >> >> > Phone: 206-595-9006> >> > Fax: 206-729-5271> >> > 
> www.ShangoLos.com> >> > www.SunbreakShines.com> >> >> >> > 
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