PokeSephiroth
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Let's make this THE Annual Killifish Thread (I s'pose non-annual Killies can be discussed here as well).
So... I haven't had much luck with my Annual Killifish... I keep receiving them as gifts, and they end up dying on me (how dare they!) . . . Dunno what I could be doing wrong... water is soft, and warm (78*F)... yeah, they still keep dying. Ugh. I've been given 3 pairs (2 pairs were Guentheri Killies, and the other was a pair of Rachovii Killies) . . . . ALL DEAD. With the exception of one female Guentheri, which is probably going to die anyway.
Here's a picture of the Rachovii Male and Female...they only lasted about 2 months before they just gave up on me.
I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the Guentheri Killies, but yeah. They gave up on me after about 2 months as well. Pfft. Quitters. =P
I just don't get it... I kept em in my ... what I like to consider, my "healthiest" tank, which is my 20 gallon long heavily planted tank, where they shared the tank with white cloud mountain minnows and some guppies, I figured, they would eat any guppy fry that were in there (yay live food!) . . . but I still fed them from time to time with frozen blood worms, and live blackworms. And it's not like they just died from old age...no. They were only about 3 months old when I received them. So, they still had a good 10 more months or so of living before they would perish. . . I. Just. Don't. Get. It.
The person who gave me all these annual Killies, also gave me some Rachovii Eggs, and they should be ready to hatch in a month or two. I'm just scared of trying to hatch them, only to have them die on me. WHAT AM I DOING WROOOOOOOOOONG?!?!?! Blerg!!!
Anyway:
I saw this little pdf, and it seems to be informative, but still doesn't answer how my killlies keep dying off....alas, I would like to post it here for anyone else that might be interested in keeping these awesome fish.
http://tgenade.freeshell.org/killibook/keepingkillifish.pdf
So... I haven't had much luck with my Annual Killifish... I keep receiving them as gifts, and they end up dying on me (how dare they!) . . . Dunno what I could be doing wrong... water is soft, and warm (78*F)... yeah, they still keep dying. Ugh. I've been given 3 pairs (2 pairs were Guentheri Killies, and the other was a pair of Rachovii Killies) . . . . ALL DEAD. With the exception of one female Guentheri, which is probably going to die anyway.
Here's a picture of the Rachovii Male and Female...they only lasted about 2 months before they just gave up on me.
I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the Guentheri Killies, but yeah. They gave up on me after about 2 months as well. Pfft. Quitters. =P
I just don't get it... I kept em in my ... what I like to consider, my "healthiest" tank, which is my 20 gallon long heavily planted tank, where they shared the tank with white cloud mountain minnows and some guppies, I figured, they would eat any guppy fry that were in there (yay live food!) . . . but I still fed them from time to time with frozen blood worms, and live blackworms. And it's not like they just died from old age...no. They were only about 3 months old when I received them. So, they still had a good 10 more months or so of living before they would perish. . . I. Just. Don't. Get. It.
The person who gave me all these annual Killies, also gave me some Rachovii Eggs, and they should be ready to hatch in a month or two. I'm just scared of trying to hatch them, only to have them die on me. WHAT AM I DOING WROOOOOOOOOONG?!?!?! Blerg!!!
Anyway:
I saw this little pdf, and it seems to be informative, but still doesn't answer how my killlies keep dying off....alas, I would like to post it here for anyone else that might be interested in keeping these awesome fish.
http://tgenade.freeshell.org/killibook/keepingkillifish.pdf