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Aphyosemion Bivittatum Funge
Aphyosemion Bivittatum Funge Male - Aphyosemion Bivittatum Funge © Justin Stofko Male - Aphyosemion Bivittatum Funge © Justin Stofko Under different lighting. A pair of Aphyosemion Bivittatum Funge By Justin ...
Choosing Your Breeders
When starting with a new species of killifish, it is always a good idea to start with more than one pair. Initially you will want to breed your fish by mixing and matching those you have purchased until you have a nice sized group of fry coming along ...
Force Hatching...When are Eggs Ready to Hatch?
Some Killi eggs don’t always hatch on time. When your expected hatch date comes and goes, check the “eyes” of the embryo in the egg. Even without a microscope you should be able to see the embryo in the egg. If a gold ring is visib ...
Keeping Fry Warm and Cozy in Winter
This time of year, our fishroom gets too chilly for some of the fry that need warmer water. My solution is the use of a heating pad under some of my fry containers. I purchased a regular heating pad, the kind used for sore muscles, at a discount sto ...
Norm's "Hands-off" Hatching Method
After struggling over the years with hatching eggs collected from certain Killie species, I have come to realize that there are certain fish eggs which just can’t be handled. This is undoubtedly one of the reasons a fish gets the label “ ...
Rivulus, The Ugly Ducking
My first stint at keeping South American killifish was in the mid-seventies. At that time, the killies classified as Rivulus were affectionately known as brown worms by most hobbyists. When I returned to the hobby some twenty years later, the ugly ...
Unlikely Tank Mates
Without realizing it, I had 20 very small Biv. Funge fry growing up in a tank with some 5" Fp. Fallax Malende. This was a Fallax Malende breeding set-up. I had placed a pair of Biv. Funge in with them to grow out as show fish.The other day, whil ...