Killifish Australia

G'day from Perth.

Zoltan — Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:22 pm

Author: Zoltan

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:22 pm

Just downloaded aqualog one and had a look at it, my god if i had to choice one, i would choose the colourful one! :P look forward to downloading the other two now.

central filtration questions

Shaggy — Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:50 pm

Author: Shaggy

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:50 pm

thanks for that guys

now the tricky part how to heat all the aquariums. would heating and cooling the room 24/7 with a split ac be cheaper to run than 20+ heaters?

new species

KillieOrCory — Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:34 pm

Author: KillieOrCory

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:34 pm

Oooo

Guess who is going to the library next week?

gday all

Mr_docfish — Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:43 pm

Author: Mr_docfish

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:43 pm

Damn... I have to try to read these posts thoroughly BEFORE I finish my second double bourbon....

I'd choose -
C: Both of the above.....

Notho hatching experiment

douglas mccoll — Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:22 pm

Author: douglas mccoll

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:22 pm

The study is not great science because there are too many variables I have not controlled but it gives us an idea
I repeated the study with the way more prolific N Guentheri blue at 10 weeks incubation
same study with equal weight of peat, equal volume and depth of water and equal temperature of hatching water and incubation temperature after wetting
On this occasion I used 1)declorinated tap water pH 8.5
2) siblings water (7 adults of N Guentheri blue)pH 7.0
3) water from adults N Rachovii (4 large adults)pH7.8
result at 24 hours was +100 fry (I stopped counting at 100) for all groups I estimate 150 fry in each container.Definitely no effect.The Palmqvisti effect could easily be not representative because of small numbers of eggs present.The differing pH of water was unfortunate.I saw no belly sliders in any of the containers.
Any suggestions as to what on earth Im going to do with 450 Guentheri blue????
And by the way I always keep my Notho water at +8.0 if I can they are much more disease prone if it becomes acid esp. the touchy Red Korthausae

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Shaggy — Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:05 am

Author: Shaggy

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:05 am

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MALE
FEMALE

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Nothobranchius foerschi

Shaggy — Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:03 am

Author: Shaggy

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:03 am

Nothobranchius foerschi

MALE
FEMALE

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http://users.pandora.be/marc.bellemans/Foerschi_E.htm wrote:

Male specimens display a beautiful light to deep-red tail fin, which is being surrounded on its rear end by a tiny yellow or golden to whitish marginal band. The gold-yellow pectoral fins present on their distal part a remarkable light blue to whitish marginal band. Dorsal and anal fins are gold-yellow and present numerous small deep-red spots, which are being distributed in more or less concentric rings along the fin base. The main body colour is light blue, somewhat more iridescent towards the dorsal-side; this ground colour is being interrupted by a remarkable reticulation pattern formed by the red to dark red borders composing the scale margins. The eye displays a bright iridescent light blue coloration.

Female specimens present, just like their male counterparts, a shortened, non-elongated body shape which give them the appearance of very robust fishes, which they are in Nothobranchius terms. The body colour is grey to greyish-brown with a much lighter belly side and faint golden reflections. Towards the rear-end of the body, the scales present fainted dark grey borders. The pared fins are colourless to light brown. The anal fin is in general gray to gray-brown.

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Howdy

KillieOrCory — Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:48 am

Author: KillieOrCory

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:48 am

Welcome Adam, a number of species are around so we'll build your numbers soon.

Cheers,

Serkan

Thanks Shaggy

KillieOrCory — Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:46 am

Author: KillieOrCory

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:46 am

New to Nothos

Barrie — Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:55 am

Author: Barrie

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:55 am

depending on what you have, store at 22 plus (if just raised mine to 24) for the amount of time for that specie. Place peat into a container and wet to a depth of 10 to 15 mm.
Wait for 2 to 24 hours and syphon the fry out useing a basting syringe

photo i took of some flowers and a bee in mid flight

Barrie — Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:37 am

Author: Barrie

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:37 am

It would only be fair wouldnt it

Killifish have been found in Australia...!?

Mr_docfish — Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:36 pm

Author: Mr_docfish

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:36 pm

I can read German (to a limited extent) and find this article very strange... it talks about a friend of a friend that were really bird watchers, but one of them found a fish in one of the Alice Springs artesian vents (same area you would find the desert goby). I don't know where they bought the specimens back to, but they had 2 males, one female and one immature. They only had a few eggs from when they caught them, but they did not spawn again while in captivity.
The name they gave it (I feel that as they were not ichthyologists, they did not have it named correctly using the right channels, hence that fish is not listed) is referring to the ability of changing its colour from blue to red when the pH changes from alkaline to acidic (litmus paper - in German is Lackmus - papier) hence the name A. lackmuskilli
It seems to be just a rant of a story of an old man..... but he refers to one of these guys as a professor BUSH who is a well known native fauna expert. In light of this - I would assume someone of his stature would have provided the relevant authorities with the appropriate info to do a proper taxonomic study. And with the name "BUSH" which is not spelt the normal Germanic way ("BUSCH") and being a friend of a friend that found this professor in the 'bush' or outback, I feel it is just a tale that was told over a campfire....
Either way, he and his friend did not get any contact details of this professor Bush, and the article mentions something about the midday heat affecting their minds....
I will get my dad to go over it with me to translate it a bit better when I have some time.
I'll keep you all posted....

Until then, I think we will have to wait until someone from ANGFA fame finds the right water hole....

I will pass this article onto a friend from ANGFA for a bit of yarn... who knows?

rainwater vers tapwater

Mr_docfish — Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:36 pm

Author: Mr_docfish

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:36 pm

I have always used fresh (cool) rainwater to hatch Nothos (and then remove the hatchlings from the peat container) this gave me the best hatch rate per attempt.... but after 24hours, I would add more water to it slowly bit by bit day by day with treated tapwater and if there are large numbers in a small tank, then I would harden the water with bicarb (1g to 40litres) and keep an eye on the pH.

I only had a problem with velvet when I introduce new stocks... these were kept separate from the rest of the colonies until the velvet was under control.