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This variety has to be the fish for the beginning killie keeper to start. They are not picky in what they eat, accept a wide range of water conditions, and readily spawn. The fry can usually eat newly hatched brine shrimp, even though I always start with micro worms along with the baby brine shrimp so everyone can find something they can eat.

This is a male, looking good. I keep these fish in pairs or trios (1 male, 2 females) in 2 gallon tanks. The tank has a sponge filter, java moss, and a spawning mop. 

Picture is of Fundulopanchax gardneri Misage

I pull the mop out every week or so and either pick the eggs, or if there are a lot of eggs, I let the mop drip until it is only damp. Then I put the mop in a plastic bag with a baggy tie into a box for a week to 10 days.  I will check the mop then to see if the eggs are eyed up and ready to hatch. If so, I will then pick the eggs into a small container with water. Usually by the time I have the eggs picked the first ones are already starting to hatch.  I prefer this method because it gives me a larger hatch all at the same time. It is much easier to feed and cleanup after a tank with 20-30 fry all the same size than having them hatch out 2-3 a day for a week. Then you have a lot of small containers with 2-3 fish to take care of.

A tank full of albino fry, just about ready to split the males into one tank and the females into another.

I do some heavy culling at the same time that I do the split out of males and females, paying particular attention to keeping only the straight backs.


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David Ramsey

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