Aphyosemion Striatum red striped killifish

[Lennie]

On 1/26/2023 at 11:50 PM, Fish Folk said:

I’m working on a few killis — N. guentheri, N. rachovii, F. scheeli, F. sjostedti (Loé)…

They are looking really pretty. Especially the Bluefin! (I found the orangey one again lol!)

The only sad part is their lifespan 🙁Wish it was longer. But nature has its own way of working things out :')

[Patrick_G]

@Slick_Nick, those look spectacular. I’ll have to add them to my list. 

I’ve been really getting into Killis lately thanks to

”first one’s free” @Fish Folk 😁. 

Edited January 27, 2023 by Patrick_G

[Slick_Nick]

On 1/26/2023 at 6:11 PM, Patrick_G said:

@Slick_Nick, those look spectacular. I’ll have to add them to my list. 

I’ve been really getting into Killis lately thanks to

”first one’s free” @Fish Folk 😁. 

Thanks Patrick! looks like we have a nice little group of people into killifish right now which is great! Should make for some good fish talk! I could definitely see how @Fish Folk got you into killis he’s got some great looking fish and tons of skill and info!

[Slick_Nick]

I got another quick pic this morning of a male and female before work! Can’t wait to be off for the weekend so I can look at them more 

I happened to look in the small tank I set up for fry of these guys I set the tank up a few weeks ago and threw some moss from another tank in. Well I have 3 fry swimming around in there right now. My guess is boesmani rainbows lol from my big tank. You might be able to make out a sliver or two from this pic

[egranadosjr]

On 1/26/2023 at 4:08 PM, Slick_Nick said:

Thank you! I most definitely will!! You have some beautiful killis yourself! Looks like a couple annuals even. They have such a neat body shape!! Thanks for sharing some photos

Nice go Killi Krew! I just put spawning mops in my tank thanks to @Fish Folk. I have a big gardneri with a female and a pair of Notho Guntheri from PVAS auction and @Fish Folk. Jealous of the Wet Spot Killis. I saw them and really wanted them but not enough tank space! 

[Schuyler]

On 1/27/2023 at 6:38 AM, Slick_Nick said:

I got another quick pic this morning of a male and female before work! Can’t wait to be off for the weekend so I can look at them more 

The female doesn't look as drab as other killi females

On 1/27/2023 at 7:51 AM, egranadosjr said:

Jealous of the Wet Spot Killis. I saw them and really wanted them but not enough tank space!

I can totally relate to that!

[Slick_Nick]

On 1/27/2023 at 8:51 AM, egranadosjr said:

Nice go Killi Krew! I just put spawning mops in my tank thanks to @Fish Folk. I have a big gardneri with a female and a pair of Notho Guntheri from PVAS auction and @Fish Folk. Jealous of the Wet Spot Killis. I saw them and really wanted them but not enough tank space! 

Love it! I’m noticing a theme with spawning mops over moss. Does it seem to be more effective or just preference? I understand the tank space haha the good thing is there will always be plenty of other killis for us to try when we do have space. Fun for years to come

On 1/27/2023 at 9:23 AM, Schuyler said:

The female doesn't look as drab as other killi females

I can totally relate to that!

Yeah I haven’t seen any other killi females in person before but they actually have some red spotting on their sides and in the fins as well. I’ll try to get a really good pic this weekend! 

[Slick_Nick]

Here are a couple pics of the females. One is a bit bigger than the other so I got a closer up photo of the bigger one. They have the faint red stripes in their body and yellow through the anal fin with red in the tail and dorsal fins. They are actually nice to look at especially in person! The tank is starting to going through a diatom stage now that there’s some fish in it

[Lennie]

Their unique color scheme is as beautiful as the male's one!

[Slick_Nick]

On 1/28/2023 at 11:35 AM, Lennie said:

Their unique color scheme is as beautiful as the male's one!

I agree!

[Slick_Nick]

Here is a pic of the other male as well. I noticed this males red stripes go a little crazy halfway through his body lol right at his fins. Where as the other males stripes are perfectly uniform all the way down his body. This also seems to be the larger of the two males by a little bit. He let me get up pretty close for a pic 

[Lennie]

I thought killis love to spend time on the upper side of the tank. They seem to be in mid/bottom in every picture. Learning something new everyday

[Slick_Nick]

On 1/28/2023 at 1:59 PM, Lennie said:

I thought killis love to spend time on the upper side of the tank. They seem to be in mid/bottom in every picture. Learning something new everyday

Yeah they go up to the top every once in a while. They hang out lower a lot of the time. I can get better looking photos of them when they are lower that’s why the photos are when they are down low the lighting hits them better for the pictures!

[Xr4tiCrew]

You may have convinced me to try these fish in my 20g long. Curious what your tank parameters are?

[Schuyler]

On 1/30/2023 at 6:44 AM, Xr4tiCrew said:

You may have convinced me to try these fish in my 20g long. Curious what your tank parameters are?

Interesting thing about this species: the sex ratio is dependent on the temperature. Higher than 74°F and you get more males, lower than that any it skews towards female.

https://www.killi.co.uk/speciesProfile/Aphyosemion/striatum/#breeding

[Slick_Nick]

On 1/30/2023 at 7:44 AM, Xr4tiCrew said:

You may have convinced me to try these fish in my 20g long. Curious what your tank parameters are?

I will have to test all my parameters and see what they are on that tank it’s different than my others because I’ve been trying to soften the water more I have very hard water in Arizona

On 1/30/2023 at 8:09 AM, Schuyler said:

Interesting thing about this species: the sex ratio is dependent on the temperature. Higher than 74°F and you get more males, lower than that any it skews towards female.

https://www.killi.co.uk/speciesProfile/Aphyosemion/striatum/#breeding

Thanks for the info Schuyler I’ll have to keep that in mind the water I have them in is about 72. In the summer without heater it’s about 74 to 75 

[Slick_Nick]

@Xr4tiCrew so I attempted to do the liquid test kit and my ph showed 6.6 Gh unsure I gave up after 12 drops I know my water is hard. Kh 1. So I decided to do the test strips also and took a pic of the results. I also did my tds meter and it read 348ppm where in all my other tanks it reads 646ppm. Hope this helps a little I’m not the greatest with water parameters

[Xr4tiCrew]

@Slick_Nick thanks for posting this. Not sure I'll be able to make my tank work for these fish as my PH is close to 8.0. Utah has very hard water. 

[Slick_Nick]

On 1/31/2023 at 8:05 AM, Xr4tiCrew said:

@Slick_Nick thanks for posting this. Not sure I'll be able to make my tank work for these fish as my PH is close to 8.0. Utah has very hard water. 

I use aqua soil which buffers the ph and keeps it lower. I’ll test my ph of my tap water tonight I’m sure it’s probably high too. After about a year or so I’ve noticed the aqua soil can’t keep the ph at that 6.6 and it’ll go up to around 7.4 which still isn’t bad. 

[Schuyler]

On 1/31/2023 at 7:05 AM, Xr4tiCrew said:

@Slick_Nick thanks for posting this. Not sure I'll be able to make my tank work for these fish as my PH is close to 8.0. Utah has very hard water. 

I think some of the nothobranchius species are more flexible about their pH range but they're also annual species. I've also read that pH impacts sex ratios but I don't have enough experience to see that for myself.

[Slick_Nick]

I noticed a couple lighter patches on the larger female tried to get pictures but it’s difficult there’s one on top of her head and another right before her dorsal fin. She’s still acting normal and eating normal the two males and other female look fine. Any ideas? 

[Schuyler]

I've read they are prone to velvet, at least as fry. @Colu do you think this is early stages of velvet or is it something else like fungus or bacterial infection?

[Lennie]

On 1/31/2023 at 7:14 PM, Slick_Nick said:

I use aqua soil which buffers the ph and keeps it lower. I’ll test my ph of my tap water tonight I’m sure it’s probably high too. After about a year or so I’ve noticed the aqua soil can’t keep the ph at that 6.6 and it’ll go up to around 7.4 which still isn’t bad. 

Is your kh low normally too or it got this low with aquasoil? Cause in my case it only tickles my ph and kh. Still sitting on 8.0ph 20kh even with alder cones and catappa leaf added. :')

Hope your fishies are okay btw.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Lennie

[Colu]

On 2/4/2023 at 4:26 PM, Schuyler said:

I've read they are prone to velvet, at least as fry. @Colu do you think this is early stages of velvet or is it something else like fungus or bacterial infection?

Doesn't look like velvet it could be an injury or the start of a bacterial infection what I would do is a course of maracyn2 in food feeding a small amount twice a day for 7 days @Slick_Nick

[Slick_Nick]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:28 AM, Colu said:

Doesn't look like velvet it could be an injury or the start of a bacterial infection what I would do is a course of maracyn2 in food feeding a small amount twice a day for 7 days @Slick_Nick

Thank you @Colu I will give this a try! Glad you gave me a way to mix it in food! I’ve never been successful using medications

On 2/4/2023 at 9:57 AM, Lennie said:

Is your kh low normally too or it got this low with aquasoil? Cause in my case it only tickles my ph and kh. Still sitting on 8.0ph 20kh even with alder cones and catappa leaf added. :')

Hope your fishies are okay btw.

I will check it out and get back to you either today or tomorrow!