killifish and south american cichlids?

dmarcus · 05-10-2006, 04:31 PM

hey everyone ill be setting up a 33 long in a couple months, i already have a 10 gallon with 2 bolivian rams and a checkerboard cichlid that are doing fine. (see signature) I am trying to decide what i want in advance in terms of fish and plants. I love live plants and plan on having a heavily planted tank, i know nothing about killifish and i always see them and think theyre gorgeous. I was doing some research on SA killifish to try and find something that might be compatible with my rams. Does anyone have any suggestions for a south american setup? What can you guys tell me about the peruvian longfin (Aphyolebias peruensis ) they look like beautiful fish and seem like they might work. I was gonna also gonna have two schools of smaller fish in there not sure yet, maybe a pair of livebearers too. thanks in advance guys.

Fishboy93 · 05-10-2006, 06:34 PM

Hmmmm it really depends on the killie because some are annual killies and have a short life span.. I have some Golden Wonder Killifish in my 29 with a pair of kribs and i havent really had any problems....

xerxeswasachump · 05-10-2006, 10:15 PM

Yo homeboy,

According to http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...y.php?id=11884, that fish is hard to keep in captivity. This site mentions a few easy to keep killifish: http://www.elmersaquarium.com/10killiefish.htm. The first and second ones are sweet. They had the first kind at The Pet Shanty.
I was really interested in killies for a long time but eventually got dissuaded by a breeder who told me they should be kept as breeding pairs in 5 gallon tank. He also told me that they'd be hard to take care of. I think i might consider giving it a try with my 55.

dmarcus · 05-11-2006, 12:36 PM

that first site was were i first found info about the longfin in the first place, and i am cautious when it comes to annuals. I plan on having schooling fish too, im a big fan of leapord danios and also flame tetras. Not sure yet but any specific species that can be recommended that are not annuals and get nice color/fin length. I realize that keeping danios with long finned fish can be risky but hopefully a big enough school will keep them busy.

05-10-2006, 04:31 PM	#1
dmarcus Plant crazy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Age: 24 Posts: 75	killifish and south american cichlids? hey everyone ill be setting up a 33 long in a couple months, i already have a 10 gallon with 2 bolivian rams and a checkerboard cichlid that are doing fine. (see signature) I am trying to decide what i want in advance in terms of fish and plants. I love live plants and plan on having a heavily planted tank, i know nothing about killifish and i always see them and think theyre gorgeous. I was doing some research on SA killifish to try and find something that might be compatible with my rams. Does anyone have any suggestions for a south american setup? What can you guys tell me about the peruvian longfin (Aphyolebias peruensis ) they look like beautiful fish and seem like they might work. I was gonna also gonna have two schools of smaller fish in there not sure yet, maybe a pair of livebearers too. thanks in advance guys. __________________ Plant fool 5 gallon Bowl 1 paradise fish 10 gallon 2 australian rainbow fish, 1 veilltailed blue ram 29 gallon heavily planted, 1 clown pleco, 2 bolivian rams, 7 amano shrimp, 1 bamboo shrimp, 3 yoyo loaches, 6 featherfin rainbow fish, 2 dwarf neon flame gouramis

05-10-2006, 06:34 PM	#2
Fishboy93 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ft. Myers, FL Age: 16 Posts: 647	Hmmmm it really depends on the killie because some are annual killies and have a short life span.. I have some Golden Wonder Killifish in my 29 with a pair of kribs and i havent really had any problems.... __________________ 29 Gallon Reef

05-10-2006, 10:15 PM	#3
xerxeswasachump no snakes alive... Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ Age: 24 Posts: 237	Yo homeboy, According to http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...y.php?id=11884, that fish is hard to keep in captivity. This site mentions a few easy to keep killifish: http://www.elmersaquarium.com/10killiefish.htm. The first and second ones are sweet. They had the first kind at The Pet Shanty. I was really interested in killies for a long time but eventually got dissuaded by a breeder who told me they should be kept as breeding pairs in 5 gallon tank. He also told me that they'd be hard to take care of. I think i might consider giving it a try with my 55. __________________ 46 Gallon Planted Tank: 1 bolivian ram, 1 angelfish, 12 glo-lite tetras, 2 colomesus asellus, 8 japonica shrimp

05-11-2006, 12:36 PM	#4
dmarcus Plant crazy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Age: 24 Posts: 75	that first site was were i first found info about the longfin in the first place, and i am cautious when it comes to annuals. I plan on having schooling fish too, im a big fan of leapord danios and also flame tetras. Not sure yet but any specific species that can be recommended that are not annuals and get nice color/fin length. I realize that keeping danios with long finned fish can be risky but hopefully a big enough school will keep them busy. __________________ Plant fool 5 gallon Bowl 1 paradise fish 10 gallon 2 australian rainbow fish, 1 veilltailed blue ram 29 gallon heavily planted, 1 clown pleco, 2 bolivian rams, 7 amano shrimp, 1 bamboo shrimp, 3 yoyo loaches, 6 featherfin rainbow fish, 2 dwarf neon flame gouramis

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