Terranatos dolichopterus
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May 20, 2011 at 4:12 pm #301420
Senor BastardoParticipantGot some new killies over the last month, I´ll give them each a thread but here´s the first one. Sorry about the quality of the pictures got an old camera.
After 6 months of (slightly anxious) waiting it was time to wet the peat from two trios of Terranatos dolichopterus “Isla Raton” wich i ordered. I had split the peat into four seperate parts and they gave varying results. The peats wich seemed two have more of the tannins left gave a much poorer result.
Here´s ma fry that´s two weeks old with it´s gut full of bbs.
Three weeks later one can just start to sex some of the fish.
The last picture was taken today, they really grow at an extreme pace.
May 20, 2011 at 5:11 pm #343442
oakenParticipantNice
May 20, 2011 at 5:20 pm #343443
Senor BastardoParticipantAbout twenty this time, it´s soon time to rewet the peats so hopefully i can get som more. If all goes well and I get more fry and of both sexes should I put you down for one pair? I promised Janne one pair and there´s also another one in the killi society who wants a pair.
May 20, 2011 at 6:09 pm #343444
MattKeymasterMmm, always fancied these too. What water conditions are they being kept in?
May 20, 2011 at 7:25 pm #343451
Senor BastardoParticipantThey are supposed to be kept in slightly acidic soft water, but I keep them in about pH 6 with quite a lot of salt 1 tbsp of salt per 10 litres to prevent any oodinium. This since I have too feed them so much.
My personal experience is that keeping the water a bit more acidic keeps annuals healthier, sure others have a different opinion.
Sorry Matt not gonna send any to Barcelona.
May 21, 2011 at 12:04 am #343453
oakenParticipantQUOTE (Senor Bastardo @ May 20 2011, 07:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>About twenty this time, it´s soon time to rewet the peats so hopefully i can get som more. If all goes well and I get more fry and of both sexes should I put you down for one pair? I promised Janne one pair and there´s also another one in the killi society who wants a pair.Sure
May 21, 2011 at 10:01 am #343458
hachgeParticipantThere is no more Plesiolebias in the hobby one has to go catch them.Spectrolebias is available in france.Real nice fish but one of the most difficult to keep.
May 21, 2011 at 11:10 am #343459
oakenParticipantYeah, that’s what I’ve been presuming. I got some eggs from Plesiolebias glaucopteros from Francisco Falcon in Brazil a couple of years ago but they never hatched. And I’ve also bought S. semiocellatus eggs from Didier Pillet but I only managed to hatch a few fry.
May 21, 2011 at 12:17 pm #343462
MattKeymasterQUOTE (Senor Bastardo @ May 20 2011, 08:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sorry Matt not gonna send any to Barcelona.Haha no worries, don’t think they’d do too well in the water here anyway.
May 22, 2011 at 9:48 am #343490
oakenParticipantQUOTE (Matt @ May 21 2011, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Haha no worries, don’t think they’d do too well in the water here anyway.May 22, 2011 at 10:22 am #343491
MattKeymasterLiquid concrete, though the loaches seem surprisingly fine in it.
May 22, 2011 at 8:26 pm #343504
Senor BastardoParticipantGenerally I don´t think you have to consider the water so much, even if you ideally should, as long as you give them a stable enviroment. There are however cases when you really shouldn´t try to keep the fish.
My experience are that killies are quite hardy fish, except from the odd outbreak of oodinium they are generally free of health issues. Oodinium is often present when breeding annuals since they have to be fed so much and it´s hard to keep up the quality of the water.
May 23, 2011 at 7:09 am #343507
MattKeymasterHmm, I wonder how they’d do outdoors here in summer…might try with one of the more readily-available species next year. Hopefully collecting some new stuff this coming weekend which will use up all available space for now.
P.S. you might want to consider resizing your pics before posting in the future Krister as you’ll use up your available upload space pretty quickly with them at that size.
May 23, 2011 at 4:30 pm #343526
Senor BastardoParticipantQUOTE (Matt @ May 23 2011, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>P.S. you might want to consider resizing your pics before posting in the future Krister as you’ll use up your available upload space pretty quickly with them at that size.May 23, 2011 at 6:06 pm #343532
MattKeymasterThat’s basically what the Aphanius do yeah.
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