AQUASAUR

Hi, Pals
I didn’t see much Killies threads here, but I’m sure – here are plenty of their fans!

I received a nice gift from a friend last Sunday,
and it’s inspire me to clean at last all my killies tanks and make a looooong photo series of these my lovely pets….
I will begin with those two Killies specimens of the Nothobranchius family,
whose are a part of that gift - Nothobranchius Rachovii "Kruger National Park"
and Nothobranchius Rachovii Beira '98




Nothobranchius Rachovii - Kruger N. Park







Nothobranchius Rachovii Beira '98





and here are a two detailed fragments to make some comparison:

lildark185

Wow...these killies are gorgeous! I've always thought about keeping killies but never had time to and there were just so many different varieties to keep track of. That and purchasing fish online isn't my kind of thing, I'd rather hand pick them to know what I'm getting. I like the Aphyosemion australe orange, but not too many LFS carry killies at all.

Ajax

I am stunned by both, but Nothobranchius Rachovii Beira '98 is absolutely gorgeous! Is that killie normally available, or is it super rare?

tundrafour

Nice photos of some beautiful fish! I've been interested in keeping killies for years. I'm planning to move to a new apartment in the next few months, and will hopefully be there long enough to finally start keeping a species or two.

Great photos!

cs_gardener

What beautiful fish! I never realized killies were so lovely. Great photos. Thank you for posting these.

Ajax

I did a quick bit of research into these since I've always wanted killies as well. Seems it is fairly easy to get eggs, but it's a little bit of work to hatch them. Also these fish only live about a year On a positive note, they seem to recommend nano tanks to raise them. Seeing how I am about to set one up, I may just have to try some

Stargazer53

Stunning. Great coloration on the Killies.

AQUASAUR

Thanks for the tips, Pals !
That’s one snapping close up from this evening:

lildark185

The face area of killies always reminds me of betas for some reason. Nice photo as usual.

Catherine

Not true, not true. There are TWO main divisions in killis, annuals and regular. The annuals may live a little longer than a year, but they look pretty rough by then. The other types live a few years. Killis are really easy to take care of, but they do prefer live food. There are two kinds of spawners, mop spawners and peat. Peat eggs are the ones that need to dry out for a period of weeks/months. Aphyosemian species hatch easily in water, though it takes three weeks incubation for most eggs to "eye up" and hatch. I keep my killis in 2.5g unheated tanks with an airsponge. You can find killis through your local/state/national killi club. See American Killifish Association - Content !
Catherine