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Got some kind of killifish at LFS yesterday.

Started by Guest_Slasher_* , Feb 16 2007 01:20 PM

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#1 Guest_Slasher_*

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 01:20 PM

So, I'm no expert when it comes to North American fish not native to my area, so I need some help with this fish.

Yesterday I went to the LFS store looking for something to add to my tropical tank, and I passed by the rosey reds, and in there were some killifish. I asked the kid workin there if I could get some, and he said "yeah, I don't see why not". He's like "so the big guppies that got mixed in the tanks?" and I said "No, they're actually...no wait, yeah, the guppies." I didn't want them to jack up prices for me. I haven't got a picture of them yet, possibly this weekend, but their description is pretty easy. They're just plain brown with a black teardrop around their eyes. No other colors that I have seen yet.

Somehow I actually did get one guppy too, but 7 for a dollar, I won't complain.

#2 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 02:53 PM

When I try to explain which fish I want at the pet store, I call them "the weed fish that came in with the feeders".

#3 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 05:17 PM

the black tear drop and plain coloration otherwise sounds like mosquito fish which are often in feeder tanks but are a livebearer not a killifish. Who knows though without a picture to look at.

#4 Guest_Slasher_*

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Posted 17 February 2007 - 12:17 AM

Yeah, you're right. I checked for pictures online of the western mosquito fish, and it's what I have. I have actually never seen a mosquito fish in person, and they were on top and have a sort of flat back, so i just assumed.

That's alrite though, I was actually going to ask someone if they would send me some once the weather broke, so I guess that saves me some shipping.

#5 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 17 February 2007 - 12:27 AM

Be careful what you put them with they are fin biters of other small fish and although a livebearer out of the 3 species I keep a stock of they are the one that always eat their young if I don't remove them from the tank the parrents are in. The other two I have are Heterandria formosa and sailfin mollies (wild florida stock) and I never bother taking the youg out with either of those they just don't seem to eat them much if at all.

#6 Guest_Slasher_*

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Posted 17 February 2007 - 12:43 AM

Right now they're in a tank by themselves and a crayfish. I had always planned on finding them someday, even when I was really big into tropicals. I thought they would go along nicely with tiger barbs and such, being fin nippers and all. I think now I'm just going to keep them in a species tank.