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09-06-2005, 01:17 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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|  Killie questions, lots of them How many killies can be kept in a small (5 gallon or so) tank? Also, what are some of the easiest killies to keep? Is the gold killie hard to maintain? Do all killies need live food? I know killies are escape artists, what exacilly qualifies as a space they can get out through? One last question, what are some good killie tank-mate? Thanks!  P.S., what does killie mean, by the way?
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09-06-2005, 03:47 AM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Oct 2002
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| I would keep a pair , or maybe 1 m , 2f but expect them to breed. I had a pair of gardneris in a 2 gallon and was always pulling fry out. Easy - gardneri, most of them I think unless you get something really really odd and wildcaught. Gold killie - no idea? - what's that ?- use scientific names, especially for a group of fish as diverse as killi's I never use live food In a 5 gallon, if they're breeding , I wouldn't put anything else in. |
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09-06-2005, 08:19 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland
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| I believe killi refers to the streamt hat are indigeneous to the US. "kill" is found in many names of local streams in NY, PA, and the NorthEast in general. It was a word used by the local "Indians", that stuck long after they left. Schuykill, Bushkill, etc...
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09-06-2005, 08:40 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arizona
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| i forget wat language but killi does mean brook or stream.
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09-08-2005, 04:45 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southern CA
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| I had read they got their name from the dutch word "killy" which means ditch or canal since thats where they are found alot... It wouldn't suprise me though if its something else since those sort of things there is never one answer people will agree is the "proper" origin of their name. Heck...try to look up "proper" tempetures for any fish and get a 10 degree spread on what they do best in.... |
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09-08-2005, 08:33 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arizona
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| it was duch! thanks roundeyez i new it was something like that
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