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10-27-2006, 05:47 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arizona
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|  Gardneri killifish pair. A few weeks ago I went to the lfs and spotted a fish I had been looking for for a long long time. They had a beautiful pair of gardneri killifish. I have a few quick questions. 1. I've read that killifish are mainly top swimming fish, but these guys are swimming all over the tank, the only time I see them near the top is when the water level is lowered during water changes. Would it be ok to lower the water level full time? 2. In the wild I've read that killifish eat insects that fall onto the surface of the water. At petco they sell wingless fruit flies, would these be ok as a treat once in a while? 3. I have also read that these fish love floating plants, I have tons of java moss, is there any way I can get this to float on the water?
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10-27-2006, 11:41 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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| My killies spend a good portion of their time near the surface of my tank but the rest of the time they are all over. They do love floating plants but if you don't have any they will find a leaf lower in the tank to sit under. As far as insects, they will love fruit flies. When I find an ant around my house I often pick them up and drop them into the tank to get gobbled up by the first lucky killie to see it (making sure that it hasn't been exposed to any insecticides, etc obviously).
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10-27-2006, 11:46 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida
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| I tied some Java Moss to fishing line then added a bobber to the line to get it to float. It looks funny but it dose its job. MAHA
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10-28-2006, 08:09 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arizona
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| well, the water is lowered to a little under half the tank volume, and they are loving it.
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10-29-2006, 06:23 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arizona
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| Fundulopanchax Gardneri lafia is the color strain i got, i fed them some ants from the back yard and they were loving it
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11-13-2006, 04:44 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kansas city, ks
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| when you get the ants...how do you know if they have been poisoned or not. we have them in my house a lot, but my mom lays out pestisides and killer ant gel.
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