Is Golden Panchax a kind of Killifish?
Timebomb, i finally made them spawn using these few guide lines
Change things in the tank
Move mops, add a mop or two, change the location of substrate containers or filters, add or subtract plants, etc.
Change the water
Part or all of it. Some species will respond well to small, daily water changes. Others will begin spawning in earnest only when the water changes are suspended for a few weeks.
Add some boiled fibrous peat (New Zealand sphagnum).
Substantially lower the water level. Be certain that there is at least an inch of water above the top of the spawning container, and leave the water level low for about 24 hours. Breeding often will increase. Be certain to add additional hiding places for the females. If the females have mature eggs, they will find the males.
Move the breeders
A new environment can start or stop breeding. Plan to breed the fish immediately upon moving them; moving older breeders can be risky, especially for annual fish, triggering rapid aging and death.
Use controlled spawning.
Separate the breeders and unite them only for brief spawning periods. Be sure to provide hiding places for the females, and to monitor the spawning closely, since males are often very aggressive.
Change the air or water flow.
Add a mirror to the side of the tank. Fish often respond strongly to the presence of "other fish" and egg production will increase. Be alert to increased male aggression and add extra cover for the females.
Try group spawning. Results are not always as good with groups as with pairs, but this is still worth a try. In group settings it is usually the females that initiate spawning.
Change the feeding regimen
Increase it, decrease it, change the times or the quantities. Fish that are heavily fed with quality foods often are less aggressive. Remember that heavier feeding means more water changes. Make sure that all females get enough food. Males and dominant females may monopolize the food source.
Change the temperature
Check the spawning mops at various times. Check mops three times a day to determine when the fish are actually breeding. Different species (and even different pairs of the same species) can surprise you. Collecting eggs at different times can also break the cycle of spawning followed by egg eating.
Try a mixture of peats
Even some of the peat spawners have been known to search for and eat their own eggs. Try a deeper substrate, a mix of fibrous and non-fibrous peat, bottom mops atop the peat, or an alternate substrate material entirely - fine glass beads, greensand, or bottom mops alone.
Lyon © I would rather walk a thousand leagues then to see your ugly face
Wow!!!!
Looks like you've been doing a lot of experimenting and research. Good for you, Skydevil. It's great to know the fish I sold you are laying eggs. That's the idea, my friend. Keep collecting eggs and very soon you will have hundreds of Killies from the trio I sold you.
Loh K L
I forgot to answer your question. Yes,
the Golden Panchax is a Killifish too.
I'm not too sure but they are classified
as Aplocheilus, I think, and they come mostly
from India and Sri Lanka.
As Killifish goes, the Panchax is one of the
less pretty ones. I wouldn't want to own a Panchax when there are so many more which are so much more beautiful.
Loh K L
yeah.. my all time fav is still the orange lyretail[]
Let us work together to preserve the world for our children to inherit by being responsible to our surroundings. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, bubbles and memories.
But is Panchax an annual or what? Then how to see whether it's a male or female?
Lyon © I would rather walk a thousand leagues then to see your ugly face
woah... skydevil only 14 and he more pro than me!!
supersia.... hey skydevil you got icq? mines 35009534
This fishkeeping stuff looks more interesting than school doesn't it...?
BC
But is Panchax an annual or what? Then how to see whether it's a male or female?
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Sorry, Skydevil, I really don't know the answers to your questions. Like I said before, I'm a beginner too as far as Killifish are concerned.
I have Killies at home which I'm not sure are annuals or non-annuals too. However, just by educated guessing, I think the panchax is a non-annual for the simple reason I don't believe fish shops here will sell annuals. That's one reason and the other is from the fact that I know the fish is a top spawner. In other words, it lays its eggs on floating mops or plants. Annuals invariably lay their eggs under peat.
As for how to sex them, Killifish females generally are less colourful than the males. That's all I know.
Loh K L
yeah.. my all time fav is still the orange lyretail[
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Alamak, don't always orange lyretail lah.
Hey, I have the Aphyosmenion australes now and I have all 3 strains - orange, gold and chocolate. The eggs arrived about 2 weeks ago all the way from Canada and for the first time ever, they all hatched.
Whooopppeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
You don't know how happy I am to finally see australe fry. But if you are looking to buy them, you will have to wait 6 months at least. That's about how long it will take for the fish to mature and start breeding.
Loh K L
I see the fry like dam cute like that[
So the Golden Panchax is something like a semi-annual or plant spawners lah! I was thinking of trying them cuz I saw them for sale.
Sorry Cardinal! I have no ICQ but have msn and yahoo
MSN: [email protected]
Yahoo: [email protected]
Lyon © I would rather walk a thousand leagues then to see your ugly face
Alamak, don't always orange lyretail lah.
can't help it.. the latin names are so difficult to pronounce and type.. hehehe..
Hey, I have the Aphyosmenion australes now and I have all 3 strains - orange, gold and chocolate. The eggs arrived about 2 weeks ago all the way from Canada and for the first time ever, they all hatched.
Whooopppeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
You don't know how happy I am to finally see australe fry. But if you are looking to buy them, you will have to wait 6 months at least. That's about how long it will take for the fish to mature and start breeding.
congrats.. count me in for the first batch of eggs.. that is if u are selling...[
Let us work together to preserve the world for our children to inherit by being responsible to our surroundings. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, bubbles and memories.
i was wondering...how do ur killifishes look like?i very noob one...
thats ok man.
you sound so experienced..... one day we really should meet [
Should be a non-annual, for more info, please go to 'http://www.networksplus.net/maxmush/pachypanchax_playfairii.html'
By the way, i have found info on it liao. Thanks for that hyperlink.
Hey, Cardinal, if you want to meet, can go farmart on tues. I'll be there prawn fishing.
KGOH, if you want to see Killifish, go to the Gallery. Got feature Timebomb's killifish
Lyon © I would rather walk a thousand leagues then to see your ugly face
where is farmart?
i went to tekong recently and i am quite gd with my bmt oc
, during field camp we went long kang fish catching
and i noticed that there were like different species of
killi availeble in their water ways.i happen to catch a few
golden panchax as well
i can give you the exact spot to catch if you have anyone
that can go thereit's not a joke serious
wow....they are beautiful...are they easy to care for?
But do we sneak into Pulau Tekong? All the army stuff there......
Cardinal, go to www.farmart.com.sg and you can find your way there. Got free shuttle bus.
Kgoh, they are quite easy to keep. I also have the eggs for sale. If you want, you can get the eggs from either Timebomb or me.
Lyon © I would rather walk a thousand leagues then to see your ugly face
they need air pump and filter too rite?how much u selling?
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