New Member Intro

[Park Bear]

Hi my name is Lowell. I have been a fish hobbyist since I was 12 years old, some 28 years ago. I started breeding fish when I was in high school. The first fishes I breed were killifish, because I met someone at a pet store and he invited me to a Killifish Club meeting in Cincinnati. Well, ever since then I have always been a killie breeder and I will do other fish like apistos, rainbows or livebearers as a side interest. At one time about 3 years ago I had 50 species of killies, 28 rainbows, 10 apistos and 6 livebearers. That was way too many fish, so now I have about 10 species of killies and about 3 livebearers, but here shortly I will be getting some apistos when the weather gets warmer.

I have always enjoyed apistos and other dwarf cichlids. I am glad that I found this place and I hope to learn more about this great hobby.

I am a member of the AKA (American Killifish Association), where I volunteer as the Audio/Video Chairman. I basically sell videotapes of workshops performed at our National convention or at club meeting. Some of the videos do crossover to be useful with other fishes besides killifish.

 

[aspen]

hi lowell. welcome to the forum.

park bear!! where did you get that nick from. it is funny!

rick

 

[Park Bear]

I was given that name at work about 12 years ago, because I am always on the lookout for pic-a-nic baskets and the Rangers (management) are always trying to keep me in line :lol:

 

[Moreta]

Pleased to meet you Lowell! I'm Tracy, and new here too-getting into Apistos after having been in marine/reefing for the past decade or so. This board is really great, and the people know their stuff! I learned more by reading the archives here about Apisto care than in surfing the other freshwater boards I've found.

I'm also starting to look towards keeping Killis as well as the dwarfs (I've got all this lovely RO water and need to use it, right?) and have visted the AKA site as well as others looking for info. I've subscribed to the killi talk mailing list, but as I'm new to the species a lot of the discussion is "over my head", LOL.

Do you know of a message board like this for killis?

Tracy

 

[farm41]

Tracy,

Here is a mailing list:

http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/

 

[Park Bear]

Tracy, you are already on the only killie list that I know off. Killietalk has been around for a long time. The best thing to do for killies is go to meetings, local shows and then to the National Convention. This year the convention is in New Jersey.

 

[Moreta]

Thanks for the information. I'll do some checking into local clubs/shows.

Thanks again,

Tracy

 

[coenga]

dwarfs and killies mix

I have always been a killie breeder and I will do other fish like apistos, rainbows or livebearers as a side interest.

Hi,

Loving little fishes, i'm also interested in killies. I have not your long experience, but i'm interested if you could tell if you had mixed dwarfs and killies in the same setups.

I have a communautary fully planted tank 40 gal with Pv taeniatus and AUS (A australe) that both breed in the tank. I've also L curviceps and T occelicauda in the same tank that don't breed.
As I'm not a real breeder I don't care if tank selection lower the number of fry. this is much "natural breeding".
May be you have experience in other succesfull mixes with these kind of fish to share.

Tia

Colin

 

[Park Bear]

I've had a spare male thrown into a tank and I've had Epiplatys sexfasciatus, but I'm sure that Fundulopanchax gardneri and some of the easier fish would do fine. Here is alink to the AKA Beginner's Guide:

http://www.aka.org/AKA/beginner/begin.htm