ok, so i bought 4 wonder killies from pets mart two days ago, and i need to know some things.


1. what is the best way to breed them?

2. what is the best thing to feed them once they are starting to breed.

3. what sould the temp be, and, how do i bring it down, cuz, it is a little warm at the moment.

4. i have heard you should take the eggs out of the aquarium and let them dry out as they would in their natural habbitat, is that true??

5. what is the best thing to put in the aquarium to help keep the fry (the book i was reading also said that they will not eat their young as long as they are well fed, it this true?

6. is there even such a thing as a wonder killie??? my pets mart has been known to mark things wrongly.


Thanks in advanced.

Tyler

I have 11 different types of killies but not the golden wonders. But most killies prefer cooler temps but will do great in tropical settings of the community tanks. Killies are different in the way that they lay eggs. some are plant spawners and some are peat spawners. I would suggest google the wonder killie or go to
http://www.calypso.org.uk/Aquarticles/arti..._Beginners.html and do some reading on them.

The best way to get them conditioned and ready for breeding is to feed them live foods, but you can give them frozen brine shrimp, daphena and such. For the fry its best to start out with green water for the first foods and microworms as they are very tiny. the fry looks like they are just eyes floating in the water when they are first born. Parents won't eat the fry if well fed, but when you start having more hatches the older fry will eat the younger ones so its best to take them out as they get older.

Hope this helps

yes, yes it did, thank you. but, i have one more question, what ig "green water" i have never heard of it.

oh, and to sex them, is it just the color, or is it the size and fin structure?

Check out AKA.org That is the American Killie Fish Association...they should be able to help you.

"green water" usually refers to water that has a good culture of things like daphnia and rotifers for the fry to feed on. It's usually accomplished by underfiltering and over lighting soft water...

You can also make green water by putting water into a gal jar with some lettuce leaves and put it in the window or somewhere it can get lots of light.

Sexing killies can depend on the type, I don't know much about the golden wonders but with all the ones that I have the males have more color and patterns on the fins.

Here are a couple of pics of my makurdi, you can definately tell the difference between male and female

well, looks like i have done correctly this time, i got one male, and 3 female.

I asked the person assisting me, to get one realy colorfull one, and 3 dullish colores, she said "why??" lol.

but, i think i actually have some eggs, in a bit of java moss i have, and what looks like a little on the bottom of the sand/gravel mixture i have in the aquarium.

they are al alive, and healthy, and it's been 6 days, so, i am guessing it should be good, or, at least lets hope all goes well.

i'll give an update, next week, and see if the eggs hatched, would it be OK if i fed them brine shrimp? (the fry)

thanks,

Tyler

On newly hatched killies the fry is too small to eat brine shrimp for a couple of weeks. Daphena will work after about 5 days. The first couple of days don't feed anything as they have to absorb the eggs sacs still attached to them.

ahh, ok, will they get through a net breeder, or should I just keep then in with the parents?

You can either leave with parents or put the eggs into a small plastic container with a sponge filter or small airstone. I raise my fry in rubbermaid shoe boxes and those small plastic critter keepers.