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Nobodynotime
10-19-2009, 06:15 PM
Went to the fish store the couple days ago just got around to taking a picture of my new addition!
Golden Wonder Killie
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Cristoff
10-19-2009, 06:18 PM
Great addition! I love mine, but be careful - they can be murderers! I caught mine with half a Glolight Tetra in it's mouth at lights on one morning not too long ago.

He was just looking at me like "...what?" :hmm3grin2orange:
Red
10-19-2009, 06:19 PM
Killies shoudln't be kept in community tanks.
It looks very nice though.
Cristoff
10-19-2009, 06:20 PM
I could have used that information a couple of weeks ago Red... :hmm3grin2orange:
Red
10-19-2009, 06:22 PM
Yeah, thats why research is always the best. I have kept around 25 different species of them, and will always take a PM asking a question about them.
Cristoff
10-19-2009, 06:28 PM
Mine was actually one of my first additions - I don't even think I was a member here yet. I was still believing the information I was getting at the LFS...


My whole philosophy changed shortly after starting my research here.
Nobodynotime
10-19-2009, 06:33 PM
Hes tiny right now and there arent any fish in that tank he can fit in his mouth. He's the smallest fish in the tank so I'm not worried he's in a tank with some larger angels, I heard that it may have trouble with the angels but we shall see. I was really impressed when I put some shrimp pellets in the tank and he ate one whole and hes only about an inch and a half long!
Red
10-19-2009, 07:53 PM
Its not just him eating the other fish, the movement of all the other fish really stress out the killies.
Nobodynotime
10-19-2009, 10:46 PM
Wow didnt read that anywhere. I have a lot of plants up the surface it can hide in if its stressed out. So they are majorly solitary fish in the wild or what?
rich311k
10-19-2009, 11:12 PM
He is a nice looking fish!
Red
10-19-2009, 11:15 PM
Yes mostly, they inhabit slower moving waters like ponds. They like there female, but the female has to be able to hide and run away from the male.
Nobodynotime
10-19-2009, 11:44 PM
ohh well...thought I did my research enough because everything I looked up said it was ok as long as it couldn't fit the other fish in its mouth. Guess I'm screwed.
hybridguy
10-20-2009, 12:05 AM
That is a sharp looking fish, since it seems to b an agressive fish anyone ever tried it in an african cichlid tank?
jaysee
10-20-2009, 05:46 AM
ohh well...thought I did my research enough because everything I looked up said it was ok as long as it couldn't fit the other fish in its mouth. Guess I'm screwed.

You aren't screwed untill it actually eats your other fish. What are the other fish in the tank?

I keep mine with cherry barbs and a crayfish. It never goes after the barbs, but will snatch up full grown guppies and ghost shrimp in a heartbeat - awesome to watch.

Nice fish - a word of caution - even though it hangs out at the surface almost all of the time, they'll hunt down prey anywhere in the tank.
Nobodynotime
10-20-2009, 02:56 PM
You aren't screwed untill it actually eats your other fish. What are the other fish in the tank?

I keep mine with cherry barbs and a crayfish. It never goes after the barbs, but will snatch up full grown guppies and ghost shrimp in a heartbeat - awesome to watch.

Nice fish - a word of caution - even though it hangs out at the surface almost all of the time, they'll hunt down prey anywhere in the tank.

Its in with corys, angelfish, BGK, and a striped raphael..nothing in this tank can be fit into its mouth.
jaysee
10-20-2009, 03:06 PM
Its in with corys, angelfish, BGK, and a striped raphael..nothing in this tank can be fit into its mouth.

No worries then!
William
10-20-2009, 04:57 PM
Killies shoudln't be kept in community tanks.

allthough generally true there are some species including this one that usually do well in well planted community tanks. I have kept and bred them in community tanks. A good part of the eggs and fry suprisingly survive to adulthood in community tanks even if they are kept with fast fish.
Brookfish
10-23-2009, 02:42 PM
Very nice pick up, best of luck with him!
jaysee
10-27-2009, 03:03 PM
Killies shoudln't be kept in community tanks.

Saying killis are not community fish and should only be kept in a species tank is like saying the same of cichlids - while it is true for some, it's certainly not true for others.