Killifish???

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abesapian

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Just got a golden wonder from the LFS, the guy didn't know much about them but said it was a community fish. So I'm looking for general info, size, color, eating habits...etc. I would like to get other types of killifish but need to know what they're like and if they will work in my tank (55gal community with tetra's 5 neons and 5 silver tips, 2 petricola cats, 2 ram cichlids, the golden wonder and a rainbow shark that I may trade in if he becomes to aggresive).

Thanks for any info
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Hi There :) I myself have a Golden Wonder Killi

To answer some of your questions. These guys will get to about 4" when full size and they do grow rather quickly. I've had mine for almost 4 months and he's full size.
Food wise, mine eats just about anything, from frozen brineshrimp and bloodworms, shrimp pellets and flakes. Doesn't seem to be picky about food.
The males will be a bright yellow with red edging on their fins and the females are more of a dull yellow/tan colour.
They are like egg-laying guppies, meaning they breed as often as guppies do, but just lay eggs. :p
As far as keeping other types of killis with these guys, I'm not too sure on that. I've heard that you need to stick to one type/species per tank as they all have different tank requirements and may be territorial towards each other. I don't have experience with that though, so hopefully someone who knows more or has had experience with keeping different types together could help you on that one.
Your tank size is fine for these guys. They almost always stay at the surface of the water and occasionally will swim to the lower parts of the tank especially if there is food there.
They are peaceful with other fish, so you shouldn't have a problem at all.
I have mine with angels, neons, clown loaches, gourami, rummy-noses, harlequin rasboras,and pleco and I've never had a problem. He just minds his own business.
They are great fish and I love them. Good luck and if you have any other questions, let us know! :dance
 
Thank-you very much for the info. I think this guy will work out just fine. I would like to get another type of killi so I will look more into that. The nice thing about these forums is people with experiance answer the questions. You never know if the guys at the LFS really know what they are talking about. I can ask the same question at differents pet stores and get different answers.

Thanks agian
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Killifish are very adaptable to conditions, too. They can live in dirty water, but I'm not recommending that!
 
I'd been told that killifish were very picky eaters, and I was told that killifish didn't like being in a tank with bigger fish (that they would hide out all the time) and found both to be untrue in my experience.

I have a pair of golden lyretail panchax killifish, and they swim all over the place, and hang out quite a bit with the swordtails and the loaches in the tank, both of which are many times larger. They also happily eat just about everything I have fed them.


Unfortunately they have a habit of swimming into the filter overflow and getting stuck in the filter assembly- I've plugged it up with filter fiber to keep them from squeezing through, but I'm not adding any more small fish to this particular tank, otherwise I would be thinking about adding more myself.
 
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