Hello,

I thought I would introduce you to my latest fish, a pair of a.bivittatum killifish who are in a set up of their own and spawning all over the place. I wondered if anyone else had kept this species and had any interesting info or advice other than the general killi stuff.

This is the best photo I could get I'm afraid, being an unlit tank and such quick little fish and doing what I could with an iphone camera but I like that it shows the colours he displays when he's showing off to the female and also the picture shows off the unusually strong markings for a female killifish. When 'at rest' the male looks almost entirely brown but for the orange tip on his tail, the blues only come out when he displays or eats something tasty.

I'm getting so much joy out of these little fish, they love live food, the female eats a lot more than the male but the male dances and flares his fins after eating. The only problem I am having with them is that the female seems a bit harrassed by the male's constant attentions, only really coming out from under the filter or amongst the moss when there's food to be had. I've advertised on aquarist classifieds to see if anyone has any spare females of this species but to no avail thus far.

Does anyone here know anyone who keeps this species and might be able to spare an adult female, particularly in the Leeds area? Or do you think if I put a different species of killi (not other aphyosemions in case of creating hybrids!) or a couple of pygmy corys in it might distract him a bit from her?

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Aw, someone tell me how pretty they are?! Thought everyone would enjoy a photo! Bump bump.

Hi

Well they ARE very pretty - not a species I've seen before, lovely fish

I did think so when I first read your post but had a very busy day yesterday so when I couldn't help with the question I'm afraid I didn't reply at all

We do like to see pics (well I do anyway) - apologies

Thank you Fishlady! That's what I was looking for ;)

On another note, it's nice to see that some of the most active members of the site are women when I don't think I've ever seen a woman working in a LFS, just a lot of grumpy men! Good to know there are others in the hobby, is all :)