Killifish

[Mfisher]

Looking at getting a couple of Bluefin Killifish for my tank, as they look stunning. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Other fish in my tank:
- whiptail plec
- 8x glowlight danios
- 6x Pygmy Corys
- 4x silver hatchets

http://www.tropco.co.uk/bluefin-notho-k ... -3477.html

[plankton]

Never seen them, they look interesting though.

[Ric]

Link not working as the "Product is no longer available".
Tried googling this and it came up with different species: one okay for community tanks, another required a species tank. Perhaps you can post another pic or link?

[Mfisher]

Ah you’re right, they’ve taken them down. They also listed them as community, whereas it seems they’re better as species only: https://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/help-and-a ... efin-notho

So, next question: are there any Killifish that are suitable for community aquariums, in harder water (15gdh)? Or, any similar fish that are bright and colourful - mostly looking at a pair and I’m not overly keen on Gouramis.

[Staffylover]

Hi, I have the same GDH as you at 15 it's very restricting, I recently purchased a few firemouth panchax they are supposed to be ok up to gdh12 but often fish listed like this on profiles do ok in my water, still it is a risk and too early to say if it's been successful, I like the tiger striping but they are nothing like as colourful as some of the other killifish, also be aware some killifish are annuals,

https://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/help-and-a ... th-panchax

Have you looked at celestial pearl danio? They are nice and should be good in hard water,

https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/c ... garitatus/

[Danmassey]

I like bluefin nothos but for I think if you really want them you need to set up to breed as their life cycle is so short.
I've got a pair of lyretail killis which live for a couple of years longer, and their doing fine in my community tank. My water is around 12-14 GDH. I'm told they can be aggressive in a community tank but I've seen none of it and have similar size fish to your set up. Also he has a bit more of a personality than the other fish I have, comes to greet you when you look at the tank and swims around your hand

[Mfisher]

This is all helpful, thank you! I have a few ideas in my head now, so let’s see what happens