Tom

with the killifish eggs. I am pretty sure the reason they didn't do to well originally is because I wasn't able to feed them almost everyday. I am bidding on some more right now, this time I will let you know which ones I get after I win them. I will also keep you guys all posted.
Tom

capekate

Good luck with your bid Tom!
~ kate

Tom

So I won the eggs. I will get them in a few weeks.
Tom

jack11

Congrats! good luck wth them.

capekate

Congratulations on your bid Tom!
good luck with those eggs.. I hope they produce for you!
~ kate

bhcaaron

So what's up with your eggs?

Tom

I won them. They are from Thailand so it will take a few weeks for them to get here. I will tell you all when they get here.

If I didn't mention it before, the killifish are No. Rachovii.
Tom

Howeyg

wow they nice looking fish

Tom

The eggs came in yesterday and I have a total of 5-10 fry already.
Tom

Tom

Another update, there are about 14-15 hatched fish so far. I expect more to hatch tomorrow or tonight since there are still eggs with eyes being visible(that's a sign they are going to hatch soon). They are still only about 1/8" and will grow quite quickly since they only live for a year.
Tom

bhcaaron

Hurray! Hurray! Congrats!

Are they all the same kind or different species?

Tom

All the same(I hope). Right now it is hard to tell since they are so small and need a magnafying glass to see them clearly.
Tom

Tom

Just an unpdate:
There are now 15-16 fry. They are still so small and still have their yolk sac on their little bellies. I'll keep you all posted.
Tom

bhcaaron

Yayy! Sixteen! Woo hoo! Woot woot! Lets make it thirty!

Tom

They don't all hatch the first time you wet the peat. In the wild, there could just be a slight rain just to wet the ground enough for the eggs to get wet and hatch, then dry up a few days later. So it wouldn't make sense if all the eggs hatched then there would be no fish to carry on and the species would go extinct within a few weeks, so nature has made them adapt to have only a portion hatch at first and then if you dry the peat and wait a few weeks and rewet it, the rest of the eggs should hatch and you might have to keep doing this till all the eggs have hatched. Does that make sense?
Tom

bhcaaron

Yeah, actually it does. Good thing I know now. If I had gotten to killies, I probably would've thrown the rest of the eggs out thinking they were bad hehe DOH!

Tom

If you got it from the same person I do, they would have emailed you a little e-book and you most likely would have read it and found it out there.
Tom

bhcaaron

But, since I haven't, I didn't. HA!

Tom

I was saying if you had bought some eggs, which I know you hadn't.
Tom

bhcaaron

I know, I know. I was being ornery and facetious.

Tom

Well I don't know what you do and don't know. It just keeps changing with your decision with what you are going to get for your tanks.
Tom

bhcaaron

Ok, now you're just rubbing it in . But, for now, if things stop happening to me, I'm going with a asian themed, planted, betta tank. (Of course, things could change tomorrow! )

Tom

That's pretty sad.
Tom

capekate

Good luck with those fry Tom! It seems that there is a lot to raising them and you are pretty knowledgeable about those things! Hope it all works out for you with those great look'n killiefish!!

~ kate

Tom

I only know all this info from what the breeder has said from their own experience.
Tom

swords3711

good luck

Tom

Well, I am down to 5 fry right now, so I lost about 10-11 fry in about a week. I am sad, but I have a risk of only have about 25% of them to grow up to full size right now. I will keep you all posted on the 5.
Tom

bhcaaron

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that Tom. I'm sure that the five that did survive have done so because of how well you take care of them. In the wild, they would have all been caviar by now.

Tom

In the wild, hundreds would die just so one can make it, so I figure it is ok to lose 10 out of the 50.
Tom

bhcaaron

See! You're a good daddy!