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Poropanchax luxophthalmus Finally the P.luxophthalmus are old enough to start giving me fertile eggs. First fry should s...
04/09/2026

Poropanchax luxophthalmus

Finally the P.luxophthalmus are old enough to start giving me fertile eggs.

First fry should start hatching in the next day or two. As with P.normani the goal is to initially breed enough to secure the next generation and then all going well breed to have a display with a couple of hundred. This should also help with side quests of securing the species in Australia and have spares available to distribute.

Glad this Lampeye is also in Australia

Epiplatys chevalieri In rotation it’s Ep.chevalieri’s turn to breed numbers up. I have started actively collecting eggs....
03/09/2026

Epiplatys chevalieri

In rotation it’s Ep.chevalieri’s turn to breed numbers up.

I have started actively collecting eggs. In the fishroom this means I am checking the mops daily, and feeding the adults regularly sometimes multiple times a day.

During non-breeding period I regularly skip feeding for a day and feed the fish more sparingly. This is something I do with all my breeders. Not sure how it influence my success rate but it works well with my schedule and time available.

First eggs collected started hatching and I also started to find a fry or two in the parents tank every other day.

An interesting feature of the newly hatched fry is the dark V mark on the dorsal surface on the head of the newly hatched fry. This mark fades as the fry matures over the next few days. This is distinctive compared to other Epiplatys species currently in the fishroom.

Would be good to have a large school of them again soon.

Aphyosemion biateniatum LagosI have to confess that I haven’t been focusing on biateniatum Lagos. After I collected smal...
22/08/2026

Aphyosemion biateniatum Lagos

I have to confess that I haven’t been focusing on biateniatum Lagos. After I collected small number of eggs stopped checking their mops.

Luckily the eggs already collected provided me with a few fry that are growing well. They are all over a cm size now and look like mini adults without color in the unpaired fins of course.

They have graduated from a shoe box a little while ago and now enjoying a tank of their own.

Really need to start check the adults mops again. Another batch would be good.

Aplocheilus lineatus Wild Type - ProgressThe largest batch lineatus Wild type fry are starting to get their markings. Th...
21/08/2026

Aplocheilus lineatus Wild Type - Progress

The largest batch lineatus Wild type fry are starting to get their markings.

The batches growing have are approximately 50% Gold and 50% Wild type. For those who might have missed the other posts the parents are F1 from a Wild type male and a gold female.

It is actually impossible to figure out the exact percentage as the fry are notorious cannibals, any that grow a little larger tries to eat the siblings.

This batch should give me some nice wild type fish as well as some nice robust gold (golden wonder) ones.

Batches 2 and 3 also growing

Epiplatys species in AustraliaEpiplatys is a genus of African killifish, that have upturned mouths. Various species of t...
21/08/2026

Epiplatys species in Australia

Epiplatys is a genus of African killifish, that have upturned mouths. Various species of this genus like to hang at the waterline.

It is thought one of their main food sources is terrestrial insects that fall on the water surface from the canopy above. Which explains the upturned mouth and them spending significant amount of time right under the water surface.

Whole Epiplatys genus is in on the allowable import list, so in theory all the available species can be imported into Australia. Unfortunately, they are not that common to find commercially and Australian importers struggle to find them to import.

Though over the last 30 years I have been in the hobby I probably have seen over 10 species of Epiplatys. All of which I wish were still here.

Currently we have 4 species available in the Australian hobby and a 5th is being worked on in Melbourne. Fingers crossed for that one.

The species available in Australia are:
*Epiplatys annulatus - commercially bred and imported regularly
*Epiplatys dageti (monroviae) - used to be imported from Germany semi regularly. With the German imports not happening anymore current fish are being bred by hobbiests. Important we don’t lose them.
*Epiplatys togolensis - imported into Australia as wild caught fish. It seems to be one of the most widespread and collected Epiplatys species in parts of Africa. They are often labeled as different species, due to challenges of identification by collectors. I wouldn’t be surprised with number of wild collections imported over the years if we didn’t have multiple localities here and not noticed.
*Epiplatys chevalieri - imported once as a wild collection (I think)

Epiplatys genus is maybe not as colorful as some of the killifish belonging to other genera. But if you take the time to set the tank up well you’d surprised how colorful; even if it is subtle they can be. They are super interesting to observe if you feed them wingless fruit flies or ants.

Last night I collected eggs from all 4 species so thought I should compare their eggs sizes.

Epiplatys dagetiIt started 😊 Started to get eggs.Did you know that Epiplatys dageti have a common name, and it is Red-ch...
20/08/2026

Epiplatys dageti

It started 😊 Started to get eggs.

Did you know that Epiplatys dageti have a common name, and it is Red-chinned Panchax?

The red “chin” of the male dageti can be seen in the photo below. Obviously the chin is not really red. As this fish matures the colour in the area will intensify more.

Having said that the “redness” of the chin is strain specific and some fish collected from specific locations have red markings and others more on the yellow side.

Ep.dageti is a medium size member of Epiplatys. From Australian perspective it is much smaller than Ep.togolensis. Even though photos without context might confuse some togolensis keepers/breeders, as it is easy to confuse the two species from photos, especially photos of young adults and juveniles.

I plan on doing a serious of photos of both species during various growth stages to highlight the similarities and differences.

Also from Australian perspective it is good to be aware that almost every new import of Epiplatys sexfasciatus into Australia in the last 10-15 years have been Ep.togolensis even though the fish might be sold as Ep.sexfasciatus.

We did have Ep.sexfasciatus in Australia but that was more than 20 years ago.

Anyway, watch this space for Ep.dageti progress.

We see you, for we are many! 👀Poropanchax normani
19/08/2026

We see you, for we are many! 👀

Poropanchax normani

Epiplatys dagetiLast week I got a pair of Epiplatys dageti from my good friend Fred who has been keeping dageti going fo...
17/08/2026

Epiplatys dageti

Last week I got a pair of Epiplatys dageti from my good friend Fred who has been keeping dageti going for quite few years.

The young pair settled in well and enjoying the food that’s been on offer. So far they have taken everything I offered from pellets to powdered foods and of course live blackworms.

I’ll try to breed a large group of these as it is the current theme in the fishroom.

I’ve kept dageti many times over the years and find them relatively straightforward to breed. Eggs are a little smaller compared to most other Epiplatys species I’ve bred apart from the annulatus.

Fry are also easy to raise despite being smaller at hatching. They are ready feeders and grow well.

Save the date!
14/08/2026

Save the date!

Killifish Jump!All killifish jump. If yours haven’t yet you either have tight fitting lids, or you are not very observan...
13/08/2026

Killifish Jump!

All killifish jump. If yours haven’t yet you either have tight fitting lids, or you are not very observant!

To be fair non-annual killifish are the main jumpers of the killifish world but I have kept killifish long enough that I wouldn’t trust annuals to stay still; they jump too.

For edumaficational purposes, let’s look at this innocent looking Aphyosemion polli male. He looks like a calm chill fish. But is he?

His main tank is the far left tank. I found him in the middle tank the other day. I went, right! Caught him and moved him back and reduced the water level more to reduce the chances of this happening again.

Two days later, he was in the middle tank again! Moved him again and reduced water level further to what it is in the photo.

A day later, he was in the middle tank again 🙄
I couldn’t be bothered to move him straightaway. The following day he was in the far right tank! 😱

Keep your lids on kids! It will save you heartache if you are keeping killifish.

With me and this particular fish, since I don’t have any females of this species, he is not in my priority to try to breed list obviously. I keep forgetting to put the lids back on properly for some reason. Actually the subconscious reason might have been to have something silly happen in the fishroom, to act as a catalyst for me to remind people about killifish’s jumping ability.

Above is a true account from the KillieOrCory’s Fishroom, name of the accused have not been changed to protect their identity! He knows he is a jumper! 🤣

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