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Striped killifish
(Boulenger 1911) 
(Other members of the genus Aphyosemion)
ADULT SIZE: 5 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C
FOOD: Feed Aphyosemion striatum small live-foods and fine grade dried foods
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Gabon, Guinea
AQUARIUM CARE: A great starter killifish; easy to keep and breed, and accepts most foods. This is also one of the best looking killifish available.
Keep Aphyosemion striatum in a dark well planted tank. Soft water is preferable, but not essential. Best kept in a species set up, or in a larger tank with peaceful species of a similar size.
BREEDING: This species is best spawned using spawning mops or a long term set up. The parents are not very predatory towards their young if they are well fed.
Eggs should be incubated in water for around two weeks, the fry being raised at first on newly hatched artemia nauplii.
Have you bred Aphyosemion striatum? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?, or examine existing Aphyosemion striatum breeding reports
Aphyosemion striatum is one of the best known, and most kept killifish
BREEDING: This species is best spawned using spawning mops or a long term set up. The parents are not very predatory towards their young if they are well fed.
Eggs should be incubated in water for around two weeks, the fry being raised at first on newly hatched artemia nauplii.
Have you bred Aphyosemion striatum? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?
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This page summarises breeding reports provided by visitors to this site, along with some statistical analysis. Please feel free to contribute – whatever your experience! 2 breeders have filled in breeding reports, a summary of the results are shown in the graphs below. You can read the full reports here. To add details of your experiences of Aphyosemion striatum, why not fill in a Breeding and maintenance Report. |
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Remember, each record represents only one persons experience; if you had different results, or used different methods, please share your experiences
| Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 24-27oC |
| Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: Poor egg production |
| Sex ratio: | Breeding difficulty: Average |
| Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 5 |
| Other Comments: I’m having some luck in moving adult fish from tank to tank and getting fry appear naturally a few days later. Not as many fry as I would like though. I chose ‘poor egg production’ though it may easily be ‘poor fry survival’; I just don’t know | |
| Date this record created: 19th June 2008 | Breeding date: 2008 |
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| Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 24-27oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: |
| Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Fairly sucessful | Years Experience: 4 |
| Other Comments: I took a mop of eggs from the parent fishes tank, and placed it in an empty tank (just a few plants, and a lot of algae). There were maybe a dozen eggss Work got hectic and I forgot about them. Today I have a stunning pair in that tank – barely fed, yet magnificently colored. Going to try again, but with some artemia added! | |
| Date this record created: 15th March 2008 | Breeding date: 2008 |
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