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Location code:
Aquarium strain
Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline Water temperature: 20-23oC
Disposition: Active, but not aggresive Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish
Spawning Method: Spawning MopsBreeding problems: none
Sex ratio: Roughly equalBreeding difficulty: Easy
Sucess: Fairly sucessfulYears Experience: 1
Other Comments:
Date this record created: 18th May 2008Breeding date:
Breeder: Location: Germany

Location code:
Herez
Water conditions: Neutral Water temperature: 16-19oC
Disposition: Active, but not aggresive Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish
Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults)Breeding problems: none
Sex ratio: Roughly equalBreeding difficulty: Average
Sucess: Fairly sucessfulYears Experience: 2
Other Comments: We have entered this data on ypour database on behalf of the breeder and will correct later where neccessary. Your year data does not allow for 2005. For other information on our Aphanius work please visit www.calypso.org.uk/Calypso Research We would be very much interested in types of food this species prefers as we are now attempting commercial breeding of our stocks for re release
Date this record created: 17th August 2005Breeding date: 20th May 2004
Breeder: Gerald JenningsLocation: UK

Location code:
Peniscola
Water conditions: Very hard and alkaline Water temperature: 20-23oC
Disposition: Active, but not aggresive Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish
Spawning Method: Spawning MopsBreeding problems: none
Sex ratio: Roughly equalBreeding difficulty: Very easy
Sucess: Very sucessfulYears Experience:  
Other Comments: Very productive little species. I keep mine outside in the garden from April to September. They lay eggs in all kinds of fine material. They do fine without salt as long as the pH does not go belowe 7,0. temp. from 5 C to 32 C. They start producing eggs as soon at the tempetature rises to 17-19 C
Date this record created: 2nd February 2003Breeding date:
Breeder: Jesper ThorupLocation: Denmark SKS 13

*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA


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Adamas Adinia Aphanius Aphyolebias Aphyosemion
Aplocheilicthys Aplocheilus Archiaphyosemion Austrofundulus Austrolebias
Callopanchax Campellolebias Crenichthys Cualac Cubanichthys
Cynolebias Cynopoecilus Cyprinodon Empetrichthys Epiplatys
Episemion Floridichthys Fluviphylax Foerschichthys Fundulopanchax
Fundulosoma Fundulus Garmanella Gnatholebias Hylopanchax
Hypsopanchax Jordanella Kryptolebias Laciris Lacustricola
Lamprichthys Leptolebias Leptolucania Lucania Maratecoara
Megalebias Megupsilon Micromoema Micropanchax Millerichthys
Moema Neofundulus Nothobranchius Orestias Oxyzygonectes
Pachypanchax Pantanodon Papiliolebias Pituna Plancterus
Plataplochilus Plesiolebias Poropanchax Procatopus Profundulus
Pronothobranchius Pseudoepiplatys Pterolebias Rachovia Renova
Rhexipanchax Rivulus Scriptaphyosemion Simpsonichthys Spectrolebias
Stenolebias Terranatos Tomeurus Trigonectes Valencia

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