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Continuation from June Tank Talk‘s featured article on the conservation species profile.
Lvl 2: species will be available to breeders with Senior, Master, Senior Master or Grand Master status.
Tanganyikan killifish - Lamprichthys tanganicanus
Extremely rare, most shops will never stock them.
Size/Length: Max 6 -15cm
Aquarium: Needs crevices for spawning.
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Is comfortable in planted tanks, and will not uproot plants.
Water chemistry: pH 8 - 8.5 , 12 dH , 73-78°F (23-25°C)
Social behaviour: It is a lampeye; a shoaling killifish, usually much smaller. They inhabit the upper
levels of the aquarium, and are good jumpers.
Recommended tank mates: Peaceful hard - water species
FOOD: Omnivore: commercially available flake and pellet foods, frozen or freeze- dried live foods.
Corydoras sp. Peru Green stripe (Cw009)/
Peru Orange stripe (Cw010)
Quite rare, most shops will never stock them.
Size/Length: Max 7cm
Aquarium: Minimum 2ft. Fine gravel or sand substrate, ornawww.neonfisken.dk
ments / driftwood for refuge
Water chemistry: pH 6-8 (7), 1-15 dH (5), 70-81°F (20-28°C)
Social behaviour: Peaceful, community tropical fish. Will hover along the bottom of the tank to
search for food scraps..
Recommended tank mates: Peaceful community species, guppies, whiptails tetras etc
FOOD: Carnivore/insectivore: frozen or freeze- dried live foods, mosquito larvae, commercially
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