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Striatum
Native Habitat: Africa, lower Mitémele river drainage in southern Equatorial Guinea and the Mbei, Komo, Gabon,
Abanga and lower Ogowe river drainages in northwestern Gabon. Occurs in
swamps, brooks and small streams in the coastal rainforest. Not a seasonal
killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium
Temperament: Very docile and nice fish.
Likes to stay by themselves in the top area of the aquarium, with a lot of
floating plants.
Feeding: Some flake foods high in protein and
adult brine shrimp, along with live foods such as
grindal worms,
white worms,
Daphnia,
Moina, and newly
hatch brine shrimp nauplii
Sexing:
Males have much more color
General Comment: Very
nice and very easy killifish to raise and breed. Needs plenty of live
plants
Populations:
Breeding Aph Australe & Raising Fry
(Aquarium-Club Members Only)
Killifish Books:
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all know our general supplier for aquarium fish LiveAquaria.com and Drs.
Foster & Smith (same company) ended their online sales business, due to
state online sales tax issues. Thus links on fish for sale
no longer work as 02/22/10.
