The evil that is my Killi

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Ben opined:

Anyone else have killifish that eat other fish?

I call mine Mr. Killie and Ms. Killer, and I got them their own tank
after I lost two forktail rainbows to her. Plus, I think she might be
gay 'cause she shows no interest in the gorgeous Mr. - no courting
dances, no eggs.


--
Dave Salovesh

Most killi's prefer live foods. In addition, you have been subjected to the
'big fish eat little fish' situation. They aren't being evil, they are just
doing what is natural.
OTOH, I could only get good spawns from the blue gularis with heavy feedings
of guppies.

Jim


Ben wrote in message
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Hi all,

So about 6 months ago I bought some killifish (4, 2m/2f) from Petco.
They all thrived for a while and died off periodically. Now I'm down to
the last female. If she isn't the most evil fish I've had in a while, I
don't know who was. I've bought ghost shrimp and she ate them. That's
fine, they didn't cost that much. Yesterday I went to a store that
gives away "2 free fish of the day" and they were giving away Pearl
Danios. You know what, before I went to bed, she'd eaten both of them.
I know this (besides the buldge), she had a tail hanging out of her
mouth. She's an evil pig! :-) She is happy and healthy though. I
don't really want to get anymore fish until she passes as I think I
prefer smaller fish (which I'm assuming she'll eat).

Anyone else have killifish that eat other fish?

Thanks,
Ben

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 11:42:10 -0400, Ben wrote:

Hi all,

So about 6 months ago I bought some killifish (4, 2m/2f) from Petco.
They all thrived for a while and died off periodically. Now I'm down to
the last female. If she isn't the most evil fish I've had in a while, I
don't know who was. I've bought ghost shrimp and she ate them. That's
fine, they didn't cost that much. Yesterday I went to a store that
gives away "2 free fish of the day" and they were giving away Pearl
Danios. You know what, before I went to bed, she'd eaten both of them.
I know this (besides the buldge), she had a tail hanging out of her
mouth. She's an evil pig! :-) She is happy and healthy though. I
don't really want to get anymore fish until she passes as I think I
prefer smaller fish (which I'm assuming she'll eat).

Anyone else have killifish that eat other fish?

Thanks,
Ben

Which kind of killis? I have 4 Wonders and they're getting along with
the rest of my fish just fine, though they're about all the same size.

Jak Crow wrote:
Which kind of killis? I have 4 Wonders and they're getting along with
the rest of my fish just fine, though they're about all the same size.

Couldn't tell you. They're generic ones I got a petco... I looked
online and couldn't find a good pic. It's a white yellow with metallic
yellow looking fins.

Ben

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:13:12 -0400, Ben wrote:

Jak Crow wrote:
Which kind of killis? I have 4 Wonders and they're getting along with
the rest of my fish just fine, though they're about all the same size.

Couldn't tell you. They're generic ones I got a petco... I looked
online and couldn't find a good pic. It's a white yellow with metallic
yellow looking fins.

Do they look like tetras or or are they kind of cigar shaped with flat
heads and a wide mouth?

Jak Crow wrote:

Do they look like tetras or or are they kind of cigar shaped with flat
heads and a wide mouth?

More cigar shaped with flat heads and wide mouth.

-Ben

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:33:41 -0400, Ben wrote:

Jak Crow wrote:

Do they look like tetras or or are they kind of cigar shaped with flat
heads and a wide mouth?

More cigar shaped with flat heads and wide mouth.

Ah. Sounds like the same as mine. The biggest one I have right now is
only about an inch and a half, and most of my fish are about the same
size. Mine don't bother with the smaller fish I have though, but I
keep them well fed with frozen foods. They'll eat flakes too. I have
heard that they can get aggressive, but usually when they get to about
3 or 4 inches.

Jak Crow wrote:

Ah. Sounds like the same as mine. The biggest one I have right now is
only about an inch and a half, and most of my fish are about the same
size. Mine don't bother with the smaller fish I have though, but I
keep them well fed with frozen foods. They'll eat flakes too. I have
heard that they can get aggressive, but usually when they get to about
3 or 4 inches.

Mine's about 3 inches give or take. When I got it, it was much smaller.
I'm proud that she is doing well. I won't get rid of her. Any idea
what their life span is?!? :-) I guess I'll just have to invest in
larger fish.

-Ben

Killfish are a single species fish. Don't mix them with other fish or
they will kill them.

Vicki

~Vicki ~ wrote:
Killfish are a single species fish. Don't mix them with other fish or
they will kill them.

Like I said, it's odd cause I bought them from a community tank. (it
had at 3 other species in the tank, 2 of which were much smaller). It
never bothered anyone until recently.

-Ben