Clown Killifish Care Guide for Beginners
- May 14, 2023
- Anshika Mishra
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In this article, we are learning about the Clown Killifish, also known as the Rocket Killifish.
Clown Killifish
The Clown Killifish is a small Killi coming from southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. This fish was first collected in 1913, then described in 1915, and since then has gone by a number of name changes.
They disappeared from the hobby for a while but were re-introduced in the US in the late 50s to early 60s. In the wild, these fishes are pretty uncommon. But when you do find them, they live in very shallow water, even sometimes down to just an inch deep.
The Clown Killifish require soft and acidic water, usually around 78 degrees, with a pH of 6.0. It's recommended to keep them between 75 to 80 degrees while also keeping the pH around 6.5.
Also, when collected in the wild, there's pretty much no water movement. So you may want to replicate that in the aquarium and make sure you don't have much flow, if any.
Clown Killifish - Females and Males
These guys are nano fish. The males get just over an inch, and females rarely reach an inch in length, and it's easy to distinguish the two. The males are very bright, and the females still have some good colors, but they don't have longer fins, smaller bodies, and brighter colors.
If you look online, it's said that this fish requires live food. But that's not true. However, just because you can feed them dry food doesn't mean you shouldn't be feeding them live food. You just have to throw live, frozen, and a mix of all.
It's easy to trigger these fish to breed, but their fries are tiny and would require a lot of work to raise them.
Plants
The Clown Killifish love hanging out in the roots of these floating plants. Another important thing to note is that, like most Killifish, they are excellent jumpers - thus, they require a tight lid tank.
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