Golden Wonder Killifish

<p>These fish have an elongated body shape with a turned up mouth, round fins and a slightly arched back. They have a bronze back, greenish flanks, and every other scale has a metallic gold appearance. Nowadays there are many captive bred forms, some of them are completely golden, these are the most common and most popular of all the color morphs. This Killies are usually 4 inches. To keep these fish in a tank, water pH should be between 6.0 and 7.5 and water temperature should range from 72ºF to 75ºF. The tank should have open areas for swimming, some floating plants and a gravel substrate. These fish are excellent jumpers so the aquarium should also have a tight fitting cover. These fish can be kept in a community aquarium as long as their tankmates are larger than them, any smaller tankmates will be eaten.</p>

<p>This species is carnivorous. In the wild it feeds on insects, crustaceans and worms. In captivity they can be fed with flakes, pellets and occasionally with live or frozen foods.</p>

<p>Males are more colorful than females.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p>

<p>To breed this species in captivity, the breeding tank should have water pH around 6.7 and there should be 2 females  and just one male.</p>

<p>This species is native to India and Sri Lanka.</p>

<p>The water in which these fish are packaged is different from the water in the tank, since these fish are extremely sensitive to water conditions the acclimation process is very important. This process should never be rushed. Aquarium lights should be off for at least the first 4 hours of the fish in the new tank and it should not be fed in the first 24h. There are two acclimation methods: Floating Method and the Drip Method.</p> <p>Floating method -  the aquarium lights should be off and lights in the room should be dim, the bag in which the fish is should be placed in the surface of the water to float for about 15 minutes, this allows the water in the bag to adjust to the water in the tank. The bag should then be cut under the knot and the top edge of the bag should be rolled down one inch, then ¼ cup of the aquarium water should be added to the bag, this step should be repeated every 4 minutes until the bag is full, then half the water of the bag should be discarded and the bag should be put to float again and ¼ cup of the aquarium water should be added to the bag every 4 minutes until the bag is full. Afterwards, the Discus can be moved into the aquarium.</p> <p>Drip method – the aquarium lights should be off and lights in the room should be dim, the bag in which the fish is should be placed in the surface of the water to float for about 15 minutes, this allows the water in the bag to adjust to the water in the tank. The bag contents should be poured into a 1 gallon bucket that has never been cleaned with any chemicals, the fish should be enterally submerged. A siphon, using airline tubing, should be set up and a drip line should run from the main aquarium to the bucket. Several loose knots should be tied in the airline tubing to regulate flow. Sucking the end of the airline tube that goes to the bucket will begin a siphon, the flow should be regulated to 2 to 4 drips per second. Once the water in the buckets doubles, half should be discarded and the process should be repeated until it doubles again. Afterwards, the fish can be moved to the aquarium.</p>

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