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| Family: |
Epiplatys
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| Species: |
Epiplatys annulatus |
| Common Name: |
Clown Killi, Rocket Panchax, Rocket Killi |
| Size: |
1.5 inches (4cm)
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| Habitat: |
Africa: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Occurs in coastal swamps and shallow waters of the coastal areas. Not an annual killifish. |
| Min Tank Size: |
6 - 8 pairs can be easily kept in a 10 gallon tank.
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| Diet: |
Prefer live foods. Must be tiny such as live daphnia, mosquito larvae, newly hatched brine shrimp, or nematodes. Can be trained to eat minutely crushed flake food.
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| Behavior: |
Peaceful. Can be kept in pairs, but do best in groups of mixed sexes.
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| Water: |
Temperature 74-77°F (23–25°C), ph around 6.0, hardness of about 50ppm.
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| Care: |
Water without alot of current, heavily planted aquarium.
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| Communities: |
Can be kept in a community setting with small, slow moving fish. But best in a small dedicated tank. |
| Suitability: |
Difficult to keep in aquaria.
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