Let's see Your Killies...

[Belov]

I met with the Killies in already last year when it began appearing on the zoomarket. Great fish! I hope this small brighty fish quickly win a place in the hearts of aquarists.

AQUASAUR
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[AQUASAUR]

Hello again, everybody!
Hope, some of you are interested about the results of our KAB 2010 International Killi Photo Competition…
The Team of KAB would like to thank warmly to All of the Competitors, supported this Event!
It was really spectacular show of plentiful wonderful photos and big pleasure for me as the Head of thr Jury!
Of course, it was very difficult to take the choice for only 3 winners photos of each Category…!?

First, the entire statistic:
77 photos submitted Photos for Category “Portrait”
39 photos submitted Photos for Category “Action”
26 Competitors from 11 Countries (random listing):

1. Frans Vermeulen
2. Tony Terceira (AKA)
3. Jose Ramon Tauste (EKC)
4. Jean Pol Vandersmissen (AKFB)
5. Peter Venstermans (AKFB)
6. Roman Rak
7. Marek Marszal
8. Matt Ford (www.seriouslyfish.com)
9. Roberto Arbolea (SEK)
10. Jesus Benitez (SEK ; KCA ; EKC ; RKA )
11. Rui Chocas (APK)
12. Luis Oliveira (APK)
13. Guillaume Dethu (KCF ; EKC)
14. Olivier Buisson (KCF)
15. Jean-Pierre JACQUET (KCF)
16. Laurent Blondet (EKC ; KCF)
17. Pascal Lakermi (KCF)
18. Samuel Blois (KCF)
19. Didier Pilet (KCF)
20. Jim Sizelove
21. Kenjiro Tanaka
22. Zahari Metchkov
23. Vasko Gogov
24. Tzveti Ivanova
25. Marina Dimitrova
26. Nikola Ivanov

So, here are the Winners:

Category “Portrait”:

1-st Place Olivier Buisson - Fundulopanchax sjoestedti

2-nd Place Frans Vermeulen - Neofundulus paraguayensis-Rio de Oro, Resistencia

3-rd Place Tony Terceira - Terc_A_loenbergi JVC 08 32km South of Kribi

Category “Action”:

1-st Place Frans Vermeulen - Rachovia maculipinnis

2-nd Place Roman Rak - Nothobranchius rachovii Quelimane MZCS 2009-249

3-rd Place Olivier Buisson - Nimbapanchax leucopterygius Lola GRC 90-174

Congratulation for the Winners! :113:

The rest of TOP 30 Photos of the both Categories - coming soon…

 

[AQUASAUR]

Because the rest best Photos of our KAB 2010 Killi Competition are too many...I'll not post them here.
You may take a look here: http://elkilliclub.org/foro/index.ph...6.msg24773#new

 

[Vugtje]

Stunning pictures..... Nice work.

 

[AQUASAUR]

Here is one more beautiful Nothos specimen - Nothobranchius orthonotus MZCS Bala-Bala 08-122

 

[PC1]

Once again another person with amazing photo skills and beautiful fish. I never realized killies had such crazy little teeth!

 

[AQUASAUR]

A little update with just two interesting snapshots...
Nothobranchius eggersi Utete

Nothobranchius rachovi Beira

 

[Jurijs mit JS]

Hi Hristo
Have met Saturday the DKG guys. German Killy Association
Bought 5 Pseudepiplatys annulatus. Will get more killis for some of mine nano tanks.

 

[nick]

These fish are absolutly amazing thank you for the photos.
How do these fish do in community fish tanks. If i was to devote a tank specificly to these fish could i house around six or more depending on the tank size and would it be reccomend to have two or three females to each male

 

[alain]

I'm mesmorized; I would live to start breeding these! Is there any chance you ship the eggs?

 

[ghostsword]

The fish are amazing, such colours..

Saw a pair of Nothobranchius rachovii selling on ADC for £12, may buy a couple to try them out. How long do they last? Are they a yearly fish?

Will need to research them properly, but is may be a good fish to have on a 40cm cube.

 

[AQUASAUR]

Have your photos ever been published in books or magazines?

Yes, You may see sometimes my Photos in many special Aqua-Magazines, Bulletins, Calendars, Aqualogs...
Lately, here is how looks the cover of June issue of TFH Magazine with my Nothobranchius rachovii Beira photo:

And there are few Killifish shots of mine also at the May issue of PFK Magazine:

Aploheilos Lineatus Golg

Aphyosemion Congicum

Austrolebias alexandri

 

[AQUASAUR]

How do these fish do in community fish tanks. If i was to devote a tank specificly to these fish could i house around six or more depending on the tank size and would it be reccomend to have two or three females to each male

"Community fish tank"... sounds too fairly relatively? Yes, better devote a tank specifically to Killifishes!
Depending on every Killifish specimen - the criteria for keeping them between and with another specimens is different!
Also, it's very important would you like especially to breed them or just keeping for pleasure...!?
So, please, specify your intention/question for concretely Killifish group?

And alain, Sorry, I don't sell Killi Eggs.

 

[ghostsword]

I would like to keep some on a 30cm cube, just by themselves, or what sort of fish would be suitable to share the tank with them?

Also, they only last one year, right? I do not think that I could go on with the trouble of breeding them.

 

[nick]

Strictly pleasure i wouldnt have the time or space for them so not willing to even attempt

 

[AQUASAUR]

I would like to keep some on a 30cm cube, just by themselves, or what sort of fish would be suitable to share the tank with them?

Also, they only last one year, right? I do not think that I could go on with the trouble of breeding them.

Luis, just read the special topic about the Killifishes in that issue of TFH, mentioned above and you'll find the answers...

 

[AQUASAUR]

As I see, the results from AIK Killi Convention' 2011 was announced...and happy news for me!
Aik - Associazione Italiana Killifish | Foto Concorso Fotografico 2011

Here is my 1-st Place Winner shot:
Callopanchax monroviae Paynesville 97 red form

and one more macro close up shot of this Fellow:

 

[ghostsword]

Luis, just read the special topic about the Killifishes in that issue of TFH, mentioned above and you'll find the answers...

Thanks, I have not found the magazine in the UK yet, but they have online subscription, I am reading the trial subscription, there is a good article about Anubias, and should complete the subscription today.

Thanks,
Luis

 

[AQUASAUR]

And here is my winning 1-st Place shot, this time at Class 16 - Digital photography of AKA Convention' 2011:

Nothobranchius kilomberoensis Ifakara TAN 95-4

And more detailed close up shot:

 

[dr.dzek]

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