Shooting killies

[GaryofMontreal]

Took some shots tonight of some juvenile killies just coming into their first wave of colours. These, like most of my killies, were summertime egg purchases, with one exception.
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This is a wild-caught sexfasciatus or infrafasciatus type from Cameroon. I have very little idea what it'll turn out as. I showed a picture right after they arrived, but now, they are starting to show interesting colours.
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This is my young male Aphyosemion primigenium GEB 94-21 - not only is he beginning to pick up colours (he'll turn orange), but I took 12 eggs out of the mop behind him over the weekend.
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Here's an even younger A exigoideum Mandilou. I had another population of this fish years ago, and I really liked it. These ones are shaping up well.

[CACAdmin]

Very nice. I particularly like the A exigoideum Mandilou. He's going to be quite a stunning fish.

As for the title of this thread Gary, when I read it I couldn't help but visualize you standing with rifle in hand taking potshots at your killie tanks. :eek: :spinny: Someone just might wonder if target practice is your way of population control. :twitcy: Sorry Gary, I have a warped imagination. :tongue:

[Ursus sapien]

As for the title of this thread Gary, when I read it I couldn't help but visualize you standing with rifle in hand taking potshots at your killie tanks. :eek: :spinny: Someone just might wonder if target practice is your way of population control. :twitcy: Sorry Gary, I have a warped imagination. :tongue:
likewise, I imagined a perverse new blood sport.

beautiful fish. the "sexfasciatus or infrafasciatus type from Cameroon" looks like a rocking little predator!

[moose113]

I was thinking the same thing. I thought "geez, killies are awful small to use for target practise!"

Great pics!

[Dan_G_Calgary]

haha! I was thinking 'i wonder if he is using a 9mm or 45? I'd probably go with the 10mm for killies, being so small and all!'

[Rabadswompe]

the ''shooting fish in a barrel'' episode of Mythbusters comes to mind !

Gary... Is A primigenium geographically close to A.striatum ? On a quik glance, I couldn't tell them appart.

[GaryofMontreal]

There are a lot of killies with 'striations' up their flanks - striatum, primigenium, punctatum, raddai, some of the ogoense and others. My understanding is that primigenium is closer to the ancestral forms than some of the more recently evolved species. It seems to me I read they were quite ancient as a species, but I'm not sure which other Aphyosemions they are closest to.