What!!??? Really?????!!!!
I have been adding Seachem Equilibrium, quite a lot, to raise the gH to the same value that the store's tank has. Ten drops of reagant.
But, you think that these fish really don't need any gH/kH at all? They like rainwater? But! What have I been doing???
Maybe different killifish like different conditions? I've been back to the place where I got them twice to talk about their needs and to check about the Equilibrium.
It would be so much easier for me to give them soft water, but I don't want to put them into shock and kill them. On the other hand, maybe the Equilibrium is poisoning them?
Now I feel very worried about these poor killies. And, twenty whiteworms a day -- that is a lot! I've been feeding my adults bloodworms and Hikari micro pellets (which aren't very micro, but they absolutely love them, or maybe they're just starving). They seem to be in peak breeding condition all the time. So, maybe I should be feeding them more?
I have been looking around for a good book about killifish, do you happen to have one? (I ask because I know that you're interested in killies)
Okay, I won't put different killies in the same tank. I didn't know that they could interbreed. These are Aphyosemion primigenium 88-10.
I've heard conflicting info about the temperature to keep them at, too, so I've got them at about 23 degrees. Do you think that's warm enough? Too warm? Some people told me to keep them at room temperature and others said to keep them at 27 degrees.
I'm just about to start a brine shrimp culture for the babies. If I can hatch the brine shrimp, then I'll be ready for white worms!
Your killi's are tough.... Not a good idea to keep different killifish in the same tank they may interbreed... a big no no in the killi world. The interbreeds ussually produce mule fish... fish that can't breed....
Killifish can pound back 20 whiteworms each a day at peak breeding time....
Most killifish breeders keep the kh and the gh low... like super low... some people even use rainwater... some salt is a good idea.... very little though 1 tsp per gallon helps fight off velvet.