Re: [RML] Ever heard of Galaxis zebratus

Tyrone Genade (Tgenade at akad.sun.ac.za)
Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:27:06 +0200

On 12 Jun 2001, at 9:54, Scott Davis wrote:

> The several species pictured in the Baensch /Mergus Foto Index are sometimes
> a little reminiscent of small trout (ironic in that exotics have threatened
> them in places?) Do either South African or Oz or New Zealand aquarists
> keep them? G. auratus, truttaceus, munda, and nigrostriata look kind of
> interesting. Lepidogalaxius salamandroides rather resembles a loach or
> darter.
>
> Do cool temperature and oxygen requirements keep them from being kept much?
> Do they migrate to spawn or can they be aquarium spawned?

I've kept a solitary Cape Galaxis in my tropical tank with no ill
effects. IT ate flake and hunted guppies. It lived a number of years.
I can't say much for the others...

The local authorities frown on our local fish being kept in local
tanks...:-(

Bye

Tyrone Genade
Southern African Killifish Society Coastal & Offshore Coordinator
AKA 08248
tyronegenade at yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade

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