>Of all the gorgeous killies around L. tanganicus is the one that appeals to
>me most. I understand they have been temporarily in Oz a few times but are
>hard to maintain. Roy tells me that the adults are very sensitive to
>transport shock so eggs are the best bet if any distance is involved.
>
>Bruce Hansen
>ANGFA
>
>email: bhansen at ozemail.com.au
>Don't miss the ANGFA web pages at -
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
>
>----------
>From: Alan Salmon <asalmon at pcug.org.au>
>To: 'rainbowfish at pcug.org.au'
>Subject: Non Rainbow message
>Date: Thursday, 24 October 1996 6:24
>
>I have been contacted by someone on the AUNZZA (killies) list who is
>desperately seeking a source of Lampricthys tanganicus in Australia. I know
>they were available in Melbourne a while back... if you know anyone with
>them, please let me know so I can put him in contact.
>
>Cheers
I have some tanganicanus that I reared from eggs, but, alas, I'm in the USA.
Mine are still juveniles at about 1.5 inches (~3.5 cm), and I find them to be
very active swimmers, and fairly hardy fish (4 of my bunch were shipped same
day air without any problems).
I have a picture of a juvenile on my page at
http://members.aol.com/stephenbou/killis.html.
-- Stephen