| Chromaphyosemion |
 Chromaphyosemion splendopleure 'Ebodje, ABC 05-46' |
| Fundulopanchax except gardneri |
 Fundulopanchax amieti 'C 89-31' |
| Fundulopanchax gardneri |
 Fundulopanchax nigerianus 'Misaje' |
| Fundulosoma and Nothobranchius |
 Nothobranchius palmqvisti 'Pangani, TZ 94-7' |
Nothobranchius palmqvisti 'Pangani, TZ 94-7'
Described by:
Lönnberg 1907
Genus:
Nothobranchius
Subgenus:
Adiniops
Species:
palmqvisti
Meaning
of the name:
Named after G. Palmqvist who was sponsor of Sjöstedt’s expedition to
Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru 1905-1906
Type
locality:
Tanga, Usambara, northeastern Tanzania
Habitat
and distribution:
Temporary pools
in floodplains, swamps and ditches in the lower Pangani and Umba
river drainage system in northeastern Tanzania and in the Umba and
Ramisi river systems in southeastern Kenya.
Location code:
Pangani, TZ 94-7
Collector:
Lothar Seegers made two trips to Tanzania and Kenya during the some
year, December 1993 to January 1994 and to Tanzania in June-August
Type of
location:
Other fishes at the some location:
Nothobranchius melanospilus
Length:
5 cm
Type of
killies:
annual
Breeding
Incubation time:
3-5 month in peat
Size of
the fry:
First food to the fry:
infusorians and newly hatched artemia
Temperature in the aquarium:
22-24 C
Remarks:
How we keep them:
We prefer to keep them in groups with 3-4 males and 6-8 females. The
aquarium size
is 40 liters and there is a lots of floating
hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum), some snails and a 1-2 cm thick
layer of peat on the bottom. The water is hard, 12-14 gH, 500 micro
Siemens and 8,2-8,4 in pH. I collect the peat every week when I
change the water and I incubate the eggs for 5 month before it’s
time to hatch them. The fry grows fast and we c