Malta Aquarist Society

Hi Martin, Today I received the awards from the BKA. I have been trying to post a photo for a very long time but each time that I click on post, I get an oops, there was a mistake. Charles.  

Thanks Frank.  I wish to show some of my killifish at the local show but I believe that if anyone is to exhibit fish at the show, he must go and help in the preperations for the show. At the moment, I cannot go and give a helping hand,. I have too much work to do at home. Also right now, I have a big pain in my back and driving a car means a ...

Yes Brandon, unluckily the best dispar male that I sent, arrived dead. But still I am very happy with the results. Thanks.

Thanks Mr. President,  You are the first one to congratulate me on our site. I appreciate this very much. Hope that more of our members will try their hands at these easy to keep and breed species.

Hi, I am pleased to report the results of  the fish that I sent to the BKA show the last weekend. The maximum no.of points is 9. Fish or pairs that arrived in bad condition were withdrawn.  Tank No.           ...

Hi Frank, I am very pleased that you are having good results with the new brineshrimp eggs. You are doing good in giving them a good feeding before you go to work. The fry will fill their stomachs and stop feeding for a while. The nauplii will keep alive for about 6 to 8 hours in fresh water, so they will have another feeding  or two ...

Thanks Martin. What about the prices. Recently a caller came to buy a couple of pairs of Aphy.austarle gold and told me that a local lfs asked him E8.00 for a single pair of them. Charles.

I will have fish from the following species for sale next Sunday 29th.August. I will only have 2 bags from each so if anyone is interested, sent an email or pm for reservation. If you order 2 pairs from the same species, the price is E5.00 for 2 pairs. Thanks. See you on Sunday. Aphanius dispar Richardsoni  E3.00/ pair  also eggs ...

Hi Frank, You must have been starving your fry. By now, they should have reached breeding size and should be spawning. Are they also in the small container? Adding an airstone will provide more oxygen in this hot weather. I feed brineshrimps to all my fish, even angelfish breeding pairs. The shrimps have to be present with the fry all day long. ...

At the last meeting in July, I introduced annual killfish, notably Notho. species to a number of the newer members. For the next meeting, I am hoping to be able to introduce these same new members to the Aphanius species. I am not saying that I will be giving a talk about these fish but I hope to bring some pairs with me and have an unofficial ...