Killifish questions...

[japers7]

1) Do Golden Wonder Killifish (Panchax I believe) need to be kept in pairs?
2) How would they do with dwarf gourami, cherry barbs, and albino cory cats?
I have read about killifish eating anything that they can fit into their mouths. Does anyone know if a cherry barb is small enough to be a snack for the golden wonder? any help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks,
japers

 

[Death Pony]

Killies are small, a cherry barb is way too big to fit in their mouth.

 

[japers7]

cherrys grow to 2 inches
golden wonder killies grow to 4...

 

[Wheat]

They don't need to be kept in pairs but don't keep 2 males together because they'll fight. An adult could eat a young cherry barb. They have large mouths when they are full grown.

 

[cam191919]

nothing needs to be kept with pairs

they do have massive mouths, but a full grown killi couldn't eat a full grown cherry barb

 

[Slappy*McFish]

They certainly could kill one, however. My Golden Topminnows (N.American Killie) have no problems with adult Ghost Shrimp and even are able to gulp down freeze-dried krill. They are only in the 2" range right now, too.

 

[Hooked Newbie]

Killies are small, a cherry barb is way too big to fit in their mouth.

Killies vary in size, up to 8"+.

 

[Wheat]

When I used to breed swordtails (Hi-fin lyretails), i would feed the culls to my breeding pairs of lineatus (golden wonder killies). They ate 1" fish easy.

 

[japers7]

thank you all for your wonderful input!