Hello Jason,

I have stared a Nothobranchius breeding group. Please PM me your email address and I'll sign you up and then we can hook you up with fish or eggs.

It is best to start with fish and collect several spawns of them so you can learn about the incubation and hatching of the eggs. If you have little experience, receiving eggs can be hit or miss. Certain species are much more forgiving than others.

N. rachovii Beira is suitable for a beginner. Fred Berhman was selling some in the latest BNL. The incubation can be long, as much as 6 months, so a lot of patience is needed. Some sources report that the fry are small needing infusoria but in my experience they will take brine shrimp nauplii on hatching without issue.

There are several Nothobranchius species currently listed on  Aquabid: https://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?disp&viewseller&Sellfishgals

N. guentheri and korthausae have, for example, much longer lifespans than eggersi and rachovii. I have had korthausae that have lived nearly 2 years. guentheri can live about a year. N. rachovii Beira live about 6 months. I have never had eggersi live more than about 6 or 7 months.

Hope that helps.

I am currently raising rachovii fry. I would also like to be included in the Notho breeding group so PM sent.