Petrocephalus bovei bovei -- BABY WHALES!!

[asymphony]

I happened to run into the Petrocephalus bovei bovei or the Baby Whales today...

Just wondering if anyone has information on them, or housed them, or if they would fair well in a community take etc etc

There's not much info online about them though. Hmm.

 

[black hills tj]

I have honestly never heard of them.

 

[mike47517]

I've never heard of them either. Maybe they have another name. Do you have any pictures?

 

[asymphony]

Just Baby Whales. From what I understand, they're Elephant Noses, but without the nose...

Petrocephalus bovei bovei, :

There isn't a tonne of information or pictures online either...

 

[mike47517]

idk SORRY

 

[nk5566]

I recently bought a "baby whale" for my 55gal. community tank. He gets along fine with all of my fish, including some pretty small Neon Tetras. However, the baby whales do not usually eat flake food and prefer frozen or live brine shrimp. I have not had a problem with my baby whale, and he's quite docile. He's chosen a hollowed out log with a plant growing from the top of it, and I know they need a place to hide that is "cave-like". I would recommend a baby whale as they are interesting and fun to watch as well as being docile and a fine community fish, and also have quite a personality. I hope this was helpful!

 

[lilme]

could someone have them in a 29 gallon

 

[Coursair]

http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/wild/baby_whale_for_sale.htm

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/misc_stats/stats_misc1e.html

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebindex/mormyrids.htm

Most say species only tank with tubes. Singly or 6 or more. Smaller groups have bullying issues.

Live Food ONLY may be accepted at first. May or may not learn to accept Frozen or pelleted.

Not a beginner or casual community fish.

I had one years ago. I had access to lots of live food. It was in my 55g.



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[ppo8820]

Id never heard of such a thing, so I naturally turned to google and even then, they only had pictures and very little information on them. What a cool little fish!

 

[bettaowner]

I've seen this species before. I would say the best advice would be to watch them for a week at your lfs so you can tell which specimens are healthy. They'll eat brine shrimp, bloodworms, and mysis shrimp.