Scats and Brackish Buddies

[Gryph]

Okay, I just saw some pictures of scats, and I am dying. I love them. They are beautiful and funky. I must own some. My husband, seeing my obsession budding, has kindly offered that I may acquire another large tank and may put in the scats that I so long for.

Is anyone keeping these? I'd be interested in some first-hand observations. I'd like to find some silver ones and get a shoal of about five. My optimal stocking plan (just based on the little information I can find) would be the shoal of silver scats, maybe a singleton green scat, some fan dance gobies and maybe a puffer (or, if whatever species gets along with each other, a couple puffers). Everywhere I look, gobies and puffers are said to be "ideal tankmates". Anyone have ideas on if this will work?

I'm interested in absorbing anything and everything about these guys. Thanks in advance!

 

[hc8719]

there is a fish that looks very similar, in my opinion, better
its called the Leopard Ctenopoma
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1030

dont be intimidated by dr fostersmiths $40 price, petsmart sells them for like $8

personally i think this would be better, because its not brackish

 

[fishfairy]

there is a fish that looks very similar, in my opinion, better
its called the Leopard Ctenopoma
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1030

dont be intimidated by dr fostersmiths $40 price, petsmart sells them for like $8

personally i think this would be better, because its not brackish

Hm.. I thought this was brackish because I had actually considered one myself but decided against it when I researched and learned that it was brackish. I'd love to hear what people think on this because I still really like this fish.

 

[JohnPaul]

Excuse my ignorance, I thought all scats were brackish fish too? Or did you mean to say the Leopard Ctenopoma is freshwater?

 

[Gryph]

Brackish water doesn't scare me. In fact, it's part of the allure. I'm used to altering my water chemistry (I keep Tanganyikans, and I keep their water nice and hard), so making certain the salinity stays constant is part of an interesting challenge. Although that leopard Ctenopoma is an awfully pretty fish!