Cynic said:First thought is a Black Banded Leporinus...which would be bad news in most communal tanks...
Cynic said:First thought is a Black Banded Leporinus...which would be bad news in most communal tanks...
I appreciate that. Are they just aggressive fish or what?
Skyhawk said:I appreciate that. Are they just aggressive fish or what?
Keao_m said:I have one now it's about 5 inches and is definitely the boss in the tank. But other than a quick scare it doesn't do much but hide. It also doesn't like newcomers in his tank.
It's in a 75g along with 2 blue gouramis, and a honey gourami.
jcolon said:If you end up having to return / rehome it, a similar colored fish .. Though with horizontal stripes is a striped anostomus. Probably difficult to find, but they don't get as large as the lepronius.
I've googled it and looked at different pages and they are all contradicting! Some say they are peaceful, most say they are fin nippers, and some say they kill everything. Ugh! I found out that mine is a Black Banded Leporinus Fasciatus because they have 9 stripes instead of 10. So far they are still very calm and mindful of the other fish. I wish they would stay this way!
I appreciate all of your comments!
I've googled it and looked at different pages and they are all contradicting! Some say they are peaceful, most say they are fin nippers, and some say they kill everything. Ugh! I found out that mine is a Black Banded Leporinus Fasciatus because they have 9 stripes instead of 10. So far they are still very calm and mindful of the other fish. I wish they would stay this way!
I appreciate all of your comments!
jcolon said:If your referring to the anostomus, from what i've read (i'm interested in one down the road) they are relatively peaceful fish that have been known to fin nip slower fish with large flowing fins. They should be kept single, or in a school
of around 6. Apparently keeping them in pairs or threes is inviting an all out war.
In your tank, I wouldn't see an issue. Gouramis are more than capable of taking care of themselves.