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Someone who's visited the area and can shed light on this just wrote me that the baby sized fish we see here being sold in a LFS when caught by fishermen are fried up en masse and eaten as a finger food or used as bait fish, none are released. The few aquariums, research facilities and aquarists...
Yes it's true that maybe 1% of those wild babies grow up and actually breed (the rest being eaten long before then) but the ones caught by humans won't be among them. If they didn't go into the pet trade they'd go into the human or animal feed consumption market like all the other larger ones...
Regularly our LFS gets in shipments of baby flounders (I believe they are from Florida, either from a fish farm or who knows) they are always kept in the FW section and labeled as freshwater fish. Are these candidates for the brackish aquarium or even saltwater? Or are they truly freshwater? I...
Thanks, just the information I was looking for. Also the brackish catfish list, yes there are very few options. But a brackish mouthbrooding catfish where it's the male that holds the eggs, what a fascinating fish, if only they were selectively bred to create a dwarf variety...
Most of humanity's interaction with this species is eating them, I see no harm with a small percentage of them being kept alive, or do you prefer they all end up being served with rice?
I'm looking for catfish candidates for a brackish aquarium. Here's what I know about the Black Fin Shark Cat so far by talking to people and seeing young ones for sale. First the positives. A school of them looks incredible, especially on a sand substrate and with pieces of coral, they look like...
Thanks everyone for the feeding advice. Snails will not be a problem, I even have a supply of European garden snails available from an area I know never is exposed to pesticide. Every size from smaller than a pea (baby) to jumbo adult (restaurant escargot). Being hermaphrodites they breed faster...
Hi Everyone, well I did it! I just got 3 adorable Figure 8 puffers to add to my brackish aquarium! :dance: I received food recommendations from the LFS, but I trust you folks a heck of a lot more, what is the best diet for these guys? Thanks.
The juveniles feed on live brine shrimp, the adults eat live gut-loaded fish. From what I hear the temps, water conditions, amount of plants and current have to be just right for them to go after food, even if it is live.
Care and Feeding Video of South American Leaf Fish
Here is a great video by the California Academy of Sciences on the care and feeding of their captive born South American Leaf Fish colony. Unless you are willing to feed live and can provide the specific environment this species requires, don't...
Hi, does anyone have any experience keeping or breeding these crabs? Do you know a good caresheet or site on them? Is it worth a try? I've always wanted a fully aquatic freshwater species, does this one fit the bill? Thanks.
The quick answer is never introduce an adult, similarly shaped fish to a tank with a breeding pair of cichlids, you're asking for trouble. Of course, that's only a general answer, but it will save most hobbyists a lot of grief in the long term.
Leaf Fish Mouths
Here is a great visual warning for anyone who wants to put a leaf fish of either species into a community tank. Check out these mouths, they are built to powerfully vacuum up any fish that will fit inside of them, which especially in the South American species case are fish...
I'm doing this all from memory and I have to go now but I want to start you on the right path.
There are 2 species commonly called "leaf fish" in the FRESHWATER hobby. The first is the rarer one. It is the true Leaf fish, from South America. It is an expertly camouflaged, almost completely...
My fish are Dormitator maculatus (I'm mentioning it because scientific names are very helpful especially to foreign readers who have no idea what fish we're talking about!) known variously as the Jade Sleeper Goby, Fat Sleeper, Spotted Sleeper, Striped Sleeper and Storm minnow etc. They get over...