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Yeah I know how pretty they are :) That's why I'm dedicating this entire tank for just him....Don't have the time and space to keep more fish/tanks. Because they only way I can get heckelii and rare Satanoperca eartheaters are as contaminants in shipments with Geophagus altifrons. Okay...

Hi I was wondering whether I could just keep on keeping my heckelii in my 30 gallon tank. First, he is 13cm, and I understand(May not be right though) that at being full grown at 15~20cm, he doesn't have a lot to go. Plus, although he is with a variety of tankmates, the tank looks rather bare...

Just posting what I've seen..... I've seen them with plecos(Nearly all the time), silver dollars, pacus(But one day I saw a pacu's head floating around.....Yikes!) Very unusual......Oscars! They left each other alone, do to the eye spot thing. And the worse, Tilapia buttikoferi, who was kicking...

Why? Aren't they too big to eat? And bichirs aren't aggresive like cichlids.....And the cichlids in my tank are nice! Also, judging from past experience.....Is it hard for gouramis, either pearls or three-spots, to eat pellets? Mine only ate flake, they tried to eat pellets but just spit them...

Yeah, I've decided to do so :( Still, thanks for the info, I'll keep halfbeaks when I have the time/space/money! Ted

Thanks severum boy, I really, really appreciate your answers. But I'm going to debate whether I should really do this......Right now the tank is under low mantience, perfect for my high school(8:00 am-9:00pm). But I think adding halfbeaks COULD complicate things a bit......Because I would have...

Nah, the brooding mother was removed to the heckelii's tank, and she was taken out when the was stripped, so I don't think it's hormones. I think he just became so used to the peacocks as an uneatable part of his world, he accepted it as it was. Besides my theory about introducing the...

Hi I have this 13cm Acarichthys heckelii who's a bit odd. He currently lives in a 30 gallon tank with some hardly 2cm peacock fry and a Satanoperca jurupari. He like chasing the jurupari(Probably because it being the second largest cichlid), sometimes to the point where I think I should remove...

Okay......Change of question. Could the pearls live in my tank safely?

I currently have the following; 30 gallon tank 1 5 inch Acaricthys heckelii(SA cichlid) 1 2.5 inch Satanoperca jurupari 1 5 inch polypterus senegalus Also, some bristlenose plecos and raphael catfish. Planning on taking ou the cichlids, leaving only the polypterus and the catfish. I would...

Thanks again Anne. I knew it, endlis are lazy :sly: They didn't even make it to the list! My new senegalus is MUCH more active than my old endli. You can see it from their habits; Senny: Likes swimming around, touching other fish with its nose, and wriggling through the anubias. Endli: Stay in...

Thanks again! How big are yours? And they seem to be the only two in you tank; don't they fight?

Yeah, actually I was talking about just the moment. IME, senegalus are the most active of all polypterids. I'm going to get a bigger tank, at least 55 gallons and at most 120 gallons( :hyper: ) It is nice to see them swim around so actively; they really look like snakes! And as I don't like...

Yes, thanks you:) Mine has lots of green color on its body, and spangles. Does it mean its in good condition? Also, at what size do they start to get their fabulous fin filments? Mine has regenerated all fin damage but the extentions don't seem to be shaping yet....

Thanks for the replies 1) I ment 30 gallon tank because I once heard palmas are also similar in size with senegalus. 2) Yeah I thought so, because for some reason something doesn't match rocket gars with dried food. They're all so skinny :P Something's weird here... :lol: Thanks again. I was...

Yup, just like that :( Guess I should just accept it as it is? What do you feed yours? It would be nice if mine grew up quick into an adult like yours.

I have two simple questions; Which bichir is bigger, polypterus palmas or delhezi? and which is more suited for the smaller tank(Activeness) ANd can rocket garfish be trained onto nonliving foods like(Both at once) freeze-dried krill and dryed foods like pellets and carnivore sticks?

Hi I have a juvie Satanoperca leucositica in my 30 gallon growout tank(Meant to turn into my polypterus's tank eventually) Things are as follows; tank: 30 gallon(36x12x18) PH: 7.2 Filtration: Ehiem 2217+Stuffed with "good"( :blink: ) filter media+ 30% water changes twice a week Temperature...

Because that reminds me of my old endli......She grew at LEAST 1cm per week to at most 1.5cm......Almost rivaling my greatest fish I ever kept, Boulengerochromis microlepis, in growth rate! She was 5.5 inches long before......I decided to sell her because she grew too quickly :( Then again...

Thanks for the replies. I was debating whether to add a hang on filter or not(TBH, not :lol: ) because it is the quietest filter I can get. I wasn't planning on a heater anyway; I for some reason love fish and plants that live in cool water. Actually, even without the heater, my house is warm...

Also, mine was 8cm when I got him, but now he's 9 or 10cm! Already! In two weeks! All I've been feeding was Hikari sinking carnivore pellets, as I haven't had time to go to the fish store :blush: I didn't really notice because polypterids are thinner than most fish, so they look smaller than...

Mine eats NLS cichlid pellets! I didn't teach him to do that! His staple was Hikari sinking pellets! :lol: I'll look into some other foods.....Bloodworms I 'm going to feed 100%. Also krill, to train him to feed off the surface.....But any other ideas on meaty foods that help growth?

Hi I'm planning on using my 10 gallon tank that's lying around as a cranker of anacharis. I plan on feeding it to my rotkeil severum, as well as using it later in a fry tank. I wish it could be done with the barest of needs(See below) Could this work? Tank: 10 gallon(45x28x35cm) Light: 32...

Hi I recently found a site that has monster fish in stock. I was wondering whether I could keep one in it's own special little tank(18x12x13) tank with the following 1. Substrace: Aquatic soil. Because I would like to keep some plants in there, to shade the light, help clean the water, make...

But of course, it annoys the keeper. WHo would like to see their pretty fish flick themselves around? It makes us feel like we're doing something wrong! :P

Thanks for the info but unfortunantly, I've decided againsed buying the ropefish because I don't think I should expand my collection of fishes too much. What a pity......I mentioned this because my favorite fish site was having a ropefish sale at 60% the original price! Darn....

Thank you, but are you sure? The senegal is very small too, possibly thinner than the future to-be-mine ropefish......

Would a 8 inch ropefish eat a 3 inch senegal bichir?

Right now I'm madly obssessed with SA cichlids......Especially eartheaters and Heroines! Right now I have in my growout tank; Acarichthys heckelii Satanoperca leucosicita I would like to get a few more, peaceful, decently sized SAs for my future tank. Some on my list are; Rotkeil severums...

Those things love eating/shred plants don't they? Man, they're one of my favorite fish.......Look at the colors on adults!!

Wow. I must have been lucky :) I had the most active polypterus that I had ever seen! Mine were active hunters of food. Hope my new one turns out like that; I'm gonna try to get one that's most active/bigger than the rest

My old ones used to eat from the top, right from my fingers......I kept them with fish that ate off the top and I think that's what triggered it. Tomorrow I;m gonna get a new senny. Hope he does the smae! :hyper:

Over here it's rare to hear of someone who would get a free pair of convicts, plus an unlimited number of fry. That's how common they are :hyper:

Two years ago, I went to New Jersey during my summer vacation(I love America:)) There, my cousin and I went stoogig around a man-made pond that belongs to my cousin's grandfather's friend. We had nets, and we used them to catch some of these tiny fish that lived close to the plant-thick surface...

Hey, I'm glad(Or maybe not :lol: ) to say my convicts have spawned! Not in my tank though. I gave mine to a friend, and they spawned in a barnacle. The odd thing is, they've bred at a very small size. Both are barely 2 inches long! But they are devoted parents, even to the extreme of not eating...

What kind of fish could work out would Acarichthys heckelii, especially if they were adults? I has thinking of trying the following; One species of SA tetra A red tailed black shark(Provided it doesn't nip the streamers of an adult heckelii) Celebes halfbeaks or a African butterflyfish Plus a...

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I understand severums(Actually, as everyone knows, efasciatus) are herbivores and like eating plants, but what kinds could be kept with them? Vallis? Anubias, etc? I;m open to suggestions :) These days South Americans are really catching my eye.

I must admit, seeing small tetras swim peasefully along with the deep-bodied, slow-moving eartheaters looks great! So I was wondering what kind of tetras could live with my two species of eartheaters when they get moved to a bigger tank. I know of course that the small neons and cardinals...

Hehe :lol: That's a typo. I originally ment it to say CA but Ca?! Hahaha Well, I've already decided what to buy :hyper: Some firemouths! I'm planning on getting several then removing the others when a pair forms. I have two questions about breeding them; What do th e...