About to get a leopard fish…

[JackGulley]

We have some in the store right now and I’ve been interested in the species for a while for my SA tank. They get a little big eventually (6”), but from a quick google dive, most people’s fish took a few years to hit even 4”. The ones in the store are less than 2” and can’t eat anything bigger than a bloodworm. I might not be able to keep it forever, but at $10 I think it’s worth it even if I have to take it back after a year lol. Probably gonna take one home along with some bloodworms tonight.

 

[GaryE]

Here's my usual pain in the patootie question - which leopard fish?

 

[JackGulley]

Leopard bushfish, ctenopoma acutirostre

 

[GaryE]

They're healthy looking African fish for an SA tank... you may make friends and end up buying another tank...

 

[JackGulley]

He’s here! Currently drip-acclimating

 

[JackGulley]

Alright he’s in the tank now but he’s hiding too much too get a good photo. I’ll try to get one soon!

 

[hamfistUK]

They are cool fish, and can get quite tame. They are piscivores though and can eat surprisingly big fish for their size. Just be aware.

 

[JackGulley]

I will probably eventually need feeder fish, but at this size I watched the ones in the store struggle to eat a bloodworm.

 

[JackGulley]

At the moment he seems happy enough in the tank, but is very shy. He hides in the little driftwood cave when I watch the tank, but I have seen him out and about a few times when I walked into the room. Hopefully he will become braver as time goes on. If I need to, I might get some stem plants that he can lounge in so he feels safe in the top half of the tank.

 

[JackGulley]

He likes the bloodworms