Apareiodon Affinis

[The-Wolf]

does anyone have info or has kept Apareiodon affinis?

I'm looking for info on their social behaviour
are they a schooling fish, are they best kept on their own,
should one avoid other flying fox shaped fish etc?

 

[The-Wolf]

 

[Opcn]

You would probably be better off with common names my friend, From the latter half of your omment I can tell that it either is a flying fox, or you are thinking of housing it with a flying fox, too bad I'm to lazy to google the name.

 

[diademhill]

I've never heard it called an algae eater - bullish omnivore more like.
It needs tankmates as least as big as itself and keep singly or in a group - never a pair.
I've only seen odd juveniles that arrived as contaminants.

 

[The-Wolf]

the common name supplied is gained from translations of both the Portugese common name
Charuto (cigar) and from the German La Plata Algensalmler (algae eater)
It dosen't seem to have a true English common name.

diademhill
have you kept these yourself or is what you stated taken from a website?

 

[diademhill]

the common name supplied is gained from translations of both the Portugese common name
Charuto (cigar) and from the German La Plata Algensalmler (algae eater)
It dosen't seem to have a true English common name.

diademhill
have you kept these yourself or is what you stated taken from a website?

I've kept a couple a while back - long before the internet - & it took a lot of research to find what they were.
They were about 1.5" when they arrived with a mixed SA shipment and & I shifted the thugs when they were about 3-4" so I didn't keep them long -2-3 months? ( its a while ago!) They beat up adult three spot gouramis & I think I ended up giving them away to go in with blue acaras or similar.
The pair had to be split but looking again & translating webpages from Portugese a shoal should be ok.
Sue