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Garra Ornata

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Has anyone kept Garra ornata before? A supposed cousin of the doctorfish, Garra ruffa.....They say they do the same doctoring stuff.

Could anyone give me some good advice on....

How big they grow?

What kind of fish they are compatitable with?

Is there any info on breeding them?
 
I'm guessing here to an 80% security level that this is a livebearer, not very attractive, grows to about 2.5inches, suitable for community tank and very hardy.....
 
Garra's are Old World cyprinids, very much egg layers. I've kept a few species, although none for the last 20-25 years. Some are a little quarrelsome, but they are mostly harmless, requiring clean, well Oxygenated water - not to the extent of the Hillstream Loaches however.

I don't recall anyone breding them, and have heard they are a migratory genus, which introduces a lot of problems. Could be wrong though.
 
Hardy is something that describes them:) The ones they are selling are already 8cm, so they could be different from what you are describing. I read there are lots of Garra species. But not attractive, yes. Rather for thier actions like BN plecos.

Arrgh.....Will see if I can get some:) I also heard they have herbivorous tendacies and eat algae.
 
My assumption is made from the latter part of the name "Ornata"........ "Ornata" specifically I know as a livebearer.... Not to sure about the "Garra" part of it.....
 
I've got a rufa, presuming care is identical (it is for most garras) then they're not massively fussy about anything (although well oxygenated water is appreciated). If they're already 8cm or so then they're likely full grown adults, it isn't unusual to find adult garras as opposed to juveniles. Generally peaceful although they can get a bit narky with other bottomdwellers if they get in the way. Not fussy about food, they will eat algae although don't rely on them to keep the tank clean; if there's other food available then they won't bother.
 
There are about a dozen valid species with "ornata" as the specifc identification, and more that are invalid. Limia ornata would be a live bearer, perhaps that is what you were thinking of? A New World species and very different from a Garra.
 
There are about a dozen valid species with "ornata" as the specifc identification, and more that are invalid. Limia ornata would be a live bearer, perhaps that is what you were thinking of? A New World species and very different from a Garra.


You're spoton..... Limea ornata.... Definitely a live bearer....but obviously not the one you have in mind....
 
Wow......Honestly, I can't know!:)

They look excatly like ruffa......Maybe they are the same and sold under different names? At any rate, they're cheaper than ruffa.

I didn't know Ornata ment livebearer.....I learned something new!
 
I didn't know Ornata ment livebearer.....I learned something new!
No, ornata means roughly "decorated" or "ornate". Viviparus or similar spellings means livebearing.

This, of course, depends on the accuracy of the classifier though. Barbus viviparus is a regular egg laying Cyprinid, but when the original specimen was dissected, it's stomach contained the undigested fry of another fish that it had been snacking on - the idiot researcher assumed they were it's own developing fry and thus named it the "Livebearing Barb" , Barbus viviparus. Since the species is still valid, and the rules of nomaclature are as they are, the name is still valid, however invalid it may seem.
 
I didn't know Ornata ment livebearer.....I learned something new!
No, ornata means roughly "decorated" or "ornate". Viviparus or similar spellings means livebearing.

This, of course, depends on the accuracy of the classifier though. Barbus viviparus is a regular egg laying Cyprinid, but when the original specimen was dissected, it's stomach contained the undigested fry of another fish that it had been snacking on - the idiot researcher assumed they were it's own developing fry and thus named it the "Livebearing Barb" , Barbus viviparus. Since the species is still valid, and the rules of nomaclature are as they are, the name is still valid, however invalid it may seem.

Obviously the easiest way to tell, is look for the Gonopodium in the male.....
 
None of the fish covered in Cyprinids, Characins and Atherinids are live bearers.
 

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