Marble Hatchets

[Jonno]

finally my lfs has these in stock so i bought 6 of the cool dudes

anyone got any of these? what are they like? how and what is best to feed them on?

thanks,

jonno

 

[drewry]

hi Jonno

iv keept them before there very peicefull fish and mostly hang about the surface and they can jump.
they eat a number of foods that are on the surface flake ,Black, mosquito larvae, blood worms, or brine shrimp ,daphnia (either live or frozen)

 

[Jonno]

do they go down for food or just have pickings from the surfice?

 

[drewry]

do they go down for food or just have pickings from the surfice?

they do go down a couple of inches for food but prefair feeding from the top

 

[-SPB-]

I've got 5, lovely fish, very peacfull. They do stay at the top a lot, but sometimes go down a little. I feed them flake, frozen foods (bloodworm, daphnia,). Freeze dryed bllodworm is good as it floats so they can readily get it.

Heres a clip of mine, loving the flow when i put a new filter in:

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5LCaMYmAro

 

[Iron Man]

I would think they would enjoy live caught mosquitos, etc during the summer time when they flourish.

Regarding the video - Wow! I didn't know hatchets went around that far down in the tank like that. Now I want some!

BTW - What was going on with the sound? Do you live in a war zone or what?

 

[-SPB-]

BTW - What was going on with the sound? Do you live in a war zone or what?

lol, was watching a program on tv about the british troops in afghanistan.

 

[Deep Freeze]

A friend of mine had some a while back. They are great entertaining community fish. Beware though, they are some of the most notorious jumpers so you will want a secure hood.