Panda Gara

[Gankutsuou]

I've tried to look everywhere for info on this fish.... but nothing sems to work....

Okay. I've seen them at the lfs for a whopping 33$ a piece....

What's their normal price?
Are they agressive?
How big do they get?
Could tank mates include small tetra?
Does he need something over 40 g?

 

[Synirr]

Hmm, doesn't seem like that's a real common name used for it, whatever it is, since Google brought up absolutely nothing. Do you know the scientific name?

Just a wild guess, maybe a high-fin shark?

 

[OohFeeshy]

One of the common names for Garra Flavatra. Beautiful little fish, only get to about 4" if I recall but you would be much better off keeping them in a specialised river setup with cooler water. Sale price seems a bit steep compared to wholesale value, the shop near me with them has them for £22.99 whereas someone I know who imports fish got them for a few pounds each. If you want some, set up a small river tank (river tanks can have all kinds of cool fish (hillstream loaches and hillstream catfish, danios, WCMM etc) and ask another LFS if they can get you some.

 

[Gankutsuou]

thanks very much! although the ones i'm looking at look like that ,except a lot more colorful....

so they are peaceful?

and.. UK£ 22.99 = 43.308562 U.S. dollars

sounds like i get a great deal!

 

[OohFeeshy]

There's not much info on them, some species of that nature can get a bit narky but I would assume they are pretty peaceful. But as I said, don't get any for your tropical tank, they prefer lower temperatures and fast currents, much like hillstream loaches.

 

[Gankutsuou]

Hmmmmm.... so would 75 or so be the suggusted? i know that's the highest recommended for hillstreams to be comfy.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Possibly a bit too high, from stuff on Fishbase they come from (they are wild-caught, I would think)
'a small stream on the western slope of the Rakhine Yoma, draining to the Bay of Bengal. The type locality, Yan Khaw Chaung, was a small forest river reduced to a series of connecting pools with a combined width of 2 meters, and not more than 1 meter deep, with slow flowing or standing water. The water clear and colorless; the bed made up of pebbles, gravel and rocks. The stream is lined with shrub and forest, but no aquatic vegetation'

This is quite an interesting read, although not much of the article (you have to pay for the rest) http/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief15_3_06.pdf

With being wild caught, I would not want to keep them in anything other than a full river biotype.

 

[Fella]

I keep one, and I can tell you these things about them -

- They chase fish. not to be kept with delicate species.

- They love current

- They love cockle and mussel

They're nice little fish, the only problem is that they could well get themselves as a reputation as the next CAE...

 

[Gankutsuou]

ooooh.... chasing fish... that sounds like they deserve to be by themselves.... that would be very bad...

Sighs. Another no-no prevented thanks to you all. DOMO ARIGATO!