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Did my periodic trek to Enfield to see what was in stock. Some nice stuff, but the star was Moringua raitaborua, the spaghettie eel. Wildwoods ordered 10, got 1, but are trying to get some more in. These are really nice oddball brackish water fish (possibly freshwater as well) that get to about 20 cm or so in aquaria and eat bloodworms. Would be safe even with mollies, gobies, etc. Needs sand for burrowing. Much easier to keep than moray eels but look identical, just smaller.
In quarantine they have some Pseudapocryptes elongatus, these are basically mudskippers than stay under water though they can (and will) breathe air at the surface and need a shallow tank, or at least a tank where they can prop themselves up on a rock or sandbank at the water's surface. Get to about 10 cm at most. Known in the trade as the "Asian dragon goby" and look a lot like scaled-down violet gobies (Gobioides spp.). These are herbivores: use bloodworms as a treat but Spirulina as the staple. Territorial.
Also in quarantine are some Allenbatrachus grunniens, Asian brackish water toadfish. Very beautiful in an ugly kind of way. Seem quite sociable. Feeding on river shrimp. Obviously not suitable for keeping with small fish, but should be fine with adult scats, monos, archerfish, etc.
On sale are some "false anableps" Rhinomugil corsula. These are mullets, get to about 15 cm in aquaria, do the whole head-out-the-water thing like Anableps but are overall much easier fish to keep. Good (if rather active) community fish.
Cheers, Neale
In quarantine they have some Pseudapocryptes elongatus, these are basically mudskippers than stay under water though they can (and will) breathe air at the surface and need a shallow tank, or at least a tank where they can prop themselves up on a rock or sandbank at the water's surface. Get to about 10 cm at most. Known in the trade as the "Asian dragon goby" and look a lot like scaled-down violet gobies (Gobioides spp.). These are herbivores: use bloodworms as a treat but Spirulina as the staple. Territorial.
Also in quarantine are some Allenbatrachus grunniens, Asian brackish water toadfish. Very beautiful in an ugly kind of way. Seem quite sociable. Feeding on river shrimp. Obviously not suitable for keeping with small fish, but should be fine with adult scats, monos, archerfish, etc.
On sale are some "false anableps" Rhinomugil corsula. These are mullets, get to about 15 cm in aquaria, do the whole head-out-the-water thing like Anableps but are overall much easier fish to keep. Good (if rather active) community fish.
Cheers, Neale
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