Thalassophryne Amazonica

[CBBP]

Well.. I have been wanting an oddball tank for a while not. the center piece fish I have come cross is the Thalassophryne amazonica. I have a friend with a simple 30 gallon he is willing to give away so that would be the size. what else could I add with these fish? simular burrowing fish? maybe a smaller (but not bite sized) banjo catfish?

 

[OohFeeshy]

To be honest, they're species tank only. It seems likely that anything smaller than them, even by a little bit, is fair game for lunch, and anything larger will eaither out-compete for food or find itself as an attempted dinner.

 

[CBBP]

I see I see.. how many do you think would go in a 30 gallon? what do they eat? what parameters? not mcuh info in the net form what i can find. but I suck at that haha

 

[nmonks]

Have a search on the PFK magazine web site. They had a nice feature article on this fish. You may need to register (for free) but it's a good site and worth registering.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[ringham]

do you have a pic of one??

Is it just me coz i hav no idea what fish your all on bout?

 

[CBBP]

Have a search on the PFK magazine web site. They had a nice feature article on this fish. You may need to register (for free) but it's a good site and worth registering.

Cheers,

Neale

a link to the site might be good haha

 

[CFC]

This is a species i have always wanted to keep but have not yet found them in stock anywhere apart from a single specimin years ago before i had a suitable spare tank. From the research i have done i would treat them the same as you would Chaca species (frogmouth catfishes), congo puffers or any other sedentry ambush hunter that spends its life buried in the sand, that is a fairly bare tank, sand substrate, no plants as they would just be uprooted and minimal decore as they wont use it and it just provides obsticals for prey to hide behind.

The hardest thing with this kind of fish is feeding them, they are obligate piscavors that will often point blank refuse anything but live fish, this is made difficult further by the fact that they are reluctant to move so the prey has to be active on the bottom which rules out livebearers as an easy food supply as they dont come into contact with the prdator enough. Experience has lead me to find that juvinile Cichlids make the best foods, fast breeding species such as Convict Cichlids or some of the African lake species are easy to keep and breed in a seperate tank and since the fry spend the whole time sifting the substrate for food they are immiedietly in contact with the hunter. I'd be looking at feeding them one fish half their own size once a week, or of the prey are small then until the monster fish has a stomach that looks like it has swallowed a large marble.

In a 30g tank i wouldnt stock more than a pair, with more making sure they all get enough food could be problematic and if you have to buy feeders (no goldfish, rosies or guppies) then could become expensive.

PFK artical link http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...?article_id=189

 

[CBBP]

breeding cichlid.. mm.. seems like too much trouble haha.. well thasnks for the info.. maybe when i am older and have more time