Does anybody know anything about a SEBAE??

[The Happy Mud Skipper]

I want this fish reel bad but i know nothing about them! :screwy: :screwy:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/CIMG1752.JPG (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/CIMG1752.JPG)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/CIMG1749.JPG (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/CIMG1749.JPG)

[JD_MAN]

It is supposed to be a brackish water fish...it's weird that they would have them in with a jd.

[rottbo]

those monos look like crap they need full brackish water conditions
i love monos, sebaes are sweet but check out argentuss' too

[The Happy Mud Skipper]

yeah it was definatley not in a good condition, but i'm tempted to get it and put it in my discus tank!

[rottbo]

it needs full brackish conditions to survive this is probally why it looks so bad so please dont make this worse on them and put them in with your discus

[JD_MAN]

Yeah, they wouldn't go with your discus at all. Since he is in such poor condition, I wouldn't risk losing your discus by doing that.

[The Happy Mud Skipper]

well the owner of the fish store is an idiot he knew nothing about this fish.
Thanks for letting me know its a bad idea to buy him.....i was really tempted :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I like my discus too much to mess them up too

[rottbo]

not a bad idea to buy him a bad idea to not put them in a full brackish setup get them setup a brackish tank there are some sweet brackish fish that can go with them like archers

[Jesse]

Here's the fishbase info on Monodactylus sebae:

Monodactylus sebae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=9915&genusname=Monodactylus&speciesname=sebae)

As others have mentioned, they're truly a brackish water species that prefers water parameters that are totally incompatible with your discus' requirements. While discus generally prefer soft acidic water, monos do much better in hard alkaline water with a generous amount of salt added. I've kept both species of monos, M. argenteus and M. sebae. IME, they definitely do better when kept in 1.005 SG to 1.015 SG conditions. In fact, M. argenteus is often kept in SW aquaria.

BTW, this thread should be in the Saltwater & Brackish forum, as monos aren't cichlids. :)

[rottbo]

good info on that site

[jenBLKAROWANA]

That poor mono! He is on his death bed......I have both kinds of monos, and they are very cool fish! But as mentioned above, they do need to be in a full brackish set up....

SHOOT THAT LFS OWNER!!! What an idiot!

Jen ;)

[dr_sudz]

Actually Monosabes are not brackish to start with they start off in fresh but as they get older they go from fresh to marine/brackish water. With the shape that one is in I would suspect that the one shown there is in dire need of some salt.

[jonathan_jigga]

Hello, folks! My wife and I went to a LFS today looking for some aggressive fish for our aquariums. Well, the guy had a Monodactylus sebae in a tank by its self. He said that it was a mono and was traded in because it was beating up everything in a tank. I bought it thinking that it is a pretty fish. Well, as I am doing some research on this forum, it looks to me like he should be in a brackish/saltwater tank. What should I do? I dont have a SW setup at this time.

[Oddball]

I don't understand your question. You already know what needs to be done. Monodactylus sebae is a shoaling, hard-water, alkaline, brackish species. Anything other than those basic parameters is only going to be hard on the sebae. If you can't provide them, turn the fish over to someone that can manage these basics.
BTW, that darkening in the pic is indicative of a mono either highly stressed or sick.