Elephant nose fish with possible injury or infection?

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They are still not South American or Colombian. Right about the bush fish, Thanks.
Are African animals at the zoo which reproduce, native to whatever city the zoo is in? I hope you don’t think so.
 
This guy is likely to be further stressed until you get him some more buddies as well. However, I’d get the water quality cleared up first.

mormyrids are incredibly social fish, although some generally don’t do well in captivity due to size, most that do need to be kept in groups.
 
SourAngelfish said:
This guy is likely to be further stressed until you get him some more buddies as well. However, I’d get the water quality cleared up first.

mormyrids are incredibly social fish, although some generally don’t do well in captivity due to size, most that do need to be kept in groups.
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Yes and no.
Whilst they are social fish and should do better in groups, groups really means greater than five.
Unless you have the space for more than five I personally would stick with one. I put three together in a 4’ x18” and one just terrorised them other two until just one remained.
I could not sex them from the frequency of their pulses so may have had three males but I wouldn’t take the chance unless I had a bigger tank.

And of course wrong way round, leopard bushfish are called climbing gourami ? by some but more often called perch, but they are not the same family as gourami, they are anabantidae whereas gourami are osphronemidae, but yes they are all labyrinth fishes along with snakeheads.
 
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Fishman Dave said:
Unless you have the space for more than five I personally would stick with one. I put three together in a 4’ x18” and one just terrorised them other two until just one remained.
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Why keep in the first place if you don't have enough space for them to be content?
 
FJB said:
They are still not South American or Colombian. Right about the bush fish, Thanks.
Are African animals at the zoo which reproduce, native to whatever city the zoo is in? I hope you don’t think so.
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No they are not. But they were introduced to the wild of Colombia, which means they may be an invasive species, but they were still harvested from the waters of South America. So I do consider them being from South America. There is no need to correct people with your opinion, especially in a way that insinuating that they are not smart.
 
SourAngelfish said:
This guy is likely to be further stressed until you get him some more buddies as well. However, I’d get the water quality cleared up first.

mormyrids are incredibly social fish, although some generally don’t do well in captivity due to size, most that do need to be kept in groups.
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When I researched this fish, it stated to keep only one, unless you have a huge tank to keep more than one. He is from the mormyrid family.
Long-nosed Elephant Fish are somewhat timid and generally peaceful with other fish, but they are rather territorial with their own kind and closely related species. It is best to keep just one to a tank and not with any other elephantnose species, unless the aquarium is extremely voluminous.
 
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Hybridfish7 said:
Why keep in the first place if you don't have enough space for them to be content?
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I do have enough space for them to be content. Right now with my stocking and filtration, I am at about 94% capacity. I did not post this to be scolded or told that my set up is not adequate. I simply wanted some input on what may be affecting the fish. I absolutely researched ALL of the fish in my tank before purchasing. Everyone gets along just fine, with exception of the occasional pearl being chased by the leopard. But fish are not going to always get along every day all day.
 
Fishman Dave said:
Yes and no.
Whilst they are social fish and should do better in groups, groups really means greater than five.
Unless you have the space for more than five I personally would stick with one. I put three together in a 4’ x18” and one just terrorised them other two until just one remained.
I could not sex them from the frequency of their pulses so may have had three males but I wouldn’t take the chance unless I had a bigger tank.

And of course wrong way round, leopard bushfish are called climbing gourami ? by some but more often called perch, but they are not the same family as gourami, they are anabantidae whereas gourami are osphronemidae, but yes they are all labyrinth fishes along with snakeheads.
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Well since the only way to sex these fish is through dissection (which isn’t an option if you plan on keeping them) I don’t blame you for not knowing their sex at time purchase.
 
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