I currently have 4 of them from 4in to 6in. Trying to get them used to my presence and off live food.
Anyone have experience with Boulengerella maculata?
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Get some floating plants and dim your lights. That'll help to ease the fish a bit so they won't dart around the tank as much. These topwater fish really won't get used to the presence of people.
Get some live food (crickets/feeder fish) and toss while alternating some prepared foods. If ur able to get a powerhead then throw the prepared foods in the current. It takes time but possible.
If you can get some trainer fish then it'll also help.
Get some live food (crickets/feeder fish) and toss while alternating some prepared foods. If ur able to get a powerhead then throw the prepared foods in the current. It takes time but possible.
If you can get some trainer fish then it'll also help.
cool, ive done all that so far.
my trainer fish are 6 inch silver "gar", but the silvers kept grabbing the 4 inch B. maculata by their tails and shaking them. so I moved the B.maculata to a 40 breeder with anubias, duck weed, and floating clumps of java fern. i have with them 2 gold spot plecos and a juvenile angelfish as a dither fish. they calmed down alot after they had their own tank and with the introduction of the dither angel.
Their filtration is an aquaclear 30 and 50 and 3 sponge filters rated for a 40gallon tank. I also use purigen as the final stage of filtration on the ac50 to get anything out of the water. I've noticed that they perk up in the cleanest of water.
my trainer fish are 6 inch silver "gar", but the silvers kept grabbing the 4 inch B. maculata by their tails and shaking them. so I moved the B.maculata to a 40 breeder with anubias, duck weed, and floating clumps of java fern. i have with them 2 gold spot plecos and a juvenile angelfish as a dither fish. they calmed down alot after they had their own tank and with the introduction of the dither angel.
Their filtration is an aquaclear 30 and 50 and 3 sponge filters rated for a 40gallon tank. I also use purigen as the final stage of filtration on the ac50 to get anything out of the water. I've noticed that they perk up in the cleanest of water.
Thanks!
I'll throw in a powerhead.
Yep, the silvers are hejuta. The most agro hejuta ever lol. At least the aggression led to them taking pellets too.
I'll throw in a powerhead.
Yep, the silvers are hejuta. The most agro hejuta ever lol. At least the aggression led to them taking pellets too.
Theyre never aggressive with each other unless the other caught ths better looking meal worm. then they play a bit of tug of war with it and thats it.
I had two Boulengerella cuvier (Bicuda). They ate those little needle sized freshwater fish that you can buy in an Asian supermarket in the freezer section. I had to thaw them.