I think not even biologists know that haha
My last remaining( others got eaten by my sen) buenos aires tetra is like an exodon though. It rips up smelt just like one
Astyanax tetras-why are they not more popular on MFK?
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I think not even biologists know that haha
My last remaining( others got eaten by my sen) buenos aires tetra is like an exodon though. It rips up smelt just like one
I think not even biologists know that haha
My last remaining( others got eaten by my sen) buenos aires tetra is like an exodon though. It rips up smelt just like one
I think you may need something bigger w/ that sen haha..
That is why I like these larger astyanax sp. they get larger then most other commonly found tetra sp.
BTW my tetras killed and ate a 1" HRP. The astyanax are about 4" and they attacked it like a piranha frenzy. That was my only cichlid lost , but things are different the HRPs are bigger. The HRP are always chasing even though they are smaller.
They are certainly not big enough to swallow them whole. Did they tear them apart and eat them bit by bit?
Like piranas?
A friend of mine in Milwaukee has (had?) a shoal of about 6 that were at least 5"each.
When I was a kid, the blind variety was always available.
I'm not sure they ship very well? in most, Cenotes they are under almost constant 100% water change, and oxygen levels are saturated, with 0ppm nitrate, so that may be a reason for the high shipping mortality.
I have seen them in the Cenotes in Mexico over 7 inches, and they were very aggressive.
In one Cenote Crystal, just south of Tulum, they shared it with only live bearers and turtles when I snorkeled there.
Below a video of Carwash Cenote (Aktun Ha) where along the edges, they were small, and common, but again, very aggressive, every time I flinch they are biting my earlobes and neck, so I try to distract them by stirring up dust. The only cichlids I saw there, were the Parachromis multifaciatus and feral Tilapines you see in the video.
Aktun Ha
Here in Panama I keep their close cousin, Roeboides bouchellei, also very aggressive. A scale eater that waits for the cichlids to get close, and quickly grab a mouthful of scales.
When I was a kid, the blind variety was always available.
I'm not sure they ship very well? in most, Cenotes they are under almost constant 100% water change, and oxygen levels are saturated, with 0ppm nitrate, so that may be a reason for the high shipping mortality.
I have seen them in the Cenotes in Mexico over 7 inches, and they were very aggressive.
In one Cenote Crystal, just south of Tulum, they shared it with only live bearers and turtles when I snorkeled there.
Below a video of Carwash Cenote (Aktun Ha) where along the edges, they were small, and common, but again, very aggressive, every time I flinch they are biting my earlobes and neck, so I try to distract them by stirring up dust. The only cichlids I saw there, were the Parachromis multifaciatus and feral Tilapines you see in the video.
Aktun Ha
Here in Panama I keep their close cousin, Roeboides bouchellei, also very aggressive. A scale eater that waits for the cichlids to get close, and quickly grab a mouthful of scales.
