bowfin

[channarox]

anyone in sg know where to buy bowfins?
been fascinated by these for a very long time.
also,anyone have some more than basic care requiremants for these guys?

 

[ermgravy]

xander told me a day ago that they are rare in sgp...
this thread will no doubt be moved.... They are ancient fish!!!!
Care wise, i keep to males in a tank, not the best idea to keep more than 1 per tank, but mine have always been together so are ok, the odd nudge but thats about it, again not a great fish to com, but mine are... males dont often display breeding colors in tanks but mine always do....
ask me anything spersific and ill do my best to answer....

ok in water from cold to hot.... 19-32C , my seem happiest 25-29 but thats what they have been kept in for years.....

 

[ermgravy]

oh and on of the best pet fish there is.... grumpy, moody, stropy... they have character! mine are like puppys.... got nutts when im in the room and get moody if i dont tickle there tummies.... thou that would stop the second they go for me...

 

[channarox]

LOL.
yea.
i know theyre very hard to come by.
i was hoping some sg member could tell me.
how fast do they grow?

 

[ermgravy]

relatively quick to start then slow before they hit 11-12" from then on mine did around a 1" every two-five months.... not a great grower, but thats plenty of growth considering these fish could easy live 50yrs with proper care...

 

[aapl76]

Moved....

The last time it appeared in SG was probably 2 years ago in CF. Jason hand carried 2 pcs from Japan. They were sold at $180SG each. If you are keen, you can either ask our MFK vendors to ship to you or go personally to Hong Kong at Goldfish street to tabao.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

oh and on of the best pet fish there is.... grumpy, moody, stropy... they have character! mine are like puppys.... got nutts when im in the room and get moody if i dont tickle there tummies.... thou that would stop the second they go for me...

Got any pics?

 

[ermgravy]

what bowfins or with hands in the tank? if u mean the later, no mainly cos ive never managed to hold camera whilst leaning over the tank to play with em as i need a hand to hold on to wall... but ill get a friend on the case soon..... in the mean time:

 

[kafiltafiisch]

erm nice bowfin beautiful colors. do they have the green tongue? since they are in breeding colors

 

[ermgravy]

green tongue? pass ive never seen either of there tounges and i dont fancy making em grumpy by trying to open there mouths..... ill keep an eye out and get back on that one.....