So the LFS I work at has had this little guy for a while. The last one they had hid all day and then it ended up dying suddenly after a month or so. This one came out to greet me during feeding time so of course I had to get him.
After getting a nice side picture I pulled out my long overdue atlas of aquarium fish and IDed him as a campylomormyrus rhynchophorus.
The last mormyrid I had was a 3 1/2" freshwater baby whale. I first had it in a 20g with a betta and a bunch of cool looking small feeder guppies. I wasn't very smart and put it in too early, but I didn't have any problems. Then I got a 3.5" raph and took out the betta. They did okay except for the baby whale nipping fins occasionally. Then a few months later I got two 3.5" belonesox and the raph was about 5 1/2". The baby whale hadn't been eating as much as he used to and died. I am pretty sure it was overcrowding that killed him.
When I did have him though, I couldn't help but notice his constant hyperventilation. He seriously never stopped hyperventilating from day 1.
This one is in a 20g with the two old belonesox. He is smaller than the last baby whale and is in a tank with less messy fish. I am planning on putting him in a 40br with some african knives or something along that line.
I will be feeding him primarily bloodworms and glassworms with occasional brine shrimp and krill.
Does anybody have any tips on how to keep this guy healthy and happy?
After getting a nice side picture I pulled out my long overdue atlas of aquarium fish and IDed him as a campylomormyrus rhynchophorus.
The last mormyrid I had was a 3 1/2" freshwater baby whale. I first had it in a 20g with a betta and a bunch of cool looking small feeder guppies. I wasn't very smart and put it in too early, but I didn't have any problems. Then I got a 3.5" raph and took out the betta. They did okay except for the baby whale nipping fins occasionally. Then a few months later I got two 3.5" belonesox and the raph was about 5 1/2". The baby whale hadn't been eating as much as he used to and died. I am pretty sure it was overcrowding that killed him.
When I did have him though, I couldn't help but notice his constant hyperventilation. He seriously never stopped hyperventilating from day 1.
This one is in a 20g with the two old belonesox. He is smaller than the last baby whale and is in a tank with less messy fish. I am planning on putting him in a 40br with some african knives or something along that line.
I will be feeding him primarily bloodworms and glassworms with occasional brine shrimp and krill.
Does anybody have any tips on how to keep this guy healthy and happy?
