Candirus

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Try to pm polypterus...He was looking for someone to split a box with a while back and said he is always looking for someone who is genuinely wanting to keep this species. Have you done a lot of homework on them?
 
Druu;1433578; said:
Thanks, I will pm him. Do you know the cost of them? And who's bringing them in?
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Nope. I just vaguely remember him mentioning all of that about 6 months ago. And if I recall, no one on that thread at least ordered any. I would also like to keep these so keep me posted :)
 
bigspizz;1433583; said:
Nope. I just vaguely remember him mentioning all of that about 6 months ago. And if I recall, no one on that thread at least ordered any. I would also like to keep these so keep me posted :)
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No one has had them available in awhile and I have not pursued getting any in recently. Generally these are difficult fish for a vendor / importer to move (and obtain).

I'll put you on the list of interested Druu and if when they are available I'll contact you about them. Any info your questions please do feel free to get a hold of me..
 
Polypterus;1433796; said:
No one has had them available in awhile and I have not pursued getting any in recently. Generally these are difficult fish for a vendor / importer to move (and obtain).

I'll put you on the list of interested Druu and if when they are available I'll contact you about them. Any info your questions please do feel free to get a hold of me..
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I would love to be on that list as well sir :)
 
Could you link me to some of the husbandry info you have on them? I know that they're parasitic and suck blood from the gill area of fish. I was thinking about keeping a few large comets or native sunfish in another tank and swapping a new one into the candiru tank every other day. Sort of like how the lab I worked in raised guinea pigs to blood feed mosquitos.
 
Druu;1435012; said:
Could you link me to some of the husbandry info you have on them? I know that they're parasitic and suck blood from the gill area of fish. I was thinking about keeping a few large comets or native sunfish in another tank and swapping a new one into the candiru tank every other day. Sort of like how the lab I worked in raised guinea pigs to blood feed mosquitos.
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I'll PM you some links later tonight when I have more time.

One thing I'll quickly note is on Diet.
You really do not need to have a prey fish available 24/7 as they really only feed once a week at most. One feeding is sufficient to keep them going for longer than this actually. In practice I found feeding Large Live market Tilapia is best. These are readily available and as long as you are not feeding more than two medium sized Vandellia (3 to 4 inches) or smaller fish, this one prey fish will last a very long time. Goldfish and carp are very poor prey fish as they tend to not recover from a single feeding. These fish rip up gill tissue when feeding, Goldfish merely can not sustain the type of damage inflicted.

Candiru do not actually "suck" the blood. What they do is latch onto and pierce the artery that supplies blood to the gills and then basically lets the prey fishes own heart pump blood directly into the stomach cavity. Physically a Candiru is unable to feed it's self and it absolutely requires a live food item...
 
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