Elopicthys bambusa-Yellow Cheek Keeping

[kendragon]

I believe Wes has them available again. Would be nice to gather some info on how to keep them.

This goes out to members who have them currently and who have had them in the past. thebiggerthebetter , sunnysjourney , fugupuff . Please share your experience. There are a lot of fishing pictures of them but not too much info on raising them in captivity. I believe Michael Boettner has some too.

I myself got a few from Wes the same time I got my Mahseers. This was years ago. The Mahseers out grow the Bambusas and never really got a chance cohabing with them. They were 4" when I put them out in the pond. They just got skinny and disappeared. Mahseers were not much bigger but were much more aggressive.

I'm thinking about a new challenge as Wes had suggested recently to think outside the box. Maybe start them in a grow out tank and eventually put them outside???

 

[Dloks]

I am interested to see how this project turns out

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Here's info I've gathered about them:
They aren't really competing and don't like overly boisterous pond/tankmates.

They like lots of room or they bang their snouts.

Feed them multiple times daily if possible.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

All I know is pretty much described in my thread: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...s-bambusa-1-for-5-so-far.688009/#post-7754740

When they are comfortable, they feed vigorously and grow correspondingly, no problem, even in too small a tank.

They are not characins but a cyprinid, so this is a wrong forum. Just a pedantic note I guess.

 

[sunnysjourney]

Yeah I wish I had the space for a group. I’m dealing with some weird bloating issue with my Goliath atm and my grow out is also full with fish that can easily snack on the bambusas. I managed to grow mine out to about 14” I’d say before they were picked to death by the scats I had at the time.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/elopichthys-bambusa-growout.674070/

 

[Dloks]

Ken I’m down to get some too