Forktailed Lates

[Brev]

I am currently keeping a forktailed lates from Tanganyika, it's doing well. Ppple say it grows large (nearly one metre); but mine is just 4" long. It eats mainly feeders; seems that it doesn't accept dry food.

Anyone of you have experience in keeping this species?

P.S. I have a thread on the same topic, but don't know why my previous acc was expired...

 

[Brev]

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

hmmm.... never heard of this species myself. whats your PH we get a a few wild imports of stuff like benthochromis, frontosa and thropehus from the lake and they do much better in harder water around 7.8-8. which i imagine your lates will like

 

[SimonL]

It that Lates microlepis? Andcool, never seen one!

 

[Brev]

My PH is about 8; yeah I keep it with my fronts and other Malawians~!

Yeah, it's Lates microlepis~ In hk, some exortic species are imported~ but they're still rare in the market.

 

[mad ness]

got the same one. keep mine in 6.8 with 2 other niles

 

[pupumole]

oh god-_- u Hong Kong ppl r killin me .... why do i have to move from there to here.... mind sendin a few over here? ^_^

as for how to take care of that late...err... not sure, if i had it though, i would treat it like any other lates

 

[Brev]

got the same one. keep mine in 6.8 with 2 other niles

great, seems that they are fast growers~
your tank must be a huge one, love to see big fishes in a big tank, juz like the aquarium in zoo.

 

[Brev]

oh god-_- u Hong Kong ppl r killin me .... why do i have to move from there to here.... mind sendin a few over here? ^_^

as for how to take care of that late...err... not sure, if i had it though, i would treat it like any other lates

Come back then~XD

 

[mad ness]

yea i think we are a bit spoiled