GLOSSAMIA APRION aka Mouth Almighty

[gobucks1]

Anyone ever keep these?

Any for sale in the U.S.? They look really awesome, good size too. I'd love to keep one. I imagine they'd be out of my price range though, like most Australian fish other than Saratogas and rainbows.

Almost like a mini lates sp.
http://www.nativefish.asn.au/mouth-almighty.html
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=14863
http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/aquarium/glossamia_aprion.htm

 

[masone]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201356
Amehel0 was with me catching them and can attest to how easy and quickly you can pull them out of the water. I think he still has a couple of them, was breeding them or somthing. I've seen the for sale in the US on aquabid, think they were around $70. Price was a bit of a shock, considering I usually just give them away when I have them.

 

[gobucks1]

Wow, there are some cool Australian fish!

I would definitely pay that for a couple of them, are they easy to breed?

 

[masone]

easy to breed, stick them in a tank with lots of plants and feed them well. Just remember they are mouthbrooders and males hold the eggs so dont move him when he's holding. One of the ones we caught spat the eggball in the holding tub. We also netted one with almost wrigglers as well in its mouth.

 

[gobucks1]

That's great. Pupumole directed me to a site where i could buy them for $20 each. I'm going to have to buy a few sometime soon and try my hand at breeding them.

Thanks for your help.

 

[channarox]

ive seen them come into the lfs near me before.
supposedly they act much like nandus nandus.
ive heard of them getting some disease very easily?

 

[Kaliedoscope]

SO how do they breed? Im very interested in this... they are a kind of cardinalfish are they not?
what kind of habitat do they come from? Can anybody attest to having seen them in the wild?

What kind of tank setup would it take to breed them.

I am assuming that they need live food though, live fish?

 

[masone]

Male holds eggs. This guy was a one of four feeder/cleanup crew in my gar tank. They still bred. Usually found along stream edges in slow moving water among weeds and overhanging grass or around log snags. See them in the wild everytime I go to a creek Will take chopped prawn and other meaty food readily, live shrimp and earthworms are a fave.

Vid of my snakehead gudgeon chasing a pair after they snatched his food.
[video=youtube;0URWd3qrYbw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0URWd3qrYbw&feature=BFa&list=ULuBgBcORcez4[/video]

 

[Decker504]

Male holds eggs. This guy was a one of four feeder/cleanup crew in my gar tank. They still bred. Usually found along stream edges in slow moving water among weeds and overhanging grass or around log snags. See them in the wild everytime I go to a creek Will take chopped prawn and other meaty food readily, live shrimp and earthworms are a fave.

Vid of my snakehead gudgeon chasing a pair after they snatched his food.
[video=youtube;0URWd3qrYbw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0URWd3qrYbw&feature=BFa&list=ULuBgBcORcez4[/video]

Looks just like my Caquetia myersi from Colombia

From DJ/MC Decker