Just picked this guy up... any ideas?

[SP42]

The LFS said "false leaf fish" but i'm not too sure about that....
anyone have any ideas?

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[rumblesushi]

looks like a perch of some sort, nice fish. How much was it?

 

[unknownuza13]

It is a perch. I think it is Siniperca chuatsi

 

[blacktip]

My guess would be a nandus nandus.

 

[Vince]

Nice pick up. Gangetic leaf fish, aka Nandus nandus.

 

[unknownuza13]

how big do these guys get?

 

[Vince]

According to this site, 20 cm, 7.8 inches.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10260

 

[SP42]

hehehe they couldn't tell me exactly what it was, it came in on trade. so I bargined them down to $12 (thats canadian)

not too bad i think, he eats like a fiend, in with a silver gar and a ornate bichar for now.

 

[guppy]

Like other leaffish don't trust it with fish smaller than 2/3 it's size, or at all smaller than it is if the other fish is skinny. Other than that they are great fish and not all that active, they sort of just drift around the tank in a mellow way except when feeding, they are also usually not at all shy and can be hand fed.

 

[DiXoN]

looks like a perch of some sort, nice fish. How much was it?

rumblesushi.
you can pic these up in the UK for around a £10 or sometimes cheaper.


anyway nice looking fish whats it eating.
dixon