Ctenopoma acutirostre, i've seen it listed as a leopard climbing perch and also as spotted leaf fish. Anybody know anything about them? I've read that they get 6in and prefer live foods. I was thinking about putting one in with a bicher and african knife.
leopard climbing perch
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It'll be fine with the fish you've got-they don't need purely live foods. Mine (which is 6") eats frozen bloodworm, cockles, prawn and earthworms. Give them some cover though-they do like somewhere to hide.
I'd highly recommend them-very cool and generally peaceful.
I'd highly recommend them-very cool and generally peaceful.
allmost all fish like live fish but they do better on prepared foods they should do great with those tankmates as long as nobody can eat each other but mine is a pig and eats just about anything i feed it even flakes some times but they like just about every thing they do get 6'' and do need to have some cover to hang out in i don't know if they need to kept in groups mines alone there not to aggressive but def are preditory but are very cool looking fish and have pretty big mouths
I notice my 2 get into squabbles sometimes but I think its more a get away from me squabble and not territorial because they hang out together under the same piece of driftwood.
Mine eat anything I stick in the tank including flakes. But I feed them a big variety of foods. Anything from freeze dried krill to live earthworms. But they love the con fry I raise for them. I guess its the stalking they enjoy most.
Mine eat anything I stick in the tank including flakes. But I feed them a big variety of foods. Anything from freeze dried krill to live earthworms. But they love the con fry I raise for them. I guess its the stalking they enjoy most.
I had one with my cichlids for a couple of months, but it would constantly pick on my chocolate cichlid, which was much larger than the ctenopoma. Otherwise a very adaptable fish, ate pellets and pretty much anything I offered.
mine loves freeze dried blood worms, and absolutely hates the aqueon tropical flakes, im thinking about switching anyone have a flake that they prefer for their spotted climbing perch?
the Ctenopoma acutirostre is aka the leopard bushfish. i have one that is four years old and six inches long. very hardy and eats live and frozen food, and doesn't let anybody bully "him" in the community, even cichlids larger than himself. one of my fave fish...
