Darkened lateral line clearly on display at a juvenile stage. If im lucky enough to keep this fish to maturity I think it will look quite different from any other in this thread.
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Darkened lateral line clearly on display at a juvenile stage. If im lucky enough to keep this fish to maturity I think it will look quite different from any other in this thread.
You know, it's funny. I see a lot of (mis)information stating that chalceus need to be kept in groups, I guess whoever writes it doesn't understand the risk of them killing each other like
tiger15
mentioned!In fact, I once encountered someone on Loaches Online who believed it was a schooling fish, but they no longer disputed that it wasn't when I mentioned tiger's account of a group being reduced. Schooling fish just don't do that.
My $0.02 would be to stick to 12 of one species instead of 6 of each. That means you have twice as many to spread the aggression out amongst, and therefore lessen the chances of any one fish getting killed.
You know, it's funny. I see a lot of (mis)information stating that chalceus need to be kept in groups, I guess whoever writes it doesn't understand the risk of them killing each other like
In fact, I once encountered someone on Loaches Online who believed it was a schooling fish, but they no longer disputed that it wasn't when I mentioned tiger's account of a group being reduced. Schooling fish just don't do that.
My $0.02 would be to stick to 12 of one species instead of 6 of each. That means you have twice as many to spread the aggression out amongst, and therefore lessen the chances of any one fish getting killed.
I don't know for certain what the group rule is for chalceus but I know just 2 or 3 of the same species is no bueno (another reason I'm trying to figure out my particular species) while it seems like 2 of different species can be fine together like tiger15 has shown.
It also could be that smaller groups could more or less be possible depending on species. I see a lot more pics and videos of erythrurus in pairs or small groups than macrolepidotus or epakros. This could be also due to erythrurus' apparent popularity over the other species I assume because of their flashy colors.
The only time they school is when they are fry. At 2 inch size I found in dealer tanks, they were already sparring with one another, a few were stressed out at the corners, and many have broken nose from banging the wall or locking jaw. I have rare pics of a 1000+ gal SA tank in the now closed National Aquarium in DC where several PTC were cruising solo at the surface. Their bright color, loner demeanor, and immense size caught my eye before I know they are.
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ID these fish
I took these pics from the National Aquarium in Wash DC. Can someone ID the Geo in the first pic. It is about 11 inch in the Amazon tank with severum, lot of columbian tetra, and a 2 feet long silver arowana. It's interesting that the arrowana will not lunch on the small tetra.
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Jex yours looks like true macrolepidotus, mature individual with the darkened line covering approximately 1.5 scales above the lateral line as described in the article I referenced earlier. Did it ever show red spots at all like the others we've posted? You got this one from wet spot too?
The only time they school is when they are fry. At 2 inch size I found in dealer tanks, they were already sparring with one another, a few were stressed out at the corners, and many have broken nose from banging the wall or locking jaw. I have rare pics of a 1000+ gal SA tank in the now closed National Aquarium in DC where several PTC were cruising solo at the surface. Their bright color, loner demeanor, and immense size caught my eye before I know they are.
ID these fish
I took these pics from the National Aquarium in Wash DC. Can someone ID the Geo in the first pic. It is about 11 inch in the Amazon tank with severum, lot of columbian tetra, and a 2 feet long silver arowana. It's interesting that the arrowana will not lunch on the small tetra.
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It closed? They don't have the arapaima tank anymore? That's terrible and news to me. It was my favorite exhibit at dc zoo.
Edit: my bad, I thought you meant the Amazonia section of the zoo. I was never even aware dc had a national aquarium.
I still have all the receipts from the fish I have bought from The Wet Spot. So I looked it up and they sold it as a Macrolepidotus.
