new arrivals Astatheros rostratum

[duanes]

2 weeks and all 15 doing well, and making their living earth eating.

 

[duanes]

All 15 rostratum doing well in their grow out.

 

[cichlidfish]

They look great and showing a lot of color. I think this sp. really does best in groups.

 

[TMSB805]

I've got 6 in the 3.5-5" range that i cant seem to get rid of..lol. If i had i bigger tank i'd keep them. All they do is hide all day. The wild ones i have are the complete opposite. Good luck with yours, they do look really good for that size

 

[duanes]

Because the back of the tank is painted black, large patches of algae, and the back 1/3 is heavily planted, mine will quickly disappear into the darkness if startled, but seem to just as quickly reappear. Actually less skittish so far, than I expected them to be by reputation.

 

[duanes]

Little update, it has been about 5 months since they arrived and about 3 months since a posted pic.

Believe all 15 still alive and kicking


Kind of a stretch geographically, there are only so many tanks, their only tankmates, 3 Betta edithae