In my never ending search for African oddballs I have yet another species to ask about. Does anyone keep these? How hard are they to get onto frozen food? Would a 29G be able to house one long term, or would he need to go into my 100G oddball tank. Just curious. I haven't found any yet, just in the researching phase.
Polycentropsis abbreviata (Afrucab Leaf Fish)
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if i'm thinking correctly this fish is the one that requires soft water, is extremely sensitive to water quality and MUST have a continuous supply of live food....ya not too easy to keep although someday when i get a decent sized army of breeding guppies and a pair or convicts that produces good enough, i might try my hand and all the leaf fish besides the nandus nandus and ctenopoma i have already.
Very tough fish to find. They're more like polycentrus schomburgkii than anything else, and care is practically identical. Keep up on your water changes and you'll be fine (once to twice a week ~40%), keep the water very warm (82-84 is prime, and it keeps ich away as well). My old schomburgkii/abbreviata ate frozen brineshrimp, live earthworms, crickets, feeders, etc. Bloodworms were another favourite. I kept a pair of each in their own heavily planted 10gs with small peacock eels and buffalohead cichlids. They never had any problems other than the occassional territorial dispute with the buffalohead. A 29g can easily do a small group for life, they are very inactive fish. If you've ever kept them, their behaviour is very similar to ctenopoma acutirostre, except more sedentary and less easily frightened.
Well as of right now I'm still in the research phase. I think if I do find one, I will grab it. I am discovering that as much as I like a tank of active fish, there is something peaceful about watching some that just seem to hang there. (ie ctenopoma acutirostre)
who this guy ???????
not my pic
if so i have one i all ways thought it was a south american leaf fish i all ways wondered though it did look differn't then the pics of south american leaf fish that i saw i got mine to eat prepared foods if it is the right fish there great fish and not that hard to find i got mine for $10 know that i think about it i don't think i have an amazon leaffish mine look identical to the one in the pic above i'll get pics to show you
not my pic
if so i have one i all ways thought it was a south american leaf fish i all ways wondered though it did look differn't then the pics of south american leaf fish that i saw i got mine to eat prepared foods if it is the right fish there great fish and not that hard to find i got mine for $10 know that i think about it i don't think i have an amazon leaffish mine look identical to the one in the pic above i'll get pics to show you
i had a polycentrus schomburgkii before.
very demanding fish in terms of water.
mine died in just a few days.
or was it weeks?
very demanding fish in terms of water.
mine died in just a few days.
or was it weeks?
killerfish;1360994; said:who this guy ???????
not my pic
if so i have one i all ways thought it was a south american leaf fish i all ways wondered though it did look differn't then the pics of south american leaf fish that i saw i got mine to eat prepared foods if it is the right fish there great fish and not that hard to find i got mine for $10 know that i think about it i don't think i have an amazon leaffish mine look identical to the one in the pic above i'll get pics to show you
That looks to be the right one. I wish oddball fish were easier to find in my neck of the woods.
I think I want one.if thats him try to find one not to rub it in but i love mine my favorite fish its only a little bigger then my thumb but when i stick my hand in the tank to do what ever he all ways swims right up and gives my hand a creepy look then he useually bites me not as aggression but the little guys got spunk i hand feed him so thats proubly why but he eats alot of differn't food all hand feed or at least held at the surface but if i let them just drop in it still inhales them so far hes eaten krill, cut red worms or red wigglers, pieces of fish like carp, cod , tilapia and he likes blood worms a little but not much any more
heres a few more pics of the same fish
BOTH AREN'T my pics i believe photo credit should go to Johnny Jensen
heres a few more pics of the same fish
BOTH AREN'T my pics i believe photo credit should go to Johnny Jensen