Wanted: Charax Gibbosus.
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From my previous experience (albeit limited, only had 6 for about ~9mos) they do well with other small semi aggressive but quiet characins like Roeboides and large Crenuchus. NO EXODONS! Exodons just beat the living hell out of them and a few exodons can kill off a shoal overnight (ask me how I know 
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Cichlids, I had the most luck with larger dwarfs and dwarf pikes (if you see the cichlids breed make sure there's enough space because they will hammer the Charax in smaller tanks). Larger more aggressive cichlids just treat them like unusual target fish and they're usually dead in a day or two - they're more delicate than your typical barb/danio dithers.
Almost any bottom dweller that can't eat them/vice versa will work well, I had mine with Brochis sp. and some large Microglanis iheringi. They seem to kinda pick at other characins (as most tetra type fish do) but largely ignore anything dissimilarly shaped that's too big to swallow. While I've never actually tried them together, I think thatthings like Ctenopoma acutirostris and Monocirrhus polycanthus would work as would Anostomus and/or smaller Leporinus sp.
) Cichlids, I had the most luck with larger dwarfs and dwarf pikes (if you see the cichlids breed make sure there's enough space because they will hammer the Charax in smaller tanks). Larger more aggressive cichlids just treat them like unusual target fish and they're usually dead in a day or two - they're more delicate than your typical barb/danio dithers.
Almost any bottom dweller that can't eat them/vice versa will work well, I had mine with Brochis sp. and some large Microglanis iheringi. They seem to kinda pick at other characins (as most tetra type fish do) but largely ignore anything dissimilarly shaped that's too big to swallow. While I've never actually tried them together, I think thatthings like Ctenopoma acutirostris and Monocirrhus polycanthus would work as would Anostomus and/or smaller Leporinus sp.
Xiao;3473753; said:From my previous experience (albeit limited, only had 6 for about ~9mos) they do well with other small semi aggressive but quiet characins like Roeboides and large Crenuchus. NO EXODONS! Exodons just beat the living hell out of them and a few exodons can kill off a shoal overnight (ask me how I know
Cichlids, I had the most luck with larger dwarfs and dwarf pikes (if you see the cichlids breed make sure there's enough space because they will hammer the Charax in smaller tanks). Larger more aggressive cichlids just treat them like unusual target fish and they're usually dead in a day or two - they're more delicate than your typical barb/danio dithers.
Almost any bottom dweller that can't eat them/vice versa will work well, I had mine with Brochis sp. and some large Microglanis iheringi. They seem to kinda pick at other characins (as most tetra type fish do) but largely ignore anything dissimilarly shaped that's too big to swallow. While I've never actually tried them together, I think thatthings like Ctenopoma acutirostris and Monocirrhus polycanthus would work as would Anostomus and/or smaller Leporinus sp.
any clue why they only lasted 9 months??
Xiao;3473753; said:From my previous experience (albeit limited, only had 6 for about ~9mos) they do well with other small semi aggressive but quiet characins like Roeboides and large Crenuchus. NO EXODONS! Exodons just beat the living hell out of them and a few exodons can kill off a shoal overnight (ask me how I know
Cichlids, I had the most luck with larger dwarfs and dwarf pikes (if you see the cichlids breed make sure there's enough space because they will hammer the Charax in smaller tanks). Larger more aggressive cichlids just treat them like unusual target fish and they're usually dead in a day or two - they're more delicate than your typical barb/danio dithers.
Almost any bottom dweller that can't eat them/vice versa will work well, I had mine with Brochis sp. and some large Microglanis iheringi. They seem to kinda pick at other characins (as most tetra type fish do) but largely ignore anything dissimilarly shaped that's too big to swallow. While I've never actually tried them together, I think thatthings like Ctenopoma acutirostris and Monocirrhus polycanthus would work as would Anostomus and/or smaller Leporinus sp.
thats because they are basically just Astyanax bimaculatus but a different shape. although they might look "mean" they are not. lol. you could keep these with just about anything.
caribemob;3473469; said:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261760&highlight=charax+gibbosus
i wish these would have gotten in but it looks like it never happend i would have been able to keep my fw tanks if i had dropped money on these
yea i wanted to keep my fw but money was low so i sold both fw so now i got one sw and im starting a 40-55gal sw in a couple of months
if i would have gotten these i would have sold my sw instead
if i would have gotten these i would have sold my sw instead
