That's about it. I saw them for sale, they look like Silver Dollars and she said they live in brackish water. Do they get big enough to NOT become meal for Gymnothorax tile, the Indian Mud Moray?
What are Scats and can they be housed w/ G. tiles?
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It sounds like scatophagus argus, spelling may be wrong from memory
I have seen them reach at least 7 inches and very high bodied.
I believe there are two species available the green scat and the silver scat.They are not generally aggressive and have a live and let live nature
Hope that helps a little.
I have seen them reach at least 7 inches and very high bodied.
I believe there are two species available the green scat and the silver scat.They are not generally aggressive and have a live and let live nature
Hope that helps a little.
best answer I got so far
makes me think the Morays might accept 'em, but I don't recall "Silver" or "Green" in the name......more of a "spotted,speckled or peppered" description...i'll call and find out, same w/ the LungfishI'm not sure if they are different species but there are red and green scats that are pretty much identical except for the body color,then you have he the silver scats that have a different look than the orhers.Brackish fish that are said to eventually need full salt once they are adults,they can grow to nearly a foot if I'm not mistaken.
I used to keep silver scats, which are what I believe you're referring to. They can be a little hard to keep but are very beautiful and active fish. They will eat ANYTHING including live plants.
They do get to be 10-12" long and are a round disc shape. This makes it hard to provide for them because they are a schooling fish and should be kept in groups of 6 or more. They also grow extremely fast. I got mine at about the size of a quarter and within 4 months they were pushing 5-6".
As mentioned, they are often kept in fresh water while young and then moved to brackish and to full marine when older. My LFS still had two of the ones I traded in the other day and they had taken down them from fresh to saltwater over a very short acclimation period. They are very hardy.
They are beautiful fish if you have the room and can provide the increasing salinity to an eventual full marine environment.
They come as silvers, greens, reds and African variants. They all require the same care. I think silvers are the most common and the cheapest (and I think the most beautiful). I got mine for $10 each back when I got them. My LFS hasn't ever had greens or reds but has had Africans at $100 each (yes, $100 each).
Let me know if you have any specific questions and I will try to help you out. I have done a lot of research and kept these guys before.
How big of a tank do you have to keep them in?
They do get to be 10-12" long and are a round disc shape. This makes it hard to provide for them because they are a schooling fish and should be kept in groups of 6 or more. They also grow extremely fast. I got mine at about the size of a quarter and within 4 months they were pushing 5-6".
As mentioned, they are often kept in fresh water while young and then moved to brackish and to full marine when older. My LFS still had two of the ones I traded in the other day and they had taken down them from fresh to saltwater over a very short acclimation period. They are very hardy.
They are beautiful fish if you have the room and can provide the increasing salinity to an eventual full marine environment.
They come as silvers, greens, reds and African variants. They all require the same care. I think silvers are the most common and the cheapest (and I think the most beautiful). I got mine for $10 each back when I got them. My LFS hasn't ever had greens or reds but has had Africans at $100 each (yes, $100 each).
Let me know if you have any specific questions and I will try to help you out. I have done a lot of research and kept these guys before.
How big of a tank do you have to keep them in?
And there is the African Scat, arguably the prettiest, and a totally fw specie
The African scat is not a freshwater species. It is supposed to have the same increasing salinity into full marine as the others.
I like the silvers better but I can easily see how others like the Africans the best.
I like the silvers better but I can easily see how others like the Africans the best.
Here are a few pictures of mine maybe a month or two after I got them. You will have to get used to seeing their stomachs bulge after they eat. Lol
Yep,Travis did mention the African species and oddly enough(to me anyway)he went on to ssay that they have been available in some shops but the green and reds have not been.The green and reds along with the silvers used to be quite common here when there were a few nice shops throughout the city.I don't recall any local shops ever having the African scats.
which of these fit the speckled/peppered/spotted description?