Who has Archers?

[scoobymg47]

So, I was wondering how many of you keep archers.

I used to have a lovely Toxotes jaculatrix (about 5") who did beautifully until I had someone fish sit for a few months and they didn't check the water temp when they put new water in *tear*. He was a great eater and the only fish who bullied him was an angel fish (who also died in the water change). I have since resetup and have another on order. Having a freshwater archer was really nice.

Maybe this time around I'll build a terrarium over the tank.

 

[fishtex]

I've got 3 and I freakin love them. Coolest fish I have owned yet.

 

[aidenb]

jaculatrix arent freshwater, they need brackish as they get older. look for a microlepis if you want freshwater. anyway, i have a couple jaculatrix in a brackish tank and they do great

 

[cudamaster13]

i have a two inch jaculator archer he doesnt spit water very much but he is awsome he is in my brackish tank with my 10"gtile,dragongoby,2"fiddler and 4"silver tiger datnoid

 

[scoobymg47]

Whichever species it actually was, it was definately freshwater and did very well. These are coming from the same source so they should do well.

 

[FishNCash]

i had some and it died from being bullied.

 

[taelee]

Had 3 two years ago. Getting 3 tomorrow.

 

[gamezawy]

what do you feed your Archers i just bought 2 yesterday about 2 inch

 

[fishtex]

crickets are a must - fun to watch. I've got mine doing very well on hikari food sticks. just stick them to the glass a couple inches above water level and enjoy.
They also enjoy ghost shrimp and guppies every now and then. Have even given them diced up market shrimp stuck to the glass. Gotta make them work for it!

 

[Burto]

I've kept an archer fish (named Fluffy) in a 4' ~50 gallon/185 litre freshwater tank for about a year now, I think he's at least doubled in size since I got him, currently just under 6" long.
He shares the well planted tank with a fire mouth, blue acara, convict, salvini and about half a dozen bristlenose.

He's been fed loads of different foods in the time I've kept him, he seems to like crickets and moths most of all, but I've recently finally converted him to a diet of about 90% Omega One medium cichlid pellets which took a couple weeks, with cheap pellets (which he prefers) crickets and the occasional guppy as treats. He'll jump almost his full body length out of the water to take a cricket from my fingers.

I've recently been trying to train him to spit water on cue. I'll hold some pellets between my fingers above the water, and when he spits at my hand I release them for him. He'll do it as long as he's hungry.