mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 New roomates for the african butterfly fish have arrived. A group of 6 mudfish by far the craziest and most intriguing fish ive ever seen in person. The reaction from my wife, despite knowing they were coming, was as you would expect when I opened a box containing what can only be adequatly described as a bag of 6" jumping dinosaurs at our telework desks. . Not the best photo in the water but we will get plenty more to post in the coming years. I can only imagine what the first feeding will be like once they get all settled. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 You keep some crazy-cool fish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 @Fish Folk thanks much. I say the same about your selections as well. These are going to be some challenge they are way cooler in person than t b e few videos on youtube. I can only imagine when they start interacting with each other as they mature. My butterfly fish group formed two pairs and started dancing immediately when i swapped these in for the moliwe kribs and adjusted the decor slightly. Male in trail with the longer anal fin ray, female out front with the even anal fin. . Moliwe to a 20 also fired up immediately i think it has worked well for all groups. Not the best resolution but will upload better as anything noteworthy happens 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I'm excited to see how the mudfish do. Intriguing fish. Looks like a crazy experiment between a wild type Betta mixing with a loach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) @MAC yes they remind me of the fish version of a platypus with the mouth / trunk you dont expect to see on a fish. The knowledge gained either on how to keep them and breed them or ill how to not keep them will be a fun journey to document for me. Id prefer success over hard learning but both make me a better fishkeeper in the future. I will update the process milestones here whichever way they go for me. Guess its about time for a 2nd security camera in the fishroom to document that tank. Edited August 11, 2021 by mountaintoppufferkeeper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Still working on the feeding photos. They are nocturnal at the moment and still pretty reclusive but juat as intersting as they were on arrival. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Loving this journal! Those fish look incredible! I hope all goes well with the breeding project. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 A decent shot of the mudfish feeding on live baby brine tonight. Their mouth is wild to see in action. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 What a crazy cool fish to keep. I first heard of em from watching a CoOp unboxing semi recently but had forgotten about em till I was scrolling the forum and the coop local announcements and Robert had brought more in. I’m super excited to see how things play out, and I’m jealous for sure. I hope things go well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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