Kieflow Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Hello all! I’m considering an oddball predator tank (specifically albino bichir and leopard ctenopomas). Curious on the communities thoughts on if the 2 species would be compatible and other things to consider such as tank size/setups. Im also interested in breeding if I went with only one of the species. I’d love to see setups anyone currently has for this type of tank. I am open to different species suggestions as well! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 I've seen those two done before many times. If you're going to breed, you're going to need a big tank and with the bichirs, it might be easier to remove the adults... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 6:16 AM, Kieflow said: I’m considering an oddball predator tank (specifically albino bichir and leopard ctenopomas) I just want to say I love my leopard, it's such a gorgeous looking and interesting to observe and interact with fish. It likes dense plant coverage, the more jungle, the better...prefers live food but not too fussy about it. Doesn't bother tankmates unless they are of edible size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I kept some about 18 years ago in a species tank as they get older they tend to get darker and lose some of their colour mine use to like hanging out in the plants a lot darting out when I dropped food in the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieflow Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 9:22 AM, Fonske said: I just want to say I love my leopard, it's such a gorgeous looking and interesting to observe and interact with fish. It likes dense plant coverage, the more jungle, the better...prefers live food but not too fussy about it. Doesn't bother tankmates unless they are of edible size. Do you keep a single fish or are they better in a group? On 2/3/2023 at 11:00 AM, Colu said: I kept some about 18 years ago in a species tank as they get older they tend to get darker and lose some of their colour mine use to like hanging out in the plants a lot darting out when I dropped food in the tank How many did you keep and in what size tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 9:17 PM, Kieflow said: Do you keep a single fish or are they better in a group? How many did you keep and in what size tank? I kept two in a 6ft planted tank I eventually had to re-home them when I had to downsize and didn't have as much space 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 5:17 AM, Kieflow said: Do you keep a single fish or are they better in a group? I keep just one. Wish I could have a tank large enough for a group but with ctenopoma's adult size of ~8" it's difficult to have enough room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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