bikiegirl Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Pantodon buchholzi or Freshwater Butterfly Fish im look for info on this fish if some can help that wood be good ty bikiegirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 They are not easy to breed so chances are there wont be any breeders here. They are about $40 i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Chris downs has a couple, I think. not sure if he reads the board though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Burrows Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 i think rob is the guy to ask about those flying fish hes got a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 I've got a pair of them. Males have a notch in the trailing edge of their anal fin. Adult size is 10 cm, mine aren't quite this large more like 8cm at the moment. While they will eat flake food (especially if it lands on their heads it seems) I feel they'd probably slowly decline without semi-regular live food feedings. Mine get moths and flies that a stupid enough to make their way inside and also mealworms and waxmoth larvae - as soon as food is below the surface they ignore it. They definitely appreciate vegetation at the surface so they can lurk in that - they can be a bit reclusive - just lurking in the vegetation not moving alot but that's their nature - waiting for prey. Probably not safe to keep them with small fish that also hang around the surface - I suspect that they may have grabbed a couple of the smaller hatchet fish (they have good sized mouths on them). Also probably not a good idea to house them with any type of fish known to be fin-nippers as the butterfly fish have nice trailing filaments on their pelvic fins. They have been bred in aquariums before and I've seen a bit of prespawning behaviour from my two. The information I have about spawning them is that the water needs to be warm (28 C), soft and slightly acid (6-6.5 pH), recommended to condition the pair on a varied diet including insects. The eggs float and hatch after about 51 hours (that was at 30C). The fry are supposed to be very difficult to raise - mainly due to feeding requirements - not only size of food but also keeping it at the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikiegirl Posted August 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 ty very much rob that help u alot cool ty bikiegirl ps; ty all for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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