jar05g

Hey all. So I added a Leaf fish to my stock yesterday. It's a pretty cool looking fish. It's black with white dots all over it. I didn't see anything on this site about them so I was hoping some of you could give me some info. about them. Anything will help. Thanks!

FishFolk

http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Mon...yacanthus.html

Here's a link to a page about them. They are a very interesting looking fish.

Butterfly

Sounds interesting. What other fish do you have in the tank with it, hope their all bigger. The profile says it will eat small fish.
Carol

jar05g

I have 5 glowlight tetras, 4 rummynose tetras, and 4 cherry barbs. All much bigger lol. Mine looks more like this...but with black instead of brown: http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddbal1286.jpg

Wilhelm Joshua Tan

South American Leaf Fish
Monocirrhus polyacanthus
Family: Nadids
Characteristic: 3 inches (8cm), Female somewhat plumper with spawn.
Tank/Water:24X12X12 inches, water type 1-3/4.5-7.5 pH, 74-85 degrees Fahrenheit
Care: Keep in pairs in small, dark tanks, if hiding places (roots, plantings of large-leaved plants, floating plants) are available. Accepts only small,live food fish or mosquito larvae
Compability: Best kept in a species tank
From: Tropical Freshwater Aquarium Fish From A-Z from p.198-199

jar05g

Great...this is what I get for buying a fish before doing research. I'm not feeding this thing live food. I'll take it back lol.

Wilhelm Joshua Tan

But this is its meal. Maybe it eats dried shrimp.

Butterfly

They feed them flakes and freeze dried foods at the LFS.
carol

Pandora

I've definitely heard of them taking frozen bloodworms at the very least

jar05g

I still think I'm taking it back...It's not an active fish, and I've done some looking around on here and the web and found a fish that I love!!

NanoAddict

i think if you could hold onto it for a while and get a larger tank, that and another leaf fish would make a terrific species tank

05G35COUPE

I have a leaf fish and yesterday he ate my $15 New femail Apistogramma. When he was small he was fine. Now he is about 2.5-3 inches and became aggressive & also hogs all the food. I am going to return him this week.

kittenface14

Those fish are neat looking..