- rustic look
- for brackish water
- can be bred
- interesting lurker
Half-billed pike - Dermogenys pusillus
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from over 3,000 reviews "| Origin: | Asia |
| Planting possible?: | conditional* (see description) |
| Temperature: | 18-28 °C |
| Visual effect: | interesting body shape |
| Feature: | interesting brood care |
| Behavior: | Quiet |
| Fish group: | Spikefish |
| Water values: | Brackish water |
| with shrimps?: | with shrimps from 4-6 cm size |
| Diet: | carnivore - meat eater |
| with dwarf crabs?: | No |
| Aquarium size: | 100 l (approx. 80cm) |
| Pelvic region: | Top |
| Breeding: | medium |
| Difficulty: | 2 - Normal |
| with snails/shells?: | Yes |
| Final size: | 4-8 cm |
| with large crabs?: | No |
| with fish?: | conditional* (see description) |
| with crabs?: | No |
With their prehistoric appearance are Half-billed pikelets are real eye-catchers in your tank. The elongated body with the extended beak-shaped mouth make them imposing surface Surface fishthat are a pleasure to watch. They originate from the Mekong Delta in Vietnambut are also found in Thailand thailand. You can keep them well especially in brackish water tanks.
Half-billed pike reach a Body length of about 7 cm and are slender and elongated. The males do not grow as big as the females, which makes it easy to tell them apart. Mostly they have a red spot on the dorsal fin, which characteristically marks them. They belong, similar to Guppy or Platiesto the Livebearers and can be bred, whereby a separate breeding tank is meaningful.
Offer your favorites an aquarium with an Edge length of at least 80 cm which has a dark substrate and is also rather shaded. For this purpose you can dim the light a little bit, but also with a Floating plant cover to provide shade. Make sure that your water has a Salt content of 0,1 to 1%, so that your darlings feel well. Because they are very social, you should give them their group from at least 7 animals with a Excess females otherwise they will care and hide.
Your half-billed pike can also be socialize thembut you should take care to choose peaceful fish, which are also familiar with brackish water Brackish water with brackish water. Especially mollies, but also guppies are suitable.
Offer your animals a varied and species-appropriate Diet so that they feel well and stay with you for a long time. Among other things, the following are suitable for this purpose Live- and Frozen food such as Mosquito larvae, Daphnia but also Fruit flieswhich they ingest at the surface. Because they are Lurking hunters their feeding is a spectacle every time. Therefore cover the aquarium wellso that they do not jump out of the tank.
Our plant recommendation: Use for planting NatureHolic InVitros. These are free of snails, planaria and other unwanted co-inhabitants. Also free of algae spores, bacteria and fungi.
Expert Tip: When keeping invertebrates we recommend the NatureHolic 3 Phase Liquid. The care set offers the best all-round protection for your animals. It ensures optimal conditions for successful breeding and keeping.
- Item no: 28899
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