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[Peckoltia]

Hi

 

Anyone else keep these fish?

 

I got one the other day from Aquotix. Only a little fella ~5cm. Nice looking fish.

 

Don't see them around very often.

 

One thing I have noticed is that they are a super greedy fish when it comes to food, even at a small size. Apparently a super aggressive fish as they mature. Was thinking of mixing it with some Polleni. I think a tank with all "black/white" fish would look pretty cool.

 

Cheers,

 

Alex

[Bowdy]

There awesome looking fish for sure.

[Peckoltia]

For sure Ray.

 

Hopefully mine ends up looking something like this - http://fishesofaustr...ome/species/690

 

Meant to change from white to a golden colour as they mature. Be interesting to see the change.

[ice]

Very cool fish, have seen a few of these floating around the place in various shops. If i had anywhere to put one I would grab one too!

 

Looking forward to seeing it when its got some size on it mate!

[MrLeifBeaver]

Yeah, I like him, how big do they grow to?

[Peckoltia]

I'll post some pics when it grows a bit.

Max size 30cm

[wickkyjr]

My favorite fish.

Had him from 08 up until the end of last year. When i moved kept him at my old mans house.

When the fish died the ol' boy was hooked on them and got another one this year. Now has a nice 5x2x2 to himself.

Very very aggressive fish even from a young age. Tried to house 2 together only lasted a couple of hours before 

the slightly larger one (5cm) beat the crap out of the other one (4cm)

This was my old one 

Would highly recommend this fish is your looking for something with alot of personality.

cheers zac

[Peckoltia]

Thanks for the reply Zac. Nice looking fish and nice sharp pics. What was the growth rate like?

[wickkyjr]

Mine was wild caught,

Had no idea what pellets were. So fed on live feeders.

But powered from 3cm to about 10cm or so over 4months,

Then slowed down abit. When he died at about 4-5 years old he was about 25cm

Try not to get it onto live feeders, Mine would eat close to 100 firetail gudgeons over 4 days.

 

What size tank have you got him?

[Peckoltia]

Mine will eat anything that is thrown into the tank; pellets, prawn, whitebait, fish fillets etc. I never feed any feeders, so absolutely no chance of getting hooked on live food.

 

in a 5x2x2 with some tinfoiled barbs around the 15cm mark, everything seems to get along fine for now.

[SamJohns]

Cant wait to see some photos when it grows. Would look impressive with those barbs when all a decent size

[Peckoltia]

Should be a cool fish when it grows.

 

I went overseas for 2 weeks. Came home at the Grunter has doubled in size. Couldn't believe it. Fed mainly on carni pellets and some frozen foods.