Well i have two of these Polycentropsis abbreviata and i think i am going to take them back *ill try them a week more* as i cant feed them any thing other than live, but i have been told to just feed all my fish as i do and let them fight for flake! as they will live for up to 3 months without food and they are not dumb and will eat atfer a little while but if you do not have the time or room do not buy these fish!

There cheap but very hard to keep! alot of others have let them die as they cant do the job right.

will a Leopard Ctenopoma eat bloddworms.....srry for being random but they look life the one you've shown and i was just wondering

lol, never mind, i did some reading and found my answer

This post has been edited by Feral123: Jul 5 2007, 06:27 PM

The leopard bush fish (Ctenopoma acutirostre) will eat almost anything 'meaty'. Mine are currently feeding (heavily) on a variety of foods including: Hikari sinking carnivore pellets, flake food, frozen 'krill', frozen bloodworms, frozen beef heart (rarely) and small frozen 'silversides'. This is why they're a much easier fish to keep than any of the 'true' leaf fishes.

-Joe

Most stores label the Cpetenoma Acoustrie ambigously as spotted african leaf fish. Thats a very broad term. When they say that, theres a 90 percent chance they mean the fish in the last picture posted. It's probably the most common leaf fish now and I have four of them. Places like petsmart sell them at amazing sizes of less than .25 inches.





Actually mine are 6 inches long and are only 3 years old.

Also they can be shy, but normally will be the first out to get food. They have large eyes and are nocturnal. A lot fo their "shyness" can be due to bright lights hurting their eyes. Dimming the lights during feeding time will often encourage them to feed. I have 4, and 3 of them eat out of my hand, the other one is very shy. They love live food, but will be great on frozen and flake. I give them live though because frozen foods get expensive. They especially love beefheart so give them that, especially as they grow larger, because they will start to ignore small flakes and anything but live, beefheart, and very large flakes at around 6 inches.

This post has been edited by ArauraDiscus: Jul 7 2007, 06:50 PM

which ones stay small would the Ctenopoma acutirostre be ok with tetras? i saw some in a fish store the other day that had longer side fins that were really round, they kinda reminded me of the saltwater clown fish side fins with how they were shaped and the way they moved them, and they were about an inch long (fish not fins) what are those? i would like one but would they work with tetras?

anyone? i read they are peaceful would they do ok with smaller tetras?(black neons, glowlights those sorts) the Ctenopama i mean

AshleySpatula...

Any smaller fish that will fit into the surprisingly large mouth of a Ctenopoma acutirostre will likely become a snack. Black neons and glowlight tetras will not be safe in an aquarium with an adult-sized C. acutirostre.

-Joe

THANK YOU so much! This is the best web-site. I also have had trouble finding any information on any kind of "leaf fish". I now know that I have two Leopard Ctenopoma acuitirlostre. However you say that. Is there a common name a little easier to say because it is obviously NOT an African Leaf Fish.

My two are approximately 2", they do take air from the top like a gourami at times (but mostly when they are looking for food). And boy do these two EAT. Mine are in no way shy and I have them almost eating from my hand. They will eat all forms of frozen foods such as brine & blood worms. But they go nuts over live earth worms and are now also eating Dainichi color supreme baby pellets.

They are housed with a 10" black ghost knife (who is also not shy), a 2" datnoid, 2 1" green tiger barbs, 1 Burmese Border Loach, 2 3" butterfly fishes, 3 really cool pleco's, a 4" zig zag eel and 1 orange finned mono. They are in a 65 gallon show tank and I am looking to double that size very soon.

I love the leaf fish a lot, they remind me of a pug dog, a little bossy (mostly with each other), the first to the front to eat and full of personality. They do well with confident fish of the same size or larger, but not aggressive. Due to the fact I was feeding earth worms they did give the eel a good look but he faced them and whipped his tail at them a few times and everyone is happy now.

Ctenopoma Acutirostre would be very happy with Tetras for the 5-10 minutes there were any in the tank....These are predatory fish and have rather large mouths to boot