Common name/s: Frogmouth catfish
Scientific name: Chaca chaca
Family: Chacidae
Origin: India, Sumatra, Borneo
Maximum size: 8"
Care: Caring for this fish couldnt be easier, as the fish is a out and out piscavor a species tank is recomended and its only requirements are a large flat rock and a sand substrate. The fish is unfussy of water parameters as long as extremes of hardness and pH are avoided, regular tank maintainance will keep the fish in good condition, a temperatue of 22 to 24 centigrade is preffered (71-75f). Frogmouths can swallow prey nearly their own size and so are recomended for a species tank only, keeping with larger fish will affect the fishes ability to hunt effectively.
Feeding: FISH! This is one of the very few predators i was unable to convert to frozen foods, unless you are happy to feed live fish then this fish is not for you. As with all predatory catfish frogmouths only need to be fed one good meal a week.
Breeding and sexing: Unknown
Comments: Frogmouths have the strange ability to lower the pH of the water they live in, often to levels below 6. For this reason regular pH testing is recomended so corrective water changes can be carried out.
Scientific name: Chaca chaca
Family: Chacidae
Origin: India, Sumatra, Borneo
Maximum size: 8"
Care: Caring for this fish couldnt be easier, as the fish is a out and out piscavor a species tank is recomended and its only requirements are a large flat rock and a sand substrate. The fish is unfussy of water parameters as long as extremes of hardness and pH are avoided, regular tank maintainance will keep the fish in good condition, a temperatue of 22 to 24 centigrade is preffered (71-75f). Frogmouths can swallow prey nearly their own size and so are recomended for a species tank only, keeping with larger fish will affect the fishes ability to hunt effectively.
Feeding: FISH! This is one of the very few predators i was unable to convert to frozen foods, unless you are happy to feed live fish then this fish is not for you. As with all predatory catfish frogmouths only need to be fed one good meal a week.
Breeding and sexing: Unknown
Comments: Frogmouths have the strange ability to lower the pH of the water they live in, often to levels below 6. For this reason regular pH testing is recomended so corrective water changes can be carried out.
