Anableps?

[mattbond]

whats the recommended setup for anableps/four eyed fish?

 

[helterskelter]

Intresting fish i believe Dunchp has them but they want a large tank and quite shallow and very good filteration.

Most want brackish water so check what water them come from.

 

[nmonks]

All Anableps need brackish water, except for the "false" Anableps, which is actually a mullet called Rhinomugil corsula from India (though it also does well in brackish!). Salinity isn't critical, but 25-50% seawater salinity is about right, say SG 1.005-1.010.

Maintenance of these fish is odd. On the one hand, if you get decent sized, well adjusted specimens they aren't especially difficult to keep. Wildwoods had some specimens something like 15 cm long, chunky as mollies, and they devoured anything thrown to them! These specimens promptly got sold to the London Zoo.

On the other hand, if you get crummy, undersized specimens your work is cut out for you!

In any case, water depth doesn't matter, but breadth is important. Given adults are some 20-30 cm in length, you're expected to use a tank something like 120 cm long and, say, 60 cm broad. The more surface area the better. In the middle on the tank place a flat stone (e.g., a slate) on a couple of flowerpots or similar. Make a table, with the flat stone a few cm under the water surface. The Anableps will rest on this slate.

Cheers, Neale

 

[dunchp]

Yup, I had them for a while, but they were small and I did not do too well with them and they were susceptible to fungus.

I would not try them again unless / until I have a really big tank for them.

I did not find them easy.

 

[mattbond]

perhaps not then lol

insufficient funds available for anableps lol

 

[dunchp]

perhaps not then lol

insufficient funds available for anableps lol

Yup, they are quite expensive for young fish.

Once you get them going they are probably fine.