Anyone ever kept Rebeca (Biotoecus opercularis)?

[gwand]

Has anyone experience in keeping Biotoecus opercularis. I can purchase wild caught b. opercularis. I just started learning about them. Before going through a neutralizer my well water has a GH of 80 ppm and a pH of 5.5. I think these fish would like that. Their adult size is around 38 mm. And I love small cichlids.

 

[Back in the fold]

Never heard of them . Got a picture ?

 

[gwand]

 

[Back in the fold]

Cute little dickens .

 

[gwand]

Check out the new arrivals on the Wet Spot web site. They are offering several cool killi this week.

 

[GaryE]

I've come close, but was scared off by its soft water needs whenever it was available. It has a reputation for aggression within its own species, and since when it was available, my water was at 140ppm, I didn't think it would thrive stressed. It was a pricey fish back then, and I'm a cheapskate.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

I don't know much about them either, they seem to be pretty rare. From what I can gather they are a blackwater species, sand sifter, lives in groups not pairs.
I saw a video a couple weeks ago of B. opercularis in the wild. I believe they were looking for other fish and just happened across them.
Here’s something in German.