Anyone Have (or Ever Have) Any Spotted Climbing Perch - Ctenopoma Acut

[daddySEAL]

They are a very interesting looking fish. And seem to have the same water quality, etc. needs as my other fish in my 125g tank.

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I've looked at them extensively in Google searches, but can anyone here tell me about them from personal experience, please?

thanks,
dS

 

[Ian H]

I had one and loved him! sadly my neons were going missing so i had to trade him in

 

[Ace Of Spades]

Im getting a few soon, I really cant wait

 

[The-Wolf]

I currently have a M/F pair.
what is it exactly are you wanting to know about then?

 

[SharonCC]

I have one...lovely fish, and bothers no one.

 

[daddySEAL]

I guess 3 things I'd like to know from your experience with them:
1) I've heard that they only will accept live food...is that true
2) I've read conflictive fews on the being, and not being aggressive...which is true from your experience?
3) I've also read that the generally are reclusive and mostly hide in tall planted areas..and don't come out except when the tank is being feed...is that true?

thanks,
dS

 

[SharonCC]

I feed mine Shrimp and Bloodworm(frozen). He also likes shrimp pellets. My little guy is not aggressive at all, but there are no fish in the tank smaller than him. I do have Otos, whom he never bothers. However he's not fully grown. Mine does like to "tuck away", but he's quite active in the tank. He's very interactive with me, and likes to "stare me down"....

 

[daddySEAL]

OK, thanks
I had heard that when "new" from importers or fish store, they require shrimp, etc. as you said...but that they would take high protein dried food, like 95% protein Discus granules, and 94% high protein flake food eventually(before Too long).

Has anyone successfully done that?
I have a LOT of other Very active eaters in the tank that would eat shrimp, etc. before these fish got any. And I really don't want(or afford)to feed the other 30 fish in the tank shrimp.

Any advice on them getting to like the high protein Discus granules, etc., please?

 

[The-Wolf]

my pair have always accepted commercially prepared foods. they were around 1-2 inch when I
got them in from the wholesalers and about 2-3 inch when I brought them home from work.

they are aggressive only to conspecifics, however if you brought similar sized fish and place old and new
into a new tank, they would then have no territory to 'protect' and the only squabbling would be for the alpha position.

yes, do provide somewhere for them to retreat to, they do need it.
you can encourage them out more by reducing your light levels or changing one of the lights to blue
(they won't see this wavelength). note this may adversely effect your plants.

I have found that my pairs fav foods are, Hikari floating carnivorous sticks, hikari cichlid gold (red bag) pellets
and mysis(frozen)
HTH

 

[daddySEAL]

thanks everyone,
My tank as LOTs of real looking silk artificial plants for all the fish to hide in.

Great that ever if the seem unintersted at first in high protein Discus granuals an flake food...that they will get accustomed to eatting it soon.

And I will be getting all 4 the same size from the same fish store that is special ordering them for me.

Thank You, Guys
(another well used/know fish forum has not given ANY replies in a week. So, I really appreciate your personal experience and advise)
Great Fish Forum....Many Kodos !

 

[daddySEAL]

Yes, they are WAY Cool looking, with that round body and neat leopard spot coloration.

But I've called the Fish Store and cut my order down from 4 to just one fish, as a trial on converting to high protein dry food.
This concerns me.

They probably aren't going to be cheap(even fish store won't tell me a price yet), PLUS I'd Hate to lose more than one (if any at all), if they just won't convert over a week or so.

Maybe I'll get lucky and get one that will convert to dried pellets and flakes, etc.

 

[daddySEAL]

BTW...are they less reclusive in groups, as opposed to single fish???

dS

 

[The-Wolf]

BTW...are they less reclusive in groups, as opposed to single fish???

dS

yes. they will feel safer in numbers

 

[daddySEAL]

thanks Wolf,
That was my thought also.
I have had many poor experiences buying only 2 fish of most species(except catfish)....because one becomes dominant and picks on the other until it hides/quits eating, doesn't grow until eventually dying.

So that's why my initial thought was to get a group of 4.
I WILL do that after I see if I can convert one over to high protein dry food(in a 20gal tank by itself....then do the same with the next 3, before putting in their big new tank home.

thanks friend
dS