African Tiger Fish (Hydrocynus) ID and Care Guide 3.0

[Miguel]

*Commandeered for Guide usage*

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Original Post:

IMPRESSIVE JOB!!!

To sum it up, in terms of flow, a marine type current set up would work?

 

[djaalix]

congrats Chicx for the sticky and thank you for all the hard work... very well written and informative .... Every reader knows a lot more about ATF's now!

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[RampageRR]

Really well written, I love that most all the info that's out there is now in one place. Should make it much easier for any new ATF owners or prospective owners to gather info now. Great job!

Amazing how much variance in color there is in the tanzaniae species, a couple of those pics look just like a vittatus with the striping and then some look gunmetal gray with a red caudal fin. Very cool.

 

[Chicxulub]

Thanks guys.

Miguel, to put it in marine tank terminology, you're looking for laminar flow. I have laminar from right to left at the top and left to right at the bottom. It creates a big gyre that keeps anything from settling on the bottom and gives the fish a current to swim in. Makes it damn near impossible to have a nice looking substrate though. lol

 

[Chicxulub]

Really well written, I love that most all the info that's out there is now in one place. Should make it much easier for any new ATF owners or prospective owners to gather info now. Great job!

Amazing how much variance in color there is in the tanzaniae species, a couple of those pics look just like a vittatus with the striping and then some look gunmetal gray with a red caudal fin. Very cool.

That's because for all intents and purposes, tanzaniae IS a type of vittatus! They evolved directly from them and are extremely closely related. Can you see the diagnostic traits that separate them?

 

[Nabbig2]

Thanks for the info!

 

[lix.ma14]

EXCELLENT!! Dang my favourite fish ID thread in MFK. You gotta make one for bichirs!

 

[Chicxulub]

Thanks for the info!

My pleasure!

EXCELLENT!! Dang my favourite fish ID thread in MFK. You gotta make one for bichirs!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'll be happy to help with a bichir ID thread. I don't have near the level of expertise on those that I do with ATF, but if we get a collabo going, there's no reason we can't make a thread as good as this one for them, too. LMK.

 

[GonePhishing]

Very informative. Couldn't find anything better than this! Thanks

 

[jamesdavid]

Alot of great info in this man u did an awesome job