ropefish

Rope fish was acting lethargic yesterday. Usually swims a lot in the current and hangs out all over the tank. Found him looking like this today. Setting up a quarantine tank with one of the sponge filters from this tank but honestly not sure what to treat him with. Any help is greatly...

Today I noticed white spots on my smaller rope fish. It’s only on his head and I’ve had them about a month in a tank with my cichlids. I’m not sure if it’s ich but I want to jump on it before my other rope fish gets it. The one with it is Slinky and he’s the one on the bottom

Previously I posted a thread asking for photos of ropefish to be used in a care website I was creating. I have now finished the website, and would like to share it with the community. Any suggestions or criticism are welcome. Also please let me know if something isn't working as intended, or...

Hello. My rope fish (Noodle) manged to get very sick. I don't know what the disease exactly is but I'm treating it as if it were cotton mouth. It happened when I went on vacation for a week and a half. When I got home I realized something was very wrong so I measured all my parameters and they...

Hi everyone and Happy New Year! I am working on something exciting for you all. It is a chance for you to get your photographs featured in a short book on Polypterids. It is a care guide and species identification booklet serving as an updated and expanded version of the care sheets from the...

I am currently working on developing a website that will provide articles on ropefish care, feeding, breeding progress, etc. The website is being created as there is an unfortunate lack of concise information regarding the species. It is my goal to accumulate everything I can into one, easy to...

I currently have 12 of these... I just can't leave them at the pet store when I see them... I think they're mesmerising to watch... :) I feed them sinking pellet, cut fish and occasionally mealworm... Here is a video of my old tank... I used to keep 20 or so ropefish in this tank with...

I get a lot of specimens donated to me from shops and other hobbyists as I like to preserve and display them. This method only works with armoured fish, such as Polypterids, Gars and Bowfin. The reason why I do this is because I get to find out how a fish has died, I learn about their anatomy...

We currently have a 60g with 2 baby ropefish, 2 adult-sized ropefish, a baby black knife, 2 pearl-gourami and 2 plecos. Will need to eventually relocate the BGK. In the meantime, we were wanting to add some color to our tank and are looking for ideas!

Hey guys, been shadowing your forums for a long time but this is my first post. I do a lot of research and am very careful so I have not needed much assistance in the past. Unfortunately, I do now. Here's my story, 60 gallon freshwater, been established for a few months. Penguin 350 with 2 bio...

Hey all! I'm about to switch this tank over to a sand substrate (finally), and then the whole gang's moving into a 120g later in the spring. So this is sort of the last hurrah for this particular setup, which has been running more or less interrupted for the last decade. The tank's a mess, but...

Hi, I just got a 75 Gallon set up today! I got it to house ropefish and maybe Senegal Bichirs. While I am waiting for it to cycle and get it ready for them, I have a question. The question is, how many ropefish can I fit in the aquarium? I ask because I have heard everything from 'no one' to...

hey guys, i am moving back to europe again. so selling my 75 gallon. pices is $300 firm. The fish tank is in Hollywood, Florida give me a call: 513-401-3693 This tank comes with: double iron stand eheime classic canister filter 2 emperor filters (brand new still in a box) two lights heater...

Hey all. I went for a vacation for 4 days and came back to a ropefish constantly trying to escape the tank. I had read before they are "escape artists" so I made sure there's nothing he can easily escape through. Before leaving he had never made any attempt to leave the tank so I'm trying to...