Anybody own/owned a redtail barracuda aka amazon cuda aka acestrorhynchus?
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Might be but I found it on a russian site as A. abbreviatus, here is that pic and the fishbase pic of the C. hujeta for comparison. It would not be the first time I have found mislabelled pictures, or for that matter the first I have been wrong.rumblesushi said:guppy that second pic is a hujeta
Looking at them together with my glasses on I think you are right. Good catch! Too bad, that was the only picture I have found labelled abbreviatus, fishbase doesn't have one.
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I actually want to get an acestro myself, any kind.
Only problem is they seem overpriced.
I've seen them between £35 and £45 pounds here in the UK, which is between 70 and 90 dollars approximately.
For what it is I think it's overpriced. It's a cool characin, but not exactly a prize fish.
For example hujetas are between 7 and 15 quid depending on where you go.
Guppy or anyone else - you have any idea why acestros are this much? Are they hard to catch or scarcely populated? Not bred in captivity at all?
I might still get one but I resent paying that much for something that's not that dissimilar to a hujeta.
I actually want to get an acestro myself, any kind.
Only problem is they seem overpriced.
I've seen them between £35 and £45 pounds here in the UK, which is between 70 and 90 dollars approximately.
For what it is I think it's overpriced. It's a cool characin, but not exactly a prize fish.
For example hujetas are between 7 and 15 quid depending on where you go.
Guppy or anyone else - you have any idea why acestros are this much? Are they hard to catch or scarcely populated? Not bred in captivity at all?
I might still get one but I resent paying that much for something that's not that dissimilar to a hujeta.
I don't know why they are priced so high, The Isaline's when you can find them are $30-40 US for 5-6" ones. I think that they are harder to collect than hujetas and while Some hujetas are pond raised I think all the cachorros are wild caught.
does anyone know the if the different species of acetrorhyncus will school together?and how many is a good number for a school? wouldnt want them to tear eachother up at all. also what tank size would be deemed appropriate for a school of these guys?
guppy said:
the lacustris looks really cool... like some sort of mutant killer salmon...
yea... have to agree w u on the cover part... they are technically ambushers like pikes most of the time. Preferring to dart out from cover to grab a passing fish.
Hiya Akchang, welcome to MFK, I don't know if they would school togethe and I would not keep just 2, so either 1 or 3+, I have seen tank with 7-8 of them in there, The smaller species like lacustris and altus only get to 10", the largest to 16" and they are lightly built so figure 20 gallons each for multiples. That doesn't work for a single because even for just one you will want a tank 24" wide and at least 3 times the fishes length, preferably more, so for 5 of them plus a couple cats and maybe 3 large silver dollars you will need a 125 wide to a 150g tank. A tank 72"lx 24'wx 18"t would be great for 5, and 24"t for 7-8.
Oke even though they are horrendously overpriced in this country (70 - 90 dollars) I've decided to get one.
Like I@ve mentioned before - feeders aren't an option for me in this country other than the odd treat - they are £1.50/£2 each for a platy or goldfish or something. That;s between 3 and 4 dollars a pop hahahahaha. So for the odd treat to watch them eat sure, but certainly not a steady diet.
So what luck have you had with dead food? What do you recommend?
And also Guppy - are you serious about the marine salt? That seems bizarre, they are amazon fish. What change did you notice with marine salt?
Like I@ve mentioned before - feeders aren't an option for me in this country other than the odd treat - they are £1.50/£2 each for a platy or goldfish or something. That;s between 3 and 4 dollars a pop hahahahaha. So for the odd treat to watch them eat sure, but certainly not a steady diet.
So what luck have you had with dead food? What do you recommend?
And also Guppy - are you serious about the marine salt? That seems bizarre, they are amazon fish. What change did you notice with marine salt?
