Mormyrus kannume

[Jakob]

So, i can order these for 50 bucks a piece, but i really dont know anything about them. All i could find is that they get huge and eat snails.
So i have some questions.

Does anybody on here have one, had one or knows somebody who has had them?

Is it important that they get snails as food? I really doupt it but just want to be sure.

Are they active swimmers?

Are they aggressive agains other bottomdwellers?

How fast do they grow?


If nobody can answer me i will just get it and experiment

 

[Jakob]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrr nobody?

 

[Industrial]

I think my LFS had one of those a while ago. I am not too good at IDing mormyrids though since they all look so similar. They called it a freshwater dolphin and it was around 12". I remember it was in a 20G for a while and it positioned itself like a headstander (I think that is all it had room to do). I think since it was so large, somebody must have brought it in. It seemed pretty healthy in that tank for a while. I am unsure if it died or was sold. They wanted 40 dollars for it.

Anyways, it didn't seem to be aggressive, but in a tank twice it's length, I don't know what personality could have been there.

If anybody else has actual experience with these I would also like to learn more about them.

 

[Jakob]

Thank you for the answer. Anybody else?

 

[Hao]

hit up Norbert,he has one

 

[Industrial]

hit up Norbert,he has one

And post the reply too because I am interested as well

 

[Jakob]

hit up Norbert,he has one

Thanks a million dude

And post the reply too because I am interested as well

Will do

 

[Norbert]

Mine never looks at the snails in with it. He loves frozen bloodworms, live blackworms and sinking carnivore pellets though.

They're active if they have a roomy tank but they do need a hiding spot to retreat to every once in awhile.

Very very aggro with other bottom dwellers...actually with almost all other fish. Fortunately they have a small mouth and can't do alot of damage quickly...the constant harrassment from them takes a toll on their tankmates though. They're pretty defenseless against aggro fish like cichlids though.

Mine grows very slow...about 1" per year average?

 

[Jakob]

Thanks norbert, guess i cant get it if it is aggro, my polys come first.

 

[Industrial]

Wow, that is a beauty! What size tank is it in, and how big is the fish?