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Re: Exodon (was apisto predators)
This is understandable since a large part of E. paradoxus' diet in the wild is the scales from other fish. Why else would it have teeth on the outside of it mouth? Larger fish are easier targets for scale ripping. My one experience with this species was enough. They drove a large Anostomus anostomus
that ruled the aquarium right out of the tank. I doubt that it would be very interested in apistos as prey.
Mike Wise
Piabinha@aol.com wrote:
> are you talking about Exodon paradoxus? these are very beautiful tetras. i once had them in my south american tank. they did not bother the small tetras or any other medium or small size fish at all, but they kept bomb-diving my poor Semaprochilodus. i eventually had to return them to the store.
>
> tsuh yang
>
> In a message dated Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:18:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, YE <yenoo@home.com> writes:
>
> << If youre thinking of adding characins (tetras) as predators, look up
> some exodons, beautiful "regular" tetra sized hunters. Nice long
> sharp teeth too. :). At the lfs here, when they do have exodons, they
> feed them goldfish, pretty much the same size as the exodons or abit
> smaller. I think other predators like catfish would be nice too, but
> may be a little difficult to observe since most catfish are only
> active at night. But I still think the single dwarf pike would make a
> nicer addition to the tank. >>
>
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