can't tell properly. the tail shape and coloration looks like a Sawbwa resplens but I don't think they go so big and the paired fins are not coloured.
can't tell properly. the tail shape and coloration looks like a Sawbwa resplens but I don't think they go so big and the paired fins are not coloured.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Not Sawbwa resplendens leh... looks so different...
Should be a young sultan fish...Leptobarbus hoeveni
Tree is correct. Its the Sultan Fish, Leptobarbus hoeveni. The Malays call this species the Jelawat.
Fish.. Simply Irresistable
Back to Killies... slowly.
Just googled for Leptobarbus hoeveni... It looks exactly like what I have... It's a barb and will grow to 2ft long!
However, the size of my fish is fixed now... Not growing anymore leh... Anyway, cannot find anymore new Sultans in LFS... There are only 8 in my tank now... 3 jumped out of the tank and straight down 14 floors...
Any good fish to accompany them? They are too jittery for their own good... Convicts or Firemonths be good company?
orh isn't that the big barb commonly seen in C328?
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Yes sometimes seen at C328.
Kanz, if you want juveniles a store near my home has them the last time I went down. You could also try c328 or any of the LFS that usually stocks barbs.
Fish.. Simply Irresistable
Back to Killies... slowly.
If too big no space can masak with asam...
*faints*... Never tot of eating my own fish... Keke
So, would convicts or firemouths make good companions for them? Anyone any idea?
Hi Justz,
No convicts and firemouths will not make good tanks mates for them. When it gets bigger, when bullied it will turn your tank upside down. It is a powerful swimmer and jumper. I have caught 6-7 kgs sultan specimen in fishing ponds before so they don't come small when food is in good supply and they simply love freshwater shrimps.
You might want to try the Ji Xiang fish( Kelah) or sebarau which is almost similar in nature to them, but beware they also grow big.
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
mmm… none of the recipé for cyprinidsOriginally Posted by budak
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
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