Aquarium Fish Gallery 4

Here you can join species that require huge aquariums, between 1000 and 8000 liters, the bigger the better! All deserve high water maintenance since they all produce lots of waste. Far from being a beginner fish!!! If you would like to keep some of these fishes, please do a huge research before purchasing it. Join responsible fish-keeping :-) !!!

7/13/2006

Six banded distichodus, Distichodus sexfasciatus

Originates from Congo river system, and from Lake Tanganyika. Very small specimens are usually quite peaceful and shoal together, but as they grow they tend to become more quarrelsome and as adults are best kept separately, unless you've got a huge tank.
D. sexfasciatus feeds on worms, insect larvae and plants. It generally leaves Java fern and Anubias alone, but will eat most other plants.
This characin will grow to 80 cm so beware!!! Minimum of 1500 liter tank is needed to house it.
Photo by Dusko Bojic.

posted by Dusko Bojic aka Che Guebuddha @ 1:14 PM