my archer

azenpride · 07-18-2005, 04:25 PM

here is my archer, betta, and i forgot what its called but its a lepard something

maxpayne_lhp · 07-18-2005, 07:25 PM

Scat? I don't see the last fish clearly...
Does your ancher get along well?

Lydia · 07-18-2005, 08:04 PM

is that one of those fishes that spits out water to knock stuff down?

fishfreaks · 07-18-2005, 08:05 PM

hes cool looking! does he do what lydia said?

maxpayne_lhp · 07-18-2005, 10:43 PM

Right! the archers do that for knocking the bugs into the water and eat them. They can also leap up and snatch the lil buggy altogether. So do you make some plants over the water surface to cope with this guy's feeding habbit, azenpride?

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**Cichlid Man** · 07-19-2005, 04:12 AM

Yes, how do you feed him?

**Scuba Kid** · 07-19-2005, 06:41 AM

aren't they brackish?

**Cichlid Man** · 07-19-2005, 07:10 AM

Yes they are.

azenpride · 07-19-2005, 03:24 PM

Actually hes friendly, I used to have problems feeding him frozen blood worm because it sank. I feed him dried meal worms i bought at petsmart because it likes to eat food that floats, i dont have any live plants in the tank.
I havent seem him squirt water yet because he's not used to me yet, but i have seen him squirt at a cricket that was floating on top of the water.

shev · 07-19-2005, 03:41 PM

if you lower the water level a tad, and add something that floats, lets say a paper cup, then throw in some flies or moths or something they will shoot them off of the cup if they land on it. I really want some, and want to mix them with some african butterfly fish. I've heard of them in completely FW, but salt is better.

azenpride · 07-19-2005, 03:50 PM

the other fish i have in the tank is this fish, i don't know what its called but it looks cool (this isn't the actual picture of him)

shev · 07-19-2005, 04:12 PM

looks like an african leaf fish.

**Cichlid Man** · 07-20-2005, 05:58 AM

No, it's some kind of climbing perch.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-20-2005, 06:05 AM

It looks like the spotted climbing perch.
About the archer some say they just put in some crickets and the fish come and eat them.

euRasian32 · 07-20-2005, 11:56 AM

you've got a spitter and a climber. Add an african butterfly fish and there's your jumper. Talk about mixing it up!

fishboy · 08-26-2005, 12:54 PM

i think its called a african bunfish or something but it does a secondary resporation system like the climbing perch. Also archers can survive in FW but prefer BW and it is a theory that the spawn in SW. A kid i know has one and one day it spat between the edge in the tanks hood and the top of the tank and hit this kid in the head

flynngriff · 08-26-2005, 02:00 PM

It's a Ctenopoma acutirostre, also known as a leopard ctenopoma, spotted climbing perch, or spotted bush fish. One of my favorite fish!

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/cteno-ac.htm

I'm not sure how that mix of fish is going to do long term, though... The water requirements are pretty different, especially with the brackish archer fish in there.

azenpride · 08-31-2005, 09:43 PM

I bought 2 puffers, i used to have a hard time feeding my archer, he just wouldn't eat anything consistenly, i fed him bloodworm, flakes, rosies (he actully ate them along with my chinese alge eater, and betta

), i now feed him floating mealworms. He didn't really eat the mealworms that much at first, but when i bought the puffers and the puffers started eating the mealworms along with the "leopard fish" he started eating the mealworms too. Funny how you intoduce some competition for food, they start eating.

azn_fishy55 · 10-11-2005, 10:09 PM

Actually there are some species of archerfish that live in FW,But most of them live in BW.

Pufferpunk · 10-11-2005, 10:20 PM

Why is ther a betta in BW? Food for the archer?

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Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Yes, how do you feed him? __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,160	aren't they brackish? __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-19-2005, 07:10 AM	#8
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Yes they are. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

07-19-2005, 03:24 PM	#9
azenpride Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 25 Posts: 12	Actually hes friendly, I used to have problems feeding him frozen blood worm because it sank. I feed him dried meal worms i bought at petsmart because it likes to eat food that floats, i dont have any live plants in the tank. I havent seem him squirt water yet because he's not used to me yet, but i have seen him squirt at a cricket that was floating on top of the water.

07-19-2005, 03:41 PM	#10
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	if you lower the water level a tad, and add something that floats, lets say a paper cup, then throw in some flies or moths or something they will shoot them off of the cup if they land on it. I really want some, and want to mix them with some african butterfly fish. I've heard of them in completely FW, but salt is better.

07-19-2005, 03:50 PM	#11
azenpride Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 25 Posts: 12	the other fish i have in the tank is this fish, i don't know what its called but it looks cool (this isn't the actual picture of him) Attached Images

07-19-2005, 04:12 PM	#12
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	looks like an african leaf fish.

07-20-2005, 05:58 AM	#13
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	No, it's some kind of climbing perch. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

07-20-2005, 06:05 AM	#14
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	It looks like the spotted climbing perch. About the archer some say they just put in some crickets and the fish come and eat them. __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

07-20-2005, 11:56 AM	#15
euRasian32 Why So Serious? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Age: 33 Posts: 771	you've got a spitter and a climber. Add an african butterfly fish and there's your jumper. Talk about mixing it up! __________________ “Corporations pay people just enough money so they won’t quit. People work just enough so they don’t get fired. What's that about?” – Christopher Walken, Pool Hall Junkies

08-26-2005, 12:54 PM	#16
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 16 Posts: 1,656	i think its called a african bunfish or something but it does a secondary resporation system like the climbing perch. Also archers can survive in FW but prefer BW and it is a theory that the spawn in SW. A kid i know has one and one day it spat between the edge in the tanks hood and the top of the tank and hit this kid in the head __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything Last edited by fishboy; 08-26-2005 at 12:56 PM.

08-26-2005, 02:00 PM	#17
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 34 Posts: 443	It's a Ctenopoma acutirostre, also known as a leopard ctenopoma, spotted climbing perch, or spotted bush fish. One of my favorite fish! http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/cteno-ac.htm I'm not sure how that mix of fish is going to do long term, though... The water requirements are pretty different, especially with the brackish archer fish in there.

08-31-2005, 09:43 PM	#18
azenpride Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 25 Posts: 12	I bought 2 puffers, i used to have a hard time feeding my archer, he just wouldn't eat anything consistenly, i fed him bloodworm, flakes, rosies (he actully ate them along with my chinese alge eater, and betta ), i now feed him floating mealworms. He didn't really eat the mealworms that much at first, but when i bought the puffers and the puffers started eating the mealworms along with the "leopard fish" he started eating the mealworms too. Funny how you intoduce some competition for food, they start eating.

10-11-2005, 10:09 PM	#19
azn_fishy55 Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Jose,CA Age: 16 Posts: 25	Actually there are some species of archerfish that live in FW,But most of them live in BW.

10-11-2005, 10:20 PM	#20
Pufferpunk Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 34	Why is ther a betta in BW? Food for the archer?

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