Compatibility and overstocking in a tank

Byron

There are several common names for Ctenopoma acutirostre which is probably the most commonly-seen species in this group of fish. Leaf fish and bush fish are two common names. Our member jeaninel has this fish, and contributed to the profile. These fish have very specific requirements, as it notes in the profile.

As for the Pantadon buchholzi, I had this fish many years ago, and no, you cannot have any small fish or those that approach the surface; this is an avid predator. In a biotope-type tank some substrate fish are OK. I had my pair on their own in a 15g (2-foot length) and they lived for years.

Buying any fish in a store that you have not thoroughly researcxhed is a real risk; more times than I care to remember I have had to take fish back, or in some cases destroy them when no other option was available, just because they did not fit in.

Byron.

SaveGoal

they do look alike a lot but the difference is that leaf fish a lot thinner and when bush fish age they grow larger around.

Leaf fish won't attack any fish that is bigger than it's mouth. Even though the leaf fish is quite thin and isn't very it's mouth is actually very big. So anything that is under 2.5 inches probably can't live with it and anything like eels that is skinny it will try to eat too.