Leporinus

[onepawnup]

My wife decided to buy me a couple of fish for fathers day a Leporinus and what seems to be a spotted climbing perch. Now I need to know if i am going to be able to house these guys ...I have seen the Leporinus in the store and they say it will get 6 inches but reasearching on web says 1 ft
Guess ill just tell ya my tanks and see what you think
(they are in quareenteen right now )
55 gal
1 gold guarami
3 opaline guarami
9 tiger barbs
2 upside down cats
6 neons
2 paradice guarami
6-7 otto cats

180 gal
4 tinfoil barbs
2 green terrors
4 parrot fish
3 nicarauguans
2 pictus cats
9 synodontis cats (get about 4 inches from what ive read )(false cuckoo)
1 yellow lab
1 julie
(yes i know its a bad mix but I inherited them with the tank )
It also had 4 malawi eye biters that i sold to a lfs
so far no problems but im watching

so can i keep these guys or not ? they are bot cool fish and i would like to make it happen but will return them if I really need to

thanks
Onepawnup

[onepawnup]

bump

[Ghost_knife]

Lepernious Faciatious, I have them and they get over 6 inches, Long tube like fish with Black Up and Down bars like a tiger barb. I have 7 of them, Let me know if you need pictures or info with mine

[Ghost_knife]

Two lower fish by the Java Fern is 2 of my Lepernioushttp://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/Northstar_2006/2.jpg

[onepawnup]

yeah thats the fish ...petstore says 6 inches i think but internet says 12 inches either way which tank should i put them in ? (see above )

thanks
Onepawn

[wolf22t]

awesome looking fish
do you mind naming all of them

[Roan Art]

They do get to 12". If you check here you'll find pixs of a 55g tank somewhere that a newbie inherited. Had almost or full grown leo and several other fish in it. Leo looked too big for the tank. If I get a chance I'll look for it and post it here.

Roan

[Ghost_knife]

I would love to see it

[Roan Art]

Here's the link:

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67164&highlight=Leporinus

It's in a 150g tank and it looks CRAMPED. Sheesh. 180g for SURE.

Roan

[onepawnup]

ok i guess ill put him in the 180 ..anyone know how fast they grow ?

also any advice on the climbing perch ??

thanks

[Ghost_knife]

I-Vey! Those things get huge! Thats amazing. I still love mine though

[Roan Art]

ok i guess ill put him in the 180 ..anyone know how fast they grow ?
Growth rates are always hard to fathom since most people don't keep large fish in the proper sized tank.

The guys post said that the tank was at least 4 years old, so it's most likely that the leo is at least 4 years old, but I'd say probably younger.

Hrm, this link says they are aggressive:

http://species.fishindex.com/species_270leporinus_fasciatus_blackbanded_leporin us.html


Few other links I read also said they were aggressive. Worth noting.

Roan

[onepawnup]

Thanks for the link roan I had found that one as well
I think he may be ok with mi cichlids