Name of Fish

[bizzy928]

Hello all,

Yesterday I was at my lfs and I saw a fish that I wanted to research but I did not write down the name. Now I have forgotten .

I'll do my best to describe the fish and if any of you have a vague idea on what it is please point me in the right direction.

It was dark silver.
It was in the shape of a distorted "Diamond"
It was bout 1.5" in length and 2" tall and it was VERY thin maybe 3mm.
These fish were very agile and could stop at any given moment.

I'm sorry thats all I have for you to work on.
Thank you!
Michael

 

[bizzy928]

I called the lfs... and its a Mono Sebea!

Does anybody know where I could find information on these fish? I tried AC's search and google.

I plan on:

3x Mono Sebea
4x Dwarf Puffer
1x Dwarf Red Lobster

In a 10 Gallon

 

[Cearbhaill]

Monodactylus sebae....

....is a brackish water fish- look here for some more detail.
There's a thread going on over in the Brackish Forum right here on AC!
Google again with the full name and I'm sure you will come up with several more good sites.

 

[ryan]

monos get quite large i believe. at least too large for a 10 gallon even for one. But the dwarf puffers and crayfish sound alright. also, mono's are brackish. i dont think the others are.

:edit: im not an expert on any of these fish, so get another opinion.

ryan

 

[goldfish freak]

I am keeping Mono Sebaes. These are large fish at adulthood, they can grow to over a foot in total height, although most don't grow larger than 8"or 9" in captivity. These fish will grow quite fast given the proper enviroment and sufficient amounts of quality food. These are freshwater fish when still fry, brackish water fish after the fry stage to the juvenile stage and high brackish to marine water fish as adults. These are very active fish that have a large appetite and need to be fed at least 3 times a day. They need to be keep in groups of at least 4, with losts of space to swim, or they will be too skittish in general and agressive towards each other. That said, these fish will need at least a 120 gallon tank to house a small group at adulthood, a much larger tank would be better. They get along okay with other fish but cannot be kept with dwarf puffers because dwarf puffers are freshwater fish. There is quite a bit of misinforamation on these fish on the net, that one site that was given is not very good(sorry). I would say that the worst information out there is that they rarely grow over 6" in captivity and usually only to 4" , that they can be housed in a 40 gallon or 55 gallon for their entire lifespan and that that they do fine in freshwater as adults. I and several other people on this board have or have had these fish grow to 6" or larger, and I can attest that my four fish are overcrowded in the 40 gallon tank they are in. That is the reason I need to give them away. I just do not have space for a tank large enough to house these fish when they become adults. They are only 7-9 months old now and they are already approximately 6" each in total height. So unless you are willing to get a very large tank then please do not buy these fish.