Amblyceps Mangois

KarthikC · Post by **KarthikC** » 04 Feb 2015, 11:28

Got 6 of these yesterday. Very shy, come out only for food. Hence, had to take them out for a "photoshoot". The pics are from phone camera. Sorry about the bad quality pics.

Will update with time. These fellas seem to be accepting pellets as well. Is this normal or am I just lucky?

Cheers,

Karthik

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Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 04 Feb 2015, 12:13

Mine were never fussy at all for feeding & also never came out except for feeding - crazy, manic speedy little devils!!

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 04 Feb 2015, 14:30

Give them enough room/space, otherwise you'll end up with one specimen. These fishes fight rather fiercely amongst each other.

KarthikC · Post by **KarthikC** » 05 Feb 2015, 02:32

Richard B wrote:Mine were never fussy at all for feeding & also never came out except for feeding - crazy, manic speedy little devils!!

Good. Feeling little relieved now.

Marc van Arc wrote:Give them enough room/space, otherwise you'll end up with one specimen. These fishes fight rather fiercely amongst each other.

Yes they're in a 3 x 18 x 15 with barbs and loaches with plenty of hiding places. Here, an old pic of the same tank

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Karthik

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Shovelnose · Post by **Shovelnose** » 05 Feb 2015, 05:11

Ah, another hobbyist with a taste for the 'tasteless'. Lovely fish these, extremely hardy and will eat just about anything. Drop food in and watch them go berserk!!

Marc van Arc wrote:Give them enough room/space, otherwise you'll end up with one specimen. These fishes fight rather fiercely amongst each other.

Interesting Marc, I kept these, A.cerinum and A.laticeps in the same tank (3 footer) and never saw any aggressive behaviour. I had so many rocks/caves that the substrate was barely visible, maybe this was the reason I didn't see any aggression.

Typical habitat.

KarthikC · Post by **KarthikC** » 05 Feb 2015, 10:35

I always love catfish. And this one's devilish looks intrigued me.

glyptothorax tank next (if I can't have it in the same tank)

Cheers,

Karthik

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Shovelnose · Post by **Shovelnose** » 05 Feb 2015, 12:56

Given the right conditions A.mangois will grow nice and large, try to grow them out first.

KarthikC · Post by **KarthikC** » 05 Feb 2015, 14:04

I hope they grow well and venture out often. I added a 5000LPH wave maker near the surface and it's giving a good flow and the tank water now has surface agitation too. In addition to this, there is one 1000LPH internal filter too. Hope thigs would go the mangois way

The only pic I could get after they were dropped into the tank:

Cheers,

Karthik

KarthikC · Post by **KarthikC** » 06 Feb 2015, 18:00

I didn't know these things had teeth

look what it did to a mesonoemacheilus triangularis loach

Cheers,

Karthik

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