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These fish are grazers, but not in the sense that they eat only vegetation. They actually sift and chew at the film of organic matter on hard surfaces in search of higher protein foods. In the wild this would constitute mainly of algae and vegetable matter, but with a variety of foods from small insect larvae and crustaceans to other animals eggs. With this in mind, a largely vegetarian diet, cucumber and courgette appear on the accepted menu, with treats of frozen foods such as bloodworm and blackworm, along with frozen prawns. Algae and plants are avoided. Accepted food morsel size changes with age in all of these fish. Best results are obtained by offer these foods in a paste. The very long intestine of these fishes indicates a biology adapted to breaking down food high in vegetable content.

Diet: Highly specialized Auwfuchs- feeders that should be fed on an almost exclusively vegetarian diet of food tablets and a variety of vegetables in the aquarium. It is essential to avoid too much animal food - which is eaten readily. many aquarium plants will be regarded as food.

Maintenance in the aquarium: Not recommended for the beginner. Only under truly optimal conditions (high water temperatures, frequent water changes, feeding several times per day) are the juveniles usually imported likely to achieve any meaningful growth. Adult specimens are, unfortunately, frequently territorial.

SamIsTheBest1234 wrote: ↑12 Feb 2017, 16:45 yh i just wanted to check becuase some websites say that the minimuim volume for them is 30 - 35 gallons and my tank is 35 galons so i wanted to double check the information was correct.
and also how do you know i wrote the same qeustion on practical fish keeping