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Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 04 Feb 2015, 11:28
by KarthikC
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.

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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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Re: Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 04 Feb 2015, 12:13
by Richard B
Mine were never fussy at all for feeding & also never came out except for feeding - crazy, manic speedy little devils!!

Re: Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 04 Feb 2015, 14:30
by Marc van Arc
Give them enough room/space, otherwise you'll end up with one specimen. These fishes fight rather fiercely amongst each other.

Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 05 Feb 2015, 02:32
by KarthikC
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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Cheers,

Karthik


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Re: Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 05 Feb 2015, 05:11
by Shovelnose
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.


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Typical habitat.

Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 05 Feb 2015, 10:35
by KarthikC
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)

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Karthik


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Re: Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 05 Feb 2015, 12:56
by Shovelnose
Given the right conditions A.mangois will grow nice and large, try to grow them out first.

Re: Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 05 Feb 2015, 14:04
by KarthikC
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 :D

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

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Cheers,

Karthik

Amblyceps Mangois

Posted: 06 Feb 2015, 18:00
by KarthikC
I didn't know these things had teeth :D look what it did to a mesonoemacheilus triangularis loach

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Cheers,

Karthik


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