Archer Fish
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Archer Fish - Toxotes jaculatrix ...
Q and A - Archer Fish
Question: I recenty bought 2 new archer fish for my 30 gallon tank. I wanted to get more fish but I dont know what would go best with archers. Can you give me some advice??
Common Names: Banded Archerfish, Archer Fish
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General Characteristics: ...
Archer Fish - Toxotes jaculatrix
Argus Fish - Scatophagus argus
Badis - Badis Badis
Bala Shark - Balantiocheilus melanoptrus
Black Banded Leporinus - Leporinus fasciatus fasciatus
Black Barred Myleus - Myleus schomburgki ...
Archer Fish - Distinctive, triangular silver body; has the remarkable ability to spit water at insects above the water.
Archer Fish - Toxotes jaculatrix
Blackbanded Sunfish - Enneacanthus chaetodon
Gold Datnoid - Datnioides microlepis
Humphead Glassfish - Parambassis pulcinella
Mono - Moonfish - Monodactylus argenteus
Spotted Scat - Scatophagus argus ...
The archer fish had a 'show' of their own. They were fed twice daily at set times.
A similar series of open tanks held coldwater fish.
Watch out for fish with specialized food needs - you should probably avoid these for now - fish like baby whales, knifefish, upside-down cats, butterflyfish, archer fish, etc.
All tanks were at least 2000 liters some of them were even larger at 3-4 tons There were archer fishes from Asia, too. As an former discus breeder I must say they were some really beautiful strains of blue turquoise discus in there.
The are four species of Archer fishes. Spitting at small insects that live up to 3 feet above the water line, they can actually dislodge a tasty morsel! ...
Some Puffers live best in brackish water and are best kept with other Brackish Water Fish such as Silver Needle Nose Gars, Archer Fish, Monos, Scats, White Tip Shark Cats, and the Fan Dancer Goby.
Rossel, S., Corlija, S. and S. Schuster. 2002. Predicting three dimensional target motion: how archer fish determine where to catch their dislodged prey. Journal of Experimental Biology 205(21):3321-3326.
Live plants will be nibbled at by the fish, but will not be destroyed. Additional Comments The male can shoot water through his mouth and out of the aquarium, much like a Archer Fish. They are very sensitive to poor water conditions.
 See also: Fish, Water, Aquarium, Species, Shark
  
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