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home » articles » interesting imports » article Nandus sp. Andrewi, Slatey leaf fishMatt Clarke on the Slatey blue Nandus, a new and undescribed species that's recently gone on sale in the shops here.
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Leaf fish, Nandus leaf fish; Bedula hamiltonii, Coius nandus, Nandus marmoratus Species / Type: Community [Large Fish] types require fish of equal or large size to co-habitat with to ensure any of the inhabitants are not killed or overly harassed.
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Leaf FishThe color of the Leaf Fish, also known as the Leaf Scorpionfish, or Paper Fish, varies between red, yellow, brown, or blue. A 30 gallon or larger aquarium with live rock is suitable for this fish.
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Schomburgk's Leaf Fish [ Pictures ] Polycentrus schomburgki SYN : Polycentrustri color PD : A stocky, high-backed fish with lateral compression. The body is oval-shaped and the caudalfin is fan-shaped.
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The young look a little like leaf fish with a goldfish yellow color that is dotted with white through out. A darker shading near their belly area will develop into the “sideways” teardrop shape seen in the adults.
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But other fish are a little more sneaky: clown knives, arawanas, African clawed frogs, leaf fish and garfish have much larger mouths than it at first appears.
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Leaf fish can only be fed live food, juveniles will accept small live food like bloodworms. Older specimens are more picky, and require live fish.
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The other brackish water species, including Scats, Anableps, Archers, Glass Fish, Leaf Fish, Ropefish, Puffers, Eels, Gobies, Monos, Flounders, Mudskippers, White-tipped Catfish, and Gars, ...
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The color of the Leaf Scorpionfish, also known as the Leaf Fish, or Paper Fish, varies between red, yellow, brown, or blue.
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My original plan was to do leaf fish, which did not work. They died, and I'm not sure why. The water conditions were good, nitrates never got over 10 ppm, and they weren't being harassed by the pike or the angels.
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At dusk: this should have been a day full of "catches and fishes" but, in the end, all we've got are (before the "night float") some characins and Apistos plus 1 (one!) Leaf Fish. Not that satisfied, to say so … ...
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See also: Fish, Water, Arowana, Species, Eel
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