Ropefish / Reedfish
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Ropefish, Reedfish, Snake fish, Dinosaur eel ...
ReedFish, RopeFish, SnakeFish
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Rope Fish - Erpetoichthys calabaricus ...
Reedfish, Ropefish
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Ropefish are also unique when feeding. Unfortunately they don't see very well and must rely on smell to locate their foods. Live foods are the only acceptable foods. Worms, fish, insects, fresh meat, and shellfish are the best options.
chevalieri (killifish) TFH Mar 79 Epiplatys dageti monroviae (killifish) TFH Jan 79 Epiplatys duboisi (dubois' killifish) TFH Sep 79 Epiplatys huberi (killifish) TFH Sep 92 Eretmodus cyanostictus TFH Sep 80 Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Ropefish) TFH ...
I currently have the barbs, 15 diamond tetras, a ropefish, 2 clown loaches, fiddler crab, and a pictus catfish in a 75 gallon tank. One additional note: these guys eat so much you have to be creative with their food to keep form going broke.
The reedfish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus, ropefish, or snakefish is a species of freshwater fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus Erpetoichthys.
Erpetoichthys calabaricus
Ropefish/Reedfish
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snakefish, or ropefish), Erpetoichthys calabricus, is of archaic origin and has unique anatomical features. It is believed to be a livebearer. Gerald had a pair, but one escaped its tank, so he is looking for more.
1 x ropefish
1 x delhezi bichir
1 x senegal bichir
2 x butterfly fsh
1 x African knifefish
1 x elephant-nose
1 x african leaf fish (Polycentropsis abbreviata) other 4 died one by one for unknown reasons over the last 8 months ...
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, ...
They sometimes will get unusual species like ropefish or discus in as well.
 See also: Fish, Water, ReedFish, Species, Freshwater
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