Myleus schomburgkii

by **2poc** on 29 Apr 2012 12:50

Anybody keeping these?

I just got a group of 8 yesterday, stunning fish, I've been after them a long time. Ended up sourcing them in the UK and having them shipped over.

by **joemc** on 29 Apr 2012 13:46

never kept them, but they are one of the nicest marked species of them all. good buy!

by **serratus** on 29 Apr 2012 14:16

Hi Patrick did you use trimar? they are very good for shipping fish....... hopefully there will be less need for folks to buy from UK etc when we get set up

by **igmillichip** on 29 Apr 2012 15:04

I haven't been able to get any genuine ones since I moved to Ireland.

There have been places 'selling them' but they have either been sold before I got there, or they were not the genuine article (and then someone tries to fob you off with 'that is what they look like at that size'....rubbish).

They are mega fish and stand alongside Myloplus rubripinnis for THE medium/largish characid to have (they beat any of the large false Pacus any day).

ian

by **2poc** on 29 Apr 2012 18:33

Cheers Joe/Ian/Drew,

Looking forward to seeing what weird and wonderful species you will be bringing in Drew.
I have been on the lookout for a vulture catfish for a long time if you come across any...

Ian, these guys are the real deal alright, I'll pop up a clip of them tonight. They are very striking looking.

by **2poc** on 29 Apr 2012 19:57

Click to see Vid clip

They are sharing a holding tank with a little Jardini arowana, Peacock bass and some F. Rostratus.

by **igmillichip** on 29 Apr 2012 20:20

Very very nice.

How much did they cost?

Have you kept these before?

ian

by **Anthony** on 29 Apr 2012 21:01

Cracking fish,
Are they in with juvenile F Rostratus.

by **2poc** on 29 Apr 2012 21:11

Sent you a pm Ian.

Cheers Anto, they are juvenile rostratus, also a little arowana and peacock bass in there.

I tried to catch all of the rostratus to move them to a different tank but gave up after moving about 70. Those guys are tough fish to catch.. :lol:

by **serratus** on 30 Apr 2012 05:25

Hi Patrick!!! beautiful fish!!! and as Ian said.. true ones very hard to come by, ID a classic problem!!
Ha n yes the vulture catfish.... i will import this for you.. n thats a promise!!!! Im sorry about the non response to your request for that fish.... and indeed all who requested fish off me over the most recent years... i will give you an answer if i can obtain them in a week or so of request.... and if i cant i will let you know and i dont have any problem you obtaining them elsewhere.. there is the difference... cudos

by **2poc** on 30 Apr 2012 13:07

serratus wrote:Hi Patrick!!! beautiful fish!!! and as Ian said.. true ones very hard to come by, ID a classic problem!!
Ha n yes the vulture catfish.... i will import this for you.. n thats a promise!!!! Im sorry about the non response to your request for that fish.... and indeed all who requested fish off me over the most recent years... i will give you an answer if i can obtain them in a week or so of request.... and if i cant i will let you know and i dont have any problem you obtaining them elsewhere.. there is the difference... cudos

Cheers Drew, Eddie has promised me a behind the scenes tour so might see you in the next couple of weeks.
(If Eddie has gotten over me not selling him my Frontosa..

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by **Acara** on 04 Aug 2012 23:53

How are you getting on with these mate? Are they boisterous at all? I'm looking for something like this for a tank,but they need to be relatively peaceful,especially at feeding time,as there's a shy feeder there.

by **2poc** on 05 Aug 2012 12:57

Acara wrote:How are you getting on with these mate? Are they boisterous at all? I'm looking for something like this for a tank,but they need to be relatively peaceful,especially at feeding time,as there's a shy feeder there.

They are doing great Dave, they wouldn't be great with shy feeders as they get pretty mental at feeding time. Same with any of the other silver dollars I've kept. What type of fish is the shy eater?

by **Acara** on 05 Aug 2012 13:13

Thanks,thats what I thought they'd be like. It's just my pike cichlid,surprisingly shy.

by **2poc** on 05 Aug 2012 22:35

Some synos might be a nice mix with the pike.

Just feeding the fish there a moment ago and my biggest red hook almost choked. Was pretty surreal, everything milling around then a big red hook floating upside down with a lump of prawn jammed in its mouth (meant for a peacock bass). Took a bit of recovering to sort him out. So as I was saying, they're a bit mental at feeding time :lol: