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Aggressive, especially with its own kind and smaller fish; best with robust fish in a large tank.
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Aggressive, especially with its own kind and smaller fish; best with robust fish in a large tank. Eats plants.
Vegetable pellets, greens and frozen foods; also chases small fish.
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Mature females grow slightly larger and are rounder-bellied than males.
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Egg-scatterer ·
Not recorded breeding in aquaria. In the wild it spawns December to May, in pairs in densely weeded places, maturing at about 15 cm.
Needs a school of 6+ in a large tank; ripe females swell with eggs.
Very large tank or pond with floating plants or mops, soft slightly acidic water and warm temperatures.
Rainy-season style water changes with soft, slightly cooler water and plenty of greens and protein.
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Fry take powdered food and brine shrimp nauplii, then chopped greens; grow fast and need space.
A boldly banded characin from the Amazon and Orinoco that grows large. Young fish have about 5 dark bars that split as they grow, to about 10 in adults. Juveniles are often sold without warning of their adult size.
German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch described this boldly banded fish in 1794 in his great work on fishes. It is a common, widespread species in Amazonian and Guianan rivers. Aquarists keep it for its striking black-and-yellow bands, though it grows large and can nibble plants.
First described by Marcus E. Bloch in 1794.
15 facts checked with sources
Valid name. Frequently confused with L. affinis in the trade (Seriously Fish); several similar banded Leporinus are sold under this name.
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Leporinus fasciatus · FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summaryLegacy has no family.
FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summarySeriously Fish 27 cm SL (live aquarium adults); FishBase max 37 cm TL is a wild maximum record (Ref. 111518). 27 cm SL is roughly 32 cm TL, so legacy 30 is close in TL terms. Both listed.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatus · FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summaryWithin Seriously Fish 20-28; FishBase narrower 22-26.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatus · FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summaryWithin both.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatus · FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summaryLegacy has no hardness. Seriously Fish 1-15 kept.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatus · FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summary210 x 60 cm base x 60 cm height = 756,000 cm³ = 756 L. Legacy 500 L is below the sourced minimum.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatusKeep singly, or 6+ in a very large tank; small groups fight.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatusLegacy says aggressive; Seriously Fish describes it as quarrelsome with its own kind and a predator of much smaller fish, but suitable with peaceful medium-large fishes.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatusBenthopelagic: swims mid-water, feeds mostly on the bottom.
FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summary · Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatusSeriously Fish: Moderate (8 of 8 measures); needs a very large tank, mature water and a tight lid.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatusLegacy has no range. FishBase gives only the Amazon basin.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatus · Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Leporinus fasciatusLegacy says 'no visible difference'.
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatusMatches legacy (not bred in aquaria).
Seriously Fish: Leporinus fasciatus · FishBase: Leporinus fasciatus summary