Originally posted by elindra:
[b]Some General
Information
Common Name: Freshwater Flounder
Other Common Names: Lined sole
Scientific Name: Achirus lineatus
Other Scientific Name(s): Pleuronectes
lineatus
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and
northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Argentina.
Diet: If its small and moves, freshwater
flounders try to eat it. Live blackworms or small earthworms work
well to start with. Add some feeder white clouds also. Theyd
probably also enjoy ghost shrimp as they grow. You can eventually
convert them over to frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms.
Some eventually convert to eating flakes or sinking pellets. Most
community fishes will eat all the flakes before the flounders start
looking for them. Flounders have an eating advantage at night
Temperament: Very calm, never bothers other fish
but is known to be picked on by most species.
Tankmates: Feel free to mix these guys with other
medium-sized brackish water fishes African butterflies, dragon
gobies, African ropefish (if your flounders too big to swallow),
mollies, and other livebearers (because they like salt also).
Livebearers also provide additional live food periodically.
Color: Freshwater flounders try to blend into
whatevers on the bottom. They can control the size of their
various pigment pores to change from dark to light in the greys and
browns. Some develop spots to complete the camouflage.
Other Comments: They need good filtration, likes
to suck onto the glass and hang out on the bottom, needs sand! if u
have gravel along with sand its gotta be rounded so it doesnt cut
the flounder's soft belly.
Like the other flounders, these weird little guys have both eyes on
one side of their bodies. Their left eye migrates to the right side
of their bodies. The left side becomes its whitish underbelly. They
spend all their time lying on their underbellies.
Species
Stats
Min. Tank Size: 10 gallons
Temperature: 79 °F or about 26°C
Water: Slightly Brackish Water. About 2 teaspoons
of salt per gallon. Increase the amount of salt as your flounders
increase in size.
pH: 7.0
Max Size: 5 - 6 inches
Information & Pictures taken from:
http://species.fishindex.com/species_3315achirus_lineatus_freshwater_flounder.html
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Flounder.htm[/b][/b]
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