The South American Lungfish is a very interesting fish, but it has only very drab colours. The usual pattern is mudcolour, eg brownish, greyish, sometimes a bit blackish. But why should an animal that lives in swamps and feeds on snails show bright coloration? On the other hand: astonishingly enough, very young specimens, like the ones we obtained recently from Peru (6-9 cm long) are very pretty! The fish are pitchblack and have golden-yellow dots. Against conspecfics the youngsters are very peaceful. This cannot be said about the adults! Pictures of adult specimens can be seen here: http://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish-archives/lepidosiren_paradoxus_en/
For our customers: the fish have code 265501 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
At the moment we can offer several of the precious and rare Platinum animals of the caiman fish. All have the glistening white body ground coloration. Individually different black speckles are present on the currently 12-15 cm long juveniles.
These rarities are bred in Indonesia. They are intelligent fish, which come in expectation of food immediately to the front glass, if they perceive a human there. More införmation about the gar giant of the freshwater of North America you can find here: https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish-archives/atractosteus-spatula-4/.
For our customers: the animals have code 847003 on our stocklist. Please note that we only supply wholesale.
For many years this small bichir from the Congo did not come to us. Now we finally succeeded in importing them again. Polypterus polli remains under 30 cm total length and thus belongs to the smallest species of these ancient fishes. It can easily be confused with P. palmas from Guinea and with P. retropinnis, which also originates from the Congo. The easiest way to distinguish the two species from the Congo is to look closely at the pectoral fins. In P. polli, these are lemon yellow, without banding, and have a bold dark spot at the base of the fin. In P. retropinnis, these fins are more gray, delicately banded, and lack the dark spot at the base of the fin. In addition, P. retopinnis is much more slender than P. polli.
On the other hand, it is more difficult to distinguish between P. polli and P. palmas in small Polypterus of unknown origin. These species are so similar to each other that they formerly used to be listed only as subspecies to each other. However, they do not occur together anywhere. P. palmas lacks the black spot at the base of the pectoral fins (but a dark spot may be present, just not as strong and distinct as in P. polli), the pectoral fins are usually distinctly spotted, as is the top of the head.
Polypterus polli is a peaceful fish, but considers small fish as food. Keeping this in mind, P. polli is very good to keep in community aquariums with other Congo fish. No Polypterus is engaged in brood care. The animals spawn freely in the water. Sexually mature males and females differ clearly in the shape of the anal fin, which is greatly enlarged in the male.
For our customers: the fish have code 164702 on our stock list. Please note that we only supply wholesale.
We received once more from Guinea the comparatively small (20-25 cm) and very pretty Polypterus palmas. Currently our fish are 10-12 cm long. Formerly the species has been splitted in several subspecies, but this seems not to reflect the real situation.
For our customers: P. palmas has code 164502 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
We have already reported about the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus), see https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish-archives/lepisosteus-oculatus-2/. Now we have received small gars from Indonesia, which correspond in all characteristics to L. oculatus, but show a very striking silver luster. The smaller ones (6-8 cm) have a quite dark basic coloration, which brightens up clearly with somewhat larger animals (11-14 cm). We don’t know, but we can well imagine that the dark elements in the pattern are covered by silver even more with increasing growth.
Apparently, breeding operations in Indonesia are quite intensively concerned with deviating color forms in gars. Especially desired are platinum colored or reddish animals. Since Lepisosteus oculatus is already very variable by nature (there are six synonyms of the species, which in the past was often equated with L. platostomus, of which another three synonyms exist), the species lends itself to breeding experiments.
For our customers: the animals have code 848231 (6-8 cm) and 848238 (11-14 cm) on our stocklist. Please note that we only supply wholesale.
Bichirs are so called living fossils. Already 60 million years old fossils were found, which can still be assigned to living species today. However, there are only 16 known species, all coming from Africa.
The last discovered and at the same time smallest species of the genus is Polypterus mokelembembe, which was described as a separate species only in 2006. Previously it was confused with P. retropinnis, in the trade it was often called P. lowei. P. mokelembembe is a resident of smaller blackwater streams in the Congo region and grows to about 25 cm in length. Males and females can be easily distinguished, as in all Polypterus species, by the differently shaped anal fin, which becomes more than twice as large in the male as in the female. During mating, this anal fin is spread out like a bowl. The male swims side by side with the female during mating, encompassing the anal fin region of the female with the splayed anal fin, ensuring fertilization of the eggs released freely into the water. Brood care is not practiced by bichirs. The larvae have external gills and thus look very similar to newt larvae. Even tiny P. mokelembembe (the small ones pictured are about 5 cm long) have the coloration typical of the species.
In the aquarium Polypterus mokelembembe are very peaceful towards all tankmates, which do not come into question as food. The animals do not like bright lighting. They eat coarse frozen and live food of all kinds, as long as it is of animal origin, also granules are gladly eaten by acclimated animals.
For our customers: the animals have code 165533 on our stocklist. Please note that we supply exclusively to wholesalers.
Lexicon: polypterus: ancient Greek, means “many-finned”, referring to the numerous individual dorsal fins. mokelembembe: name of a legendary dinosaur-like creature from the Congo, comparable to Nessie from Loch Ness. The name was chosen to refer to the high geological age of the bichirs, which already existed at the time of the dinosaurs. retropinnis: Latin, means “with fins pointing backwards”.
The Alligator gars are so-called living fossils. They developed about 100 million years ago in the upper Cretaceous and haven´t changed much since then. Currently two genera live in the New World, namely Atractosteus (containing three species) and Lepisosteus (four species).
The members of Atractosteus can reach about 2 m in length (formerly they are said to have reached even 3 m, but formerly everything was better ;-)) and are thus the largest recent members of the Alligator gars. The three species are very similar to each other and differ only in details which are not observable from outside. Our specimens are currently about 8-10 cm long and have been bred in Indonesia. We believe the breeders regarding the identity of the species as we have no opportunity to verify or falsify this.
Among the ancient features of the fish are the very strange bony scalation and the remains of a “tail” in the upper half of the caudal fin, which is clearly visible in our baby fish. Gars do not breath only via gills, but also via the swim bladder which serves as a lung. So they can survive even in very oxygen-poor water.
Gars feed exclusively on fish, but can be easily accustomed to feeding by forceps. Against conspecifics and other species of fish the gars are absolutely peaceful as long as they do not serve as food. Alligator gars are gorgeous animals for large show aquaria.
Sadly the natural population is decreasing due to habitat loss. The animals offered by us for public aquaria or owners of really big tanks are bred ones from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The latest sport offered from there are Platinum fishes; we imported currently a 25 cm long specimen.
For our customers: the fish have code 848122 (wild type) and 847004 (Platinum) on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Atractosteus: means “arrow-bone”. spatula: means „short sword“, referring to the shape of the snout. Lepisosteus: means “bone-scale”.
From Indonesia we have received captive bred specimens of a gar species, which stands out due to its reddish brown (normally blackish, gray or silver) basic coloration with partly brick-red coloration parts. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to name the species correctly, because the reliable identification of gar is only possible on the basis of characteristics that are not visible on living specimens, and we have never had any losses with these fish so far. In addition, it cannot be ruled out that these fish are cross-bred (hybrids), which could only be “unmasked” with elaborate genetic examinations.
To us it seems most likely that the fish are a breeding form of Lepisosteus oculatus – or a cross.
One must assume with these animals that they can become over one meter long. From this it is obvious that the red gars are only suitable for specialists, zoos and show aquariums. However, for them the fish is a beautiful attraction.
The care is not difficult, except for the size. The fish become tame and can be easily fed with frozen fish, which they take from a forceps. In nature, gars often inhabit oxygen-deficient waters and therefore have an air-breathing habit. Strong currents are not liked by gars. They are completely peaceful against conspecifics and non-species fish that do not serve as food.
For our customers: the animals have code 848023 on our stocklist. Please note that we supply only wholesale.
Now in Indonesia, where several Polypterus species have been successfully bred for years, it has been possible to “crack” this species. We can offer very charming youngsters of this animal.
For our customers: the fish have code 162413 on our stocklist. Please note that we only supply the wholesale trade.
For some time now we have been able to offer offspring of this big bichir (see https://www.aquariumglaser.de/fischarchiv/polypterus_endlicherii_nachzuchten_en/). With the current delivery we noticed the bizarre outer gills, which have young animals of all Polypterus species. They give these primeval fishes a very peculiar appearance.
For our customers: the animals have code 163312 on our stocklist. Please note that we only supply the wholesale trade.
The Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is a living fossil. Gars live on earth since about 145 million years. Nowadays 7 species still exist, all native to North- and Central America. Gars are predators. They can survive in oxygen-poor waters due a primitive lung that enables them to breath air additionally to the gill breathing. So Gars are often found in swamps and other oxygen-poor environments.
Some species of Gar are bred regulary in Indonesia. We obtain our fish from there. The most attractive species in respect of coloration is Lepisosteus oculatus. Usually this species becomes 60-90 cm long; the largest specimen known so far was 1.2 m long. The photographed specimens are 10-12 cm long. As Gars become quite tame in ponds or aquaria they can be fed after some time of settlement usually with dead fish from a forceps.
The Spotted Gar originates from the Mississippi and other rivers that flow to the Golf of Mexico. So it is a rather subtropical species and only contingently winter hardy in a garden pond; this should one keep in mind in case it is planned to keep the fish in outdoor ponds. Despite the Spotted Gar is a freshwater fish it is known to enter brackish waters occasionally.
Against conspecifics and other fish too large to feed Gars are usually peaceful. This makes them perfect subjects for public aquaria where they have lived as long as 70 years. In the wild, L. oculatus is said to live about 18 years.
For our customers: the fish have code 848013 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Napoleon Bonaparte was leader of a campaign through Egypt in the years 1798-1801. He was followed by 169 scientists, among them the zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. After the return to France, Saint-Hilaire described a very strange species of fish he collected in the Nile river in Egypt under the (vernacular) name of Polyptère bichir. The valid scientific name Polypterus bichir was given to the fish only one year later by Lacepéde.
This was the first time ever that scientists all over the world became aware of a group of fish that was already extant 60 million years ago and hardly changed the shape since that time.
A very close relative of P. bichir is P. lapradei. There are in fact only very few features that can be used to distinguish the two fish. We currently have very pretty P. lapradei from Nigeria in stock. The fish were collected near the city of Ughelli in the Delta State of Nigeria. Our specimens are about 25-30 cm long. This is not even half of the size that is given as maximum length of P. lapradei: up to 70 cm! So these animals are mainly suited for specialized keepers of predatory fish or public aquaria.
For our customers: the fish have code 163605 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
The Cross river in Western Africa is a legendary river. The course of the river starts in Cameroon, the lower part flows through Nigeria. The river is famous for its high degree of endemic species; „endemic“ means that the species occurs only there and nowhere else. Among the endemic species are for example Tetraodon pustulatus and Ctenopoma nebulosum. Another endemic species is Polypterus teugelsi which has been described scientifically only in 2004. Currently it is very difficult to obtain fish from the Cross river, so the species is extremely rare in the trade and expensive.
Now the breeders in Indonesia have managed to breed Polypterus teugelsi successfully. Thus every enthusiast who is interested is enabled to keep the fish. One should, however, keep in mind that the species attains a length of at least 40 cm. They are not small fish at all, despite how charming the youngsters may look. One very special feature in the young P. teugelsi is the fact that they have their dorsal finlets almost always spread.
For our customers: the fish have code 165601 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
We received once more from Guinea the comparatively small (20-25 cm) and very pretty Polypterus palmas. Currently our fish are 10-12 cm long. Formerly the species has been splitted in several subspecies, but this seems not to reflect the real situation. Two of these subspecies have been recorded from Guinea, namely P. p. palmas and P. p. buettikoferi. Both are regarded to be full species on their own currently. P. buettikoferi can be recognized by the much broader lateral bands.
For our customers: P. palmas has code 164502 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
The Alligator gars are so-called living fossils. They developed about 100 million years ago in the upper Cretaceous and haven´t changed much since then. Currently two genera live in the New World, namely Atractosteus (containing three species) and Lepisosteus (four species).
The members of Atractosteus can reach about 2 m in length (formerly they are said to have reached even 3 m, but formerly everything was better ;-)) and are thus the largest recent members of the Alligator gars. The three species are very similar to each other and differ only in details which are not observable from outside. Our specimens are currently about 8-10 cm long and have been bred in Indonesia. We believe the breeders regarding the identity of the species as we have no opportunity to verify or falsify this.
Among the ancient features of the fish are the very strange bony scalation and the remains of a “tail” in the upper half of the caudal fin, which is clearly visible in our baby fish. Gars do not breath only via gills, but also via the swim bladder which serves as a lung. So they can survive even in very oxygen-poor water.
Gars feed exclusively on fish, but can be easily accustomed to feeding by forceps. Against conspecifics and other species of fish the gars are absolutely peaceful as long as they do not serve as food. Alligator gars are gorgeous animals for large show aquaria.
For our customers: the fish have code 848131 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Atractosteus: means “arrow-bone”. spatula: means „short sword“, referring to form of the snout. Lepisosteus: means “bone-scale”.
Finally we were able to import again Phractolaemus ansorgii. The last importation was years ago. Sadly the fish are sold out already, but we nevertheless want to show you the interesting animals.
Formerly we obtained these fish from Nigeria, this time they originate from the Congo. In our current import obviously two colour morphs appear, a more reddish one and a more blackish one. We didn´t observe such differences in our former importations, the Nigerian ones were uniformly brownish. Sexually active males develop breeding tubercles along the flanks and around the eyes.
These unique fishes are said to be close relatives of the Kneriidae on the one side, but they show also many relations to the bony tongues, and here especially to the butterfly fish, Pantodon buchholzi. Phractolaemus are air breathers. It s said that these fish can attain a maximum length of about 20 cm. The photographed male that clearly shows breeding tubercles – is about 8 cm long. There is almost nothing known on the natural history of these unusual fishes.
This large species – sexual maturity is reached at about 40 cm length, but the species can grow as big as 70 cm – originates from Africa. Her it has a fairly wide distribution, from the Nile to the Niger. But it is difficult to catch, so the fish were rather high in prize. Now we can offer bred specimens from Indonesia on a regular basis, which are considerably more favourable.
For our customers: the fish have code 163312 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Polypterus: from ancient Greek, means “with many fins”. endlicherii: dedication name for Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (1804 – 1849).
Four specimens – gorgeous animals, which are 15 – 20 cm long – of this “living fossil” reached us recently. Once there was a time when relatives of this species lived allmost all over the World, even in Europe several species existed. These creatures were already existent when the dinosaurs walked around. However, nowadays only one species is left, namely Amia calva, which is native in the eastern USA.
The bowfin – this is the common name of the species – can reach a maximum size of about one meter, but usually grows not larger than 50 cm. Males stay smaller in general than females. Bowfins are predators that feed on fish, crayfish and so on. Amia calva has very sharp teeth and uses them in case it feels in trouble. So one should be aware of that fact.
The bowfin is a coldwater fish, but due to its lung breathing the fish can survive even in warm and muddy water. Even temperatures over 30°C are tolerated. The fish take an intensive broodcare. Males build a kind of nest of plant material in which the adhesive eggs are spawned. The hatchlings are also guarded for a while by the male.
For our customers: the fish have code 364006 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Amia: a name for a fish in ancient Greece, but nowadays nobody knows anymore, what species was meant. calva: Latin, means “smooth”.
Finally
– we tried many years without any success – we managed to import a good
number of this “living fossil” from the USA. Once there was a time when
relatives of this species lived allmost all over the World, even in
Europe several species existed. These creatures were already existent
when the dinosaurs walked around. However, nowadays only one species is
left, namely Amia calva, which is native in the eastern USA.
The
bowfin – this is the common name of the species – can reach a maximum
size of about one meter, but usually grows not larger than 50 cm. Males
stay smaller in general than females. Bowfins are predators that feed on
fish, crayfish and so on. Amia calva has very sharp teeth and uses them
in case it feels in trouble. So one should be aware of that fact.
The
bowfin is a coldwater fish, but due to its lung breathing the fish can
survive even in warm and muddy water. Even temperatures over 30°C are
tolerated. The fish take an intensive broodcare. Males build a kind of
nest of plant material in which the adhesive eggs are spawned. The
hatchlings are also guarded for a while by the male.
For our customers: the fish have code 364002 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Amia: a name
for a fish in ancient Greece, but nowadays nobody knows anymore, what
species was meant. calva: Latin, means “smooth”. Common name: Bowfin
After quite a long time we were able now to import again one of the smallest species of Polypterus, namely Polypterus retropinnis from the Congo. This bichir has been thought to represent an undescribed species for a while, but then it was found that it has been confused with the only recently described species Polypterus mokelembembe.
By the way: we also have the very rare P. mokelembembe in stock …. See http://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/polypterus-mokelembembe_de_1218.html for details
Polypterus retropinnis attains a maximum length of “only” about 30-40 cm and is a very slender species. The peaceful fish are a good choice for community tanks with other large, but peaceful Aquarium fish.
For our customers: the species has code 165002 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
The bichir fishes – Polypterus – are animals of ancient ages. They already existed 60 million years ago. Among the particularities of the bichirs belongs the fact that they breath with a lung and that the pectoral fins are placed at the end of muscular stalks that can be moved like little arms.
Some species of bichir become quite large: 80-90 cm. But others stay much smaller. Among the latter is Polypterus delhezi from the Congo, which attains a maximum length of 30-35 cm. The species has a quite pretty pattern. P. delhezi is bred in large numbers in Indonesia, where these ancient fish remind the aquarists in dragons. But wild collected animals are only rarely available.
So we are glad that we could manage once more an importation from the Congo which contains some wild collected Polypterus delhezi.
For our customers: the animals have code 163003 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Polypterus: means “with many fins” (this refers to the numerous finlets on the back). delhezi: dedication name for M. Delhez
The Alligator gars are so-called living fossils. They developed about 100 million years ago in the upper Cretaceous and haven´t changed much since then. Currently two genera live in the New World, namely Atractosteus (containing three species) and Lepisosteus (four species).
The members of Atractosteus can reach about 2 m in length (formerly they are said to have reached even 3 m, but formerly everything was better ;-)) and are thus the largest recent members of the Alligator gars. The three species are very similar to each other and differ only in details which are not observable from outside. Our specimens are currently about 5 cm long and have been bred in Indonesia. We believe the breeders regarding the identity of the species as we have no opportunity to verify or falsify this.
Among the ancient features of the fish are the very strange bony scalation and the remains of a “tail” in the upper half of the caudal fin, which is clearly visible in our baby fish. Gars do not breath only via gills, but also via the swim bladder which serves as a lung. So they can survive even in very oxygen-poor water.
Gars feed exclusively on fish, but can be easily accustomed to feeding by forceps. Against conspecifics and other species of fish the gars are absolutely peaceful as long as they do not serve as food. Alligator gars are gorgeous animals for large show aquaria.
For our customers: the fish have code 848131 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Atractosteus: means “arrow-bone”. tristoechus: refers to the teeth which are arranged in three groups. Lepisosteus: means “bone-scale”.
We received only two specimens of this bichir – the rarest of all bichir species. The currently imported specimens are 15-20 cm long. The species can reach a maximum length of about 80 cm and thus represents the largest of all known Polypterus species. There appeared a German article on the species in the current issue of Aqualog/Terralog News, which will be availble in English language in Spetember.
For our customers: the fish have code 162403 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade. Available in very limited numbers only!
Lexicon: ansorgii: dedication name for William John Ansorge (1850-1913)
This large species – sexual maturity is reached at about 40 cm length, but the species can grow as big as 70 cm – is represented in Guinea by a very attractive colour variety that has a yellow-golden basic coloration (vs. ash-grey in others).
For our customers: the fish have code 163215 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade. Available in limited numbers only!
Lexicon: Polypterus: from ancient Greek, means “with many fins”. endlicherii: dedication name for Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (1804 – 1849).
Bichirs are so-called living fossils. 60 million years old fossilizations are known which can be assigned to recent species! There are 16 recent species known so far, all of them originating from Africa.
The latest discovered species is also the smallest one: Polypterus mokelembembe was described in 2006. Formely the species was confused with P. retropinnis. P. mokelembembe inhabits smaller blackwater creeks in the Congo region and grows up to 25 cm long. Males and females can be distinguished quite easily, as it is the case in all Polypterus. The anal fin of the males is more than double sized compared with the anal fin of the female. This fin is spread and looks like a bowl when the fish spawn. During mating the male swims closely side-by-side with the female and surrounds the female´s anal fin region with the spread anal fin. The eggs, wich are spawned free in the water, are thus collected in the males anal fin what makes sure they become fertalized. Polypterus do not take care for their brood. The juveniles have external gills and look very much alike newts.
Polypterus mokelembembe is peaceful against all possible tankmates as long as they cannot be regarded as food. The fish do not like strong light. They feed readily on all frozen and live food as long as it is of animal origin.
For our customers: the fish have code 165533 on our stocklist.Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Polypterus: ancient Greek, means “with many fins”, referring to the numerous dorsal finlets. mokelembembe: name of a legendary monster with a dinosaur-like appearance said to live in the Congo, comparable with Nessie from Loch Ness. The name was chosen as an allusion to the old age of bichirs, which were existing already at the times of dinosaurs. retropinnis: Latin, means “with fins turned backwards”.
The Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus, is one of the smallest species of sturgeon known so far. However, even this species can grow to more than one meter in length. The biggest specimen known was 125 cm long, but around 60 cm is a more common size.
Like all sturgeons this species is endangered due to overfishing and – this is by far more important – by destruction of the natural habitats. So it is protected by international law (CITES). It is still not necessary to have a special licence for selling live specimens in Germany.
The sterlet is one of the very few species of sturgeon that are able to live their whole life through in pure fresh water. Most species spawn in fresh water, but return to the sea as well as the young go to the sea as soon as they are able to. The sterlet also is a wanderer, but it wanders only upstreams as it lives already in freshwater. The keeper must nevertheless be careful in spawning season, as the fish tend to leave the pond during that time.
Our sterlets are – like all sturgeons in the ornamental fish trade – bred by specialized breeders. We can offer as a very rare sport also some albino specimens. These are on a very high demand for garden ponds, as they can be observed much better due to their white colour.
All sturgeons, also the sterlet, become very tame in captivity and search for food on the surface of the pond. They can become easy prey for cats as long as they are small fish. So take care that pussycat doesn´t get an extremely expensive dinner!
For our customers: albino sterlets have code 801016 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale market.
The Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus, is one of the smallest species of sturgeon known so far. However, even this species can grow to more than one meter in length. The biggest specimen known was 125 cm long, but around 60 cm is a more common size. Like all sturgeons this species is endangered due to overfishing and – this is by far more important – by destruction of the natural habitats. So it is protected by international law (CITES). It is still not necessary to have a special licence for selling live specimens in Germany. The sterlet is one of the very few species of sturgeon that are able to live their whole life through in pure fresh water. Most species spawn in fresh water, but return to the sea as well as the young go to the sea as soon as they are able to. The sterlet also is a wanderer, but it wanders only upstreams as it lives already in freshwater. The keeper must nevertheless be careful in spawning season, as the fish tend to leave the pond during that time. Our sterlets are – like all sturgeons in the ornamental fish trade – bred by specialized breeders. We can offer as a very rare sport also some albino specimens. These are on a very high demand for garden ponds, as they can be observed much better due to their white colour. All sturgeons, also the sterlet, become very tame in captivity and search for food on the surface of the pond. They can become easy prey for cats as long as they are small fish. So take care that pussycat doesn´t get an extremely expensive dinner! For our customers: albino sterlets have code 801016 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale market.
From the Cross River system in Cameroon originates Polypterus teugelsi. This 2004 scientifically described species could be imported in this spring for the first time. They exhibit a black network, which covers an olive background on the dorsal and dorsolateral surface of the body. This and their brightly orange colored belly are singular in bichirs. In their homeland they inhabit shaded rainforest streams, water chemistry plays a subordinated role for their maintenance, strong food and regular water changes, however are of great importance.(Photo F. Schäfer, Text K. Diehl)
The Sterlett is a smaller sturgeon species from Eastern Europe, it origins in tributaries of the Black and of the Kaspian Sea. It occurs in the Danube, where it ascended in former times up to Ulm, today there are occasionally catches up to Passau. Their shape and swimming behavior reminds on sharks, but there is no close relatioship between this groups of fishes.Contrary to the other sturgeon species it moves not to the sea, they stay for their whole life in fresh water. This fact and the with 40 – 60 cm small size makes them to interesting fishes for the pond. There they can life for several decades. In the wild it feeds on invertebrates and occasionally also fish. In the pond they can be fed with commercial fish food.(Photo F. Schäfer, Text K. Diehl)
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