I was actually thinking about setting up a 29 gallon community tank, and I was considering putting in some marbled hatchetfish for the top of the tank. Great timing!
Got one (out of 8 silver with black line) once that was flipping WHITE. It grew 30% larger than the largest silver I'd ever seen and lived about 5 years!
They're one of thew few fish I've never kept. I have some old fish encyclopedia from the 50's or something that suggested you should keep a tight lid on your hatchet fish aquarium because it is rumored they can fly. Lol!
Just a suggestion from a European: Whenever you mention temperatures, could you put the conversion to Celsius as text in the video? Inches and gallons are reasonably easy to convert to rough estimates of metric, but Fahrenheit is pretty difficult without looking it up.
I used to have hatchet fish..they were so much fun to watch.. I did keep a lid on the tank after a couple of them jumped out ..I had a bubble maker and they would swim over to it and play 😊
I’ve had the Platinum Hatchet fish and I would feed them fruit flies, pellets, frozen foods and flakes 😊 and I’ve actually had them spawn a few times which was really cool
@@MM-vt3hf The males chased the females and kind of turned them sideways and that’s how I seen them spawn lol 😊 the fry we’re really tiny and hard to raise but a few survived luckily
I think I’m going to set up my 46 gallon bow front aquarium w/ hatchetfish on the top level & a shoal of white & black skirt tetras on the bottom! Been trying to find some decent info on hatchetfish... thank you!
I had eight marbles that were wild caught and they might have had an internal parasite that I didn't catch and did not quarantine them. I have one left and after feeding antiparasite food for a week, it seems to be doing well. They are super cool fish just like the pencil fish but picky.
Great tips. Got a group of marbled hatchets 2 years ago. Lost half to an ich outbreak. Bought some more to replenish the group. 2 escaped through a narrow slot in the lid while in quarantine. Even lost 1 or 2 last summer vacation, jumping out the feeding hole where my auto feeder was placed.
I have kept the larger Silver's and marbled hatchetfish but I didn't know they had the Nano hatchetfish and that's what I would like to have thank you for updating me
Years ago I had the marble hatchets. A great way to keep them is making an extended hi-rise top (kind of like putting a tank upside down on top to give them air space) with lexan clear polycarbonate. It looks beautiful with plants growing on it like brazilian pennywort.
When you were talking about under feeding that was one think I didn’t have to worry about I make sure all my fish eat and always watch them eat to see if they are good
I haven't seen hatchetfish in the store since I was a kid in the 70s and early 80s, so when I went to the store and saw one I had to have it. The person said there were four in the tank, so either a mean-spirited person bought only three, or the other three jumped out of the tank I didn't want the hatchet fish to be lonely so I brought it home and put it in with my x-ray tetra and he thinks he is one of them. eventually I will find more
*I love the marble hatchetfish!* I had some years ago. Thanks for the tip on the parasite medication as I am on the hunt for them once again for my community tank. Great video!
@NihlusGreen okay! Will do, the food I feed is very high quality I feed omega one and bug bites so I will ask the seller because I’m stuck and the internet isn’t helping whatsoever! Besides you thank you!
I'm so glad I saw this before getting any! I would have been so sad if I brought them home and they got sick in my 40 gallon. 😣 Thank you for the tips! 😁
Just ordered a some fry food for my 27 gallon breeding pond! I am gonna try to breed some White clouds but the water gets to 80+ temp so I put it in the shade, hopefully that helps keep the water cooler!
Thanks Coopy. They are a weird shaped little cuties. Have you heard if anyone has used window screens to cover the tank? Insects can get through but the fish can't jump.
Hey, I plan to add a group of 8 in the next two weeks for my 29 gallon, I already have rummy nose and oto that are doing well, but I don't have a quarantine tank. I also don't have place to put one. What would you recommend ? Thank you,
I have looked around at local fish stores for almost a year before I found one small seller that had three of the silver hatchetfish in stock, so I got all of them. Most of the shops around Houston said they hadn’t had any come in all of 2021. I wanted 6, but this is a start I guess…
Thanks for all your great videos! You might be too busy to answer personal questions, but I’m wondering what kinds of hachetfish are featured in this video? I see magenta ones with green flashing in their abdomens, light pink ones, they’re all stunning!! Are these different kinds or is it just how the light is hitting the silver ones? Thanks 🤗
I trickle feed my hatchet fish with bug bites and fruit flies with a 10-inch deep lid on top , they can fly out very quickly 😲. just a slight tap and there like a jump jet aircraft
Would get some of these in a heartbeat if I didn't have a lidless tank, but I just know they'd all jump out in due time so sadly I gotta wait till I can keep em contained ):
