Family: Gasteropelecidae
Distribution: Carnegiella schereri, commonly known as the Dwarf Hatchetfish, is distributed in South America’s Amazon River basin in Peru and Brazil.
PH: 5.5 – 6.0
Temperature: 24°C – 27°C (75 – 81F)
Hardness: 2 – 15 dH
Description: Carnegiella myersi is a small species with a maximum length of 2.6 cm. There is not a great deal of information available on this tiny member of the Gasteropelecidae family.
Diet: This surface dwelling species will presumably eat a live-food diet, primarily of fruit flies, brine and black mosquito larvae. It will also most likely accept various small, dry foods. It is important to not feed this species foods that sink, as this upper-dweller cannot eat from the middle or bottom areas of the tank.
Breeding: There is not much breeding information available on the Dwarf Hatchetfish. In most successful cases of breeding Hatchetfish, the water used was soft and acidic, with the adult pair conditioned with small insects. It is important to remove the parents soon after spawning in case they decide to eat the small eggs.
Comments: Carnegiella schereri should be housed in tank 50 gallons in volume. Make sure you keep a cover on your tank to prevent this species from jumping out onto the kitchen floor. There is little actual information available on the Dwarf Hatchetfish, which is why it is recommended only to those with plenty of experience in the hobby.
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Recommended Compatible Species: Carnegiella schereri should be housed in a group of about 10 fish. They will live happily with most Tetra species (particularly the Neon Tetra and Black Tetra). They are also great tank mates with Discus, Apistogramma‘s like Apistogramma Cacatouides and Apistogramma Borelli, Corydoras Catfish (particularly Corydoras Sterbai and Corydoras aeneus) Angelfish, Clown loach, the common Guppy and Platy and most Gourami (such as the Blue Gouramiand Dwarf Gourami like the Honey Gourami) Also can live happily with most Danio (particularly the Zebra Danio and Pearl Danio) and also many Killifish make great tank mates.
Originally posted 2010-01-05 12:26:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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