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Spotted headstanders, the smallest of the headstanders, will pester some fish.
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Even at 1.5 inches these guys stand on their heads all day long. No idea
on nights.
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Nasty case of ich on chilodus in middle. Careful with the malachite.
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Chilodus stay small enough to mix in community tanks.
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An abramite grows to six or so inches. Good mixer with South American cichlids.
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Abramite at the two-inch size. Bit of a biter at times. Jumper.
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Seven-inch abramite. Usually sold at about two inches.
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Gets along fine with African cichlids.
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Under two-inchers with enough sense to get out of the way.
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1.5-inch abramite with distochodus back up.
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Glass headstander, Charax gibbosus, about 1.5". Not as mean as
it looks.
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Three-inch charax that killed an equal size freshwater barracuda.
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Leporinus get heftier and more colorful as they grow. They like to jump.
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Three incher in a tank of larger American cichlids.
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Three-inch ones look like this.
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Six-inch real nipper. He killed a slightly larger arowana.
Popped his eyes out for starters.
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This one chews on a foot-long polypterus.
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This foot-long leporinus gets along with adult African cichlids.
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Leporinus fasciatus about eight -inches long. Keep with fast or mean
fish.
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He likes zucchini almost as much as arowana eyeballs. Mean guy.
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Colony of leporinus in a South American tank.
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Mix 'em with other herbivores or with South American or African cichlids.
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Leporinus can really bite as this vacation block shows.
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It took them less than 10 minutes to eat the heart out of this block.
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Foot-long leporinus living with African cichlids.
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Another foot-long leporinus with African cichlids.
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Four-inch lipstick Leporinus arcus, grows to eight inches.
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Anostomus trilineatus at four inches plus a couple of bala sharks.
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Anostomus trimaculatus at four inches.
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Anostomus. Ditto the actions of the leporinus. Picks on South
American cichlids.
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This is why they call Anostomus headstanders. Not much color.
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Three-inch anostomus.
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Five-inch A. anostomus picked on by A. trimaculatus half its size.
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Less stress the next day but still looking chewed.
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Four-inch anostomus worked over by same size South American cichlids.
He expired.
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Anostomus and abramite at work in African cichlid tank.
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a better look at the Distochodus headstanders, link on over to Distochodus.
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