I have seen them kept in aquariums, a chiller and brisk areation is
necessary. They seem to be hard to wean onto anything other than live foods,
preferred prey are helgramites.
>
>Thanks for confirming this. I am not joking anyway. However I do not
>think the
>mackeral spawn in freshwater. When I reread the book the species name is
>Scomberomorus sinensis and it travels straight up to Khone Falls mainly
>looking for
>easy prey. Also some Jacks and travellys do venture into the river.
>I am not sure if Indian Tor species travel into brackish or salt water area
>but
>ones in Thailand are restricted to upper parts of the river system. In
>Japan
>though I think the cyprinids of the genus Tribolodon species [ugui?]
>venture into
>the sea. I see a pic of the returning adults of Tribolodon hakonensis that
>has the
>color pattern exactly like giant RBDs. Also may you fill me on natural
>history and
>captive care of the trout-like cyprinids Zacco [oikawa and kawamutsu A & B]
>and
>Opsariichthys species [hasu]?
>
>Tony
>anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th
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