African Butterfly Fish

Pantodon buchholzi

Difficulty (1-5): 3/5

Description

Surface ambush predator with wing-like pectorals, unchanged for a hundred million years. Eats anything that fits and leaps from open tanks.

Water test requirements

  • pH: 6 – 7.5
  • Temperature: 24 – 30 °C
  • General Hardness (GH): 1 – 15 °dGH
  • Nitrate (NO3): ≤ 25 mg/L