Elindra's FishFiles - Freshwater Flounder (Achirus lineatus)
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Some General Information
Common Name: Freshwater Flounder
Other Common Names: Lined sole
Scientific Name: Achirus lineatus
Other Scientific Name(s): Pleuronectes lineatus
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Argentina.
Diet: If itÂ’s small and moves, freshwater flounders try to eat it. Live blackworms or small earthworms work well to start with. Add some feeder white clouds also. TheyÂ’d probably also enjoy ghost shrimp as they grow. You can eventually convert them over to frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms. Some eventually convert to eating flakes or sinking pellets. Most community fishes will eat all the flakes before the flounders start looking for them. Flounders have an eating advantage at night
Temperament: Very calm, never bothers other fish but is known to be picked on by most species.
Tankmates: Feel free to mix these guys with other medium-sized brackish water fishes – African butterflies, dragon gobies, African ropefish (if your flounder’s too big to swallow), mollies, and other livebearers (because they like salt also). Livebearers also provide additional live food periodically.
Color: Freshwater flounders try to blend into whateverÂ’s on the bottom. They can control the size of their various pigment pores to change from dark to light in the greys and browns. Some develop spots to complete the camouflage.
Other Comments: They need good filtration, likes to suck onto the glass and hang out on the bottom, needs sand! if u have gravel along with sand its gotta be rounded so it doesnt cut the flounder's soft belly.
Like the other flounders, these weird little guys have both eyes on one side of their bodies. Their left eye migrates to the right side of their bodies. The left side becomes its whitish underbelly. They spend all their time lying on their underbellies.
Species Stats
Min. Tank Size: 10 gallons
Temperature: 79 °F or about 26°C
Water: Slightly Brackish Water. About 2 teaspoons of salt per gallon. Increase the amount of salt as your flounders increase in size.
pH: 7.0
Max Size: 5 - 6 inches
Information & Pictures taken from:
http://species.fishindex.com/species_3315achirus_lineatus_freshwater_flounder.html
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Flounder.htm[/b] -
awww.. so cute!
looks like a splat
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hmm...does represent like elindra in some ways..
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Originally posted by alexkusu:hmm...does represent like elindra in some ways..
fishy...
What do you mean represent me in some way -
wah cute looks like a pancake
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can eat anot?
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Originally posted by elindra:
opst my pictures, never ask for my premission
[b]Some General Information
Common Name: Freshwater Flounder
Other Common Names: Lined sole
Scientific Name: Achirus lineatus
Other Scientific Name(s): Pleuronectes lineatus
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern Argentina.
Diet: If itÂ’s small and moves, freshwater flounders try to eat it. Live blackworms or small earthworms work well to start with. Add some feeder white clouds also. TheyÂ’d probably also enjoy ghost shrimp as they grow. You can eventually convert them over to frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms. Some eventually convert to eating flakes or sinking pellets. Most community fishes will eat all the flakes before the flounders start looking for them. Flounders have an eating advantage at night
Temperament: Very calm, never bothers other fish but is known to be picked on by most species.
Tankmates: Feel free to mix these guys with other medium-sized brackish water fishes – African butterflies, dragon gobies, African ropefish (if your flounder’s too big to swallow), mollies, and other livebearers (because they like salt also). Livebearers also provide additional live food periodically.
Color: Freshwater flounders try to blend into whateverÂ’s on the bottom. They can control the size of their various pigment pores to change from dark to light in the greys and browns. Some develop spots to complete the camouflage.
Other Comments: They need good filtration, likes to suck onto the glass and hang out on the bottom, needs sand! if u have gravel along with sand its gotta be rounded so it doesnt cut the flounder's soft belly.
Like the other flounders, these weird little guys have both eyes on one side of their bodies. Their left eye migrates to the right side of their bodies. The left side becomes its whitish underbelly. They spend all their time lying on their underbellies.
Species Stats
Min. Tank Size: 10 gallons
Temperature: 79 °F or about 26°C
Water: Slightly Brackish Water. About 2 teaspoons of salt per gallon. Increase the amount of salt as your flounders increase in size.
pH: 7.0
Max Size: 5 - 6 inches
Information & Pictures taken from:
http://species.fishindex.com/species_3315achirus_lineatus_freshwater_flounder.html
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Flounder.htm[/b][/b]
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can't get that picture out of my head..
you know.. the cartoon one? where someone "meets with an accident and is turned to goo"?
a splat on the floor with eyes
you know.. sorta like scratchy in itchy and scratchy after itchy puts the cat into a blender or something? -
of course can lah ...... flounders are rare and a lot more expensive at BBQ stalls ! ....Originally posted by stellazio:can eat anot? 
what's that little black fish beside the flounder in the bottom pic ? ... -
Seen them for sale before, at $4 each... cute little creatures.
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looks like a goby
Originally posted by Fatum:of course can lah ...... flounders are rare and a lot more expensive at BBQ stalls ! ....
what's that little black fish beside the flounder in the bottom pic ? ... -
speared one saltwater one before with my reef hook while diving ....
very tasty BBQ'ed with home-made sambal and lime .... -
That's a bumblebee goby:Originally posted by Fatum:of course can lah ...... flounders are rare and a lot more expensive at BBQ stalls ! ....
what's that little black fish beside the flounder in the bottom pic ? ...
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It's a bumblebee gobyOriginally posted by Fatum:of course can lah ...... flounders are rare and a lot more expensive at BBQ stalls ! ....
what's that little black fish beside the flounder in the bottom pic ? ... -
Seen them before too but dunno the price.Originally posted by cornyfish2000:Seen them for sale before, at $4 each... cute little creatures.
I'm bad with brackish water fish sooooo I don't think I'll try keeping them though I think it's really cute -
still like the eyes...
it's like... the expression that it's lost, dunno what's going on and isn't bright enough to go figure things out -
salivating
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Will post other fishes too....just starting with one.
Waiting for my connection to be up so I can post one on my stingrays
You guys are awful. I post pics of pets and you only think of eating
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This is Singapore mah, eating is our national pastime.Originally posted by elindra:Will post other fishes too....just starting with one.
Waiting for my connection to be up so I can post one on my stingrays
You guys are awful. I post pics of pets and you only think of eating
I like the splat fish, so cute! -
The $4 ones that i saw had very nice patterns on them, somehow they reminded me of the pin cushions on which my mum sticks her sewing needles.Originally posted by elindra:Seen them before too but dunno the price.
I'm bad with brackish water fish sooooo I don't think I'll try keeping them though I think it's really cute
Too bad i've done away with my brackish tank... it'll be nice to keep the flounder with maybe, a green-spotted puffer. They'll make a cute combi.
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hmm sting ray also verynice to eat oneOriginally posted by elindra:Will post other fishes too....just starting with one.
Waiting for my connection to be up so I can post one on my stingrays
You guys are awful. I post pics of pets and you only think of eating
no problem lah you keep as pet until its big enuff thenwe eat it as food lor. accoomplishes both purposes -
cute.look like a mat..
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I think the green-spotted puffer will bully the flounderOriginally posted by cornyfish2000:The $4 ones that i saw had very nice patterns on them, somehow they reminded me of the pin cushions on which my mum sticks her sewing needles.
Too bad i've done away with my brackish tank... it'll be nice to keep the flounder with maybe, a green-spotted puffer. They'll make a cute combi.
Anyway I was never successful with my puffer tank
Maybe if I decide to start one again, I'll ask you for advise -
Ya, GSPs can get quite nasty sometimes... Used to pair mine with a moray eel, and they were quite a sweet couple.Originally posted by elindra:I think the green-spotted puffer will bully the flounder
Anyway I was never successful with my puffer tank
Maybe if I decide to start one again, I'll ask you for advise
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Hmmmm I think the flounder will look cute with the butterfly fishOriginally posted by cornyfish2000:Ya, GSPs can get quite nasty sometimes... Used to pair mine with a moray eel, and they were quite a sweet couple.