Marble Hatchet Fish Jumping

Carnegiella strigata marbled hatchetfish marbled hatchetfish.

Marble hatchet fish jumping.

It s a freshwater planted tank. But since the marble hatchet will jump out of the water an aquarium hood is necessary to help keep the marble hatchet safe and contained. The marble hatchet breeds in soft water about 5 and a low ph about 6 0. I was doing some fish room cleaning today when i found two dried up hatchet fish that jumped out of my 55g angelfish tank.

Native to the amazon around iquitos and guyana the marble hatchet grows to 4 5 cm. In the 1950s this was probably the most popular of the aquarium hatchets but today it is only seen rarely. The marble hatchet is one of the easier hatchet fish to care for as their tolerance for different water parameters is much wider. Marble hatchet fish are accomplished jumpers so you will also need a hood that has no escape points that will give them the opportunity to jump out.

The marbled hatchetfish carnegiella strigata is a small normally 3 5 cm 1 4 in in length freshwater ray finned fish native to south america hatchet shaped it presents a gold line extending from its eye to its caudal fin while the area below has a brown and cream colored marble like pattern hence its name. I took another video of my marble hatchets jumping in my tank and one jumped out and fell on the floor. It s a good idea to turn on the room lights before turning on the fish tank lights to prevent spooking them. The tank should be well covered to prevent the fish from jumping.

They are less prone to becoming sick and are quite hardy fish. Marble hatchet fish the world s only true flying fish. See the first video here. The ground color is a yellow green showing silver by.

In addition the marble hatchet requires excellent water quality. Given this they provide a unique shape in the tank. Hatchet fish jumping out of tank. Keeping them with skittish fish may increase the chances of them deciding to jump out.