African Leaf Fish

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  1. Jagwa

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    Has anybody seen Polycentropsis abbreviata in the cape town region. Am very keen to get my hands on a few of these.
     
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    i'v heard they have been seen in jhb and come around so now and then,iv been looking for south american leaf fish for like a year.good luck.
     
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    Try asking one of our sponsors - @Dolphin or @Altum or @Moolis - who occasionally find some of the harder to come by species in their stock lists.
     
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    Will do, thanks
     
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    They are available from time to time, but not regularlydue to their eating behavior. We @ Pet Stop actually only get them onpre-orders as selling them to an unsuspecting hobbyist (most of LFS customers)go against our grain.
     
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    I have heard that South American Leaf Fish will only eat live feeder fish. And cna't even be converted to shrimps or worms.
    Are these the same?
     
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    They very well may only take live food. Prior to actually buying the fish, ask the seller what it's feeding on. Speaking from working with South American Leaf fish, it's rather tricky to get them to eat dead food.
     
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    i would have no problem with them only eating live food,iv got a tank just waiting for 5 or 6 of.
     
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