1: how do you like them if u have them are they intersting to watch in atank i have only read about them
2: how much should i feed my pair, they are only babys about 1.5 inches im gonna go with brine shrimp to start
okay acually 3 :
will they disturb my pair of butterfly fish
ans will my neopns be eatin?
Answers:
I bought a pair tagged as Spotted Climbing Perch, and found they were a pair of Leopard Ctenopoma. They weren't very interesting, as they would tend to hide in the bunches of Aponogetons and 'lay in wait' which I found out was part of their hunting behaviour in the wild. They are 'semi-aggressive' and were aggressive toward some of my Upside-down catfish, so I eventually had to sell them.
As for feeding, you can try a trick I use for my Tetras and their various foods. I feed them freeze dried bloodworms twice a week, so I mix a small amount in a cup half filled with tank water and allow it to sit for a few moments, then dump it all in. Freeze dried foods tend to float, but this way most of it will at least stay suspended in mid-water range for enough time that the pair geta few mouthfuls and follow it to the surface. These fish are carnivores, so you should stick with carnivorous pellets, krill, bloodworms and other food marketed for carnivorous fish. Only a pinch every day will do until they reach adult size at about 5-6 inches. Your Tetras will clean up after the pair as Tetras are omnivorous, but this might also trigger aggressive behaviour.
As long as the neons don't fit in the Leopard Ctenopoma's mouths, they won't be eaten, but they may be harassed. You should have a densely planted tank, or at least half of the tank planted very well which will curb some of the aggressiveness until the Leopard Ctenopoma's get bigger than the neons, at which time, you might have to move one or the other into another tank.
As for butterflyfish (I assume you mean the African Butterflyfish), they are also semi- aggressive, so I wouldn't recommend putting the two species together when the Leopard Ctenopoma get bigger and a little more belligerent.
Everything should be treated on a case-by-case basis, because there are exceptions to any rule. You may end up with a harmonious tank, but Leopard's and Butterfly's also have two different tank requirements - Leopard's like dense vegetation, and Butterfly's perfer open water, like Tetra's.
