Allotoca goslinei

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:26 am

I just come across this species on Aquabid, however I do not find any information on this species very much. Are they easy to take care of? I'm not really familiar to Allotoca genus very much.

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:54 pm

There is a little information here on them. Not too sure if it helpful but it makes me think they might need cold water in their tank. http://www.goodeiden.de/html/goslinei3.html

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:59 pm

That's problem. It doesn't say how easy to breed them or what their diet is. That website was great but it lack of very good information on some species.

Conservation Moderator Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 278

They are easy, needs good space, clean water betwin 10 and 22C and lots of livefood and clean water and lots of livefood. Especially when pregnant as when they are young.
The adults can also eat earthworms as they grow to huge proportions.

Martin

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:55 pm

What about dugesii? They seems very attractive especially the females.

Conservation Moderator Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 278

Well, the informations I gave apply to all species of the genus Allotoca. I would say that all species are equally easy or difficult depending on how easy it is for you to get acces to cool water and livefood.

Martin

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:03 pm

I thought A. dugesii weren't hardy and diffcult to keep them alive? I read from www.goodeiden.de/html/dugesii3.html. However I do have access to the cool water and live foods.