Xenentodon
The freshwater garfish is one of a handful of needlefish species kept in public and home aquaria.It has been kept by European aquarists since 1910,and was first bred in captivity at the Biological Station Wilhelminenberg, Austria in 1963.Xenentodon cancila is generally considered quite a difficult species to maintain because of its large size, nervous behaviour, and preference for live foods.Alongside misunderstandings of the natural diet of these fish,there has been confusion over the optimal water conditions required by this species when kept in home aquaria, with the addition of salt to the water often being recommended.In fact these fish do perfectly well in freshwater aquaria.While aquarium books tend to describe this fish as a predator that eats animals such as fish and frogs,its natural diet appears to consist almost entirely of crustaceans.
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