JLW
CCA Members
Hey gang,
I accidentally ordered twice the number of Harlequin Lancers than what I need, and they're not a fish I'm keen on maintaining personally in large numbers!
I'm selling these guys off at cost. They're about 5-6" long, and beautifully coloured. $45 each -- fish this size usually run about $100!
Harlequin Lancers are a really cool, beautiful Bagrid catfish. Like the familiar black lancer, they have a striking stripe down the body, but unlike the black lancer, their body is a mottled pattern of bright yellow and black. They're not exactly outgoing fish, and like a Jaguar Cat, will spend a good deal of time hiding until they're comfortable in the tank. They tend to hide upside down, and often in plain sight (maybe mine are just not that smart). They eat anything that will fit in their mouths, but they don't have particularly big mouths -- I wouldn't keep them in a shoal of a rasboras (for long), but they'll do fine with most fair sized cichlids, larger barbs, big tetras, rainbows, etc., stuff that most of you are keeping with cichlids anyhow.
Picture from the web, not mine (duh).
![bagroides_melapterus_3_20140708_1556997914.jpg bagroides_melapterus_3_20140708_1556997914.jpg](https://www.capitalcichlids.org/forums/data/attachments/18/18287-3d871a0c43acdbd76fdcc2d69b98d48b.jpg)
I accidentally ordered twice the number of Harlequin Lancers than what I need, and they're not a fish I'm keen on maintaining personally in large numbers!
Harlequin Lancers are a really cool, beautiful Bagrid catfish. Like the familiar black lancer, they have a striking stripe down the body, but unlike the black lancer, their body is a mottled pattern of bright yellow and black. They're not exactly outgoing fish, and like a Jaguar Cat, will spend a good deal of time hiding until they're comfortable in the tank. They tend to hide upside down, and often in plain sight (maybe mine are just not that smart). They eat anything that will fit in their mouths, but they don't have particularly big mouths -- I wouldn't keep them in a shoal of a rasboras (for long), but they'll do fine with most fair sized cichlids, larger barbs, big tetras, rainbows, etc., stuff that most of you are keeping with cichlids anyhow.
Picture from the web, not mine (duh).
![bagroides_melapterus_3_20140708_1556997914.jpg bagroides_melapterus_3_20140708_1556997914.jpg](https://www.capitalcichlids.org/forums/data/attachments/18/18287-3d871a0c43acdbd76fdcc2d69b98d48b.jpg)