Marble Hatchet

Description

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Guaranteed Optimum Conditioner : we adopt fast priority delivery for all live stock order to ensure optimum condition when they reaches you

An additional $13 Livestock Handling fee will be added during check out for all livestock purchased. (This is not included in the Free Delivery)

How To Safely Add Fish To Tank

1. Set live stock aside with transportation bag in room temperature place for 30 minutes.
2. Then transfer bag to float in aquarium for another 30 minutes
3. Use a fish net to transfer the live stock by scooping it from the bag into the tank.

Note: Do not release live stocks together with the transportation water into tank.

Keeping the Marble Hatchet in Singapore Tanks

The marble hatchet is a small, peaceful surface-dweller that spends its life in the top inch of the water column, scanning for food at the surface with its distinctive keeled, hatchet-shaped body. It is a true shoaling fish and looks nervous and washed-out kept singly, so always buy a group of six or more. Because it lives and feeds right at the surface, it appreciates some floating cover and benefits from foods that stay on top long enough to be taken.

Hatchetfish are accomplished jumpers, so a tight-fitting lid or cover glass is essential, even on a tank you’d otherwise leave open-top. Singapore’s 27-29C ambient suits them, and they generally do well in the soft, slightly acidic water our dechlorinated tap provides. Acclimate new arrivals slowly by floating then drip-mixing tank water, and quarantine before adding them to a display, as surface fish can be sensitive to abrupt changes.

Browse our bottom feeders and other fish range, and read our marble hatchetfish care guide and fish quarantine protocol before stocking.