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PostSubject: mata-mata   mata-mata I_icon_minitimeTue Jul 19, 2011 5:01 pm

mata-mata

Range:Orinoco,Amazon River, from Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia,Peru,Bolivia and Brazil

size:18 inches,and can weigh 17 kg

housing: 15 gallon aquarium for3"-4"specimen
50 gallon aquarium for4"-8"specimen

mata mata prefers acidic water (5-6 pH), but some will adapt in neutral water, Use dried indian almond leaves or talisay to lower the pH of water.

diet: mata-mata is a piscivorous offer live various fishes such as guppy,molly,platy and feeder gold fish 3-4 times a week to the mata-mata

source:
Pets Unlimited magazine special issue volume 1. 2007-2008
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