WOW saber tusk barracudas are cool!

[SP42]

I am changing my tanks around, I am going to have a 55 gal with a Hujeta Gar 9", rhino pleco 10" and.....??????

I can get a saber tusk barracuda about 6" , anyone had any experience with this guys ? or have any other (non-cichlid) suggestions bichar or poly mabey?
I'm really not sure any help is appriciated.

thanks. :)

[piranha45]

just because they have big teeth doesn't mean they're ferocious or fun to keep.

the payara (sabre tusk 'barracuda') would outgrow your 55g anyway.

consider a channa gachua or a couple acestrorhynchus barracudas



although honestly I think you'd be overpacking your 55g if you got too much else...

[SP42]

around every 6-8 monthes if something gets to big or too aggressive, or i get the itch to get another tank

i had to add a 55 and 29 in the last 6 monthes couldn't resist.

[evilfish]

go for it i say!! you'll just have a good excuse to get a 150gal tank!!!!!!!

[id10t]

Based on what you say about new tanks frequently, I'd say skip the 55 and just go for a biiig tank - ~200gal. Then maybe fill in with a few 50-75 gal single specimen type things :)

[Miles]

Be a man, get the SabreTooth Barracuda and brag to all your friends.. I have 3 left, willing to get rid of them super cheap.. :) :)

[SP42]

I'm starting to run out of room. I have a good spot inbetween my kitchen and livingroom and I grabbed a brand new "hagen in a box" at a smokin deal, Right now I have a 8-9" Hujeta Gar in it. I'm moveing the tank and adding a couple fish. I have a spot for a 7'x2' in the basement, but I have to wait before I can commit the time and $$.
Renovating when you have tanks is a pain in the ass! I want to add fish slowly so i can see how everything works out I only want 3 fish in the tank a topwater, mid-top, and bottem. I can get that saber tusk for about $45 I already have a rhino Pelco but i dont need to move him if something else pops up.

[Dargath78]

just because they have big teeth doesn't mean they're ferocious or fun to keep.

the payara (sabre tusk 'barracuda') would outgrow your 55g anyway.

consider a channa gachua or a couple acestrorhynchus barracudas



although honestly I think you'd be overpacking your 55g if you got too much else...



Where can you get a channa gachua??

[zhuangsw]

I am changing my tanks around, I am going to have a 55 gal with a Hujeta Gar 9", rhino pleco 10" and.....??????

I can get a saber tusk barracuda about 6" , anyone had any experience with this guys ? or have any other (non-cichlid) suggestions bichar or poly mabey?
I'm really not sure any help is appriciated.

thanks. :)

hi bro, any pictures of the sabar task barracuda? the name sounds awesome, wonder how it looks like. hehe
:drool:

[AlaskaJammin]

DO you think the silver hujeta do better in groups? Ive notice my seven seem to show some interesting schooling behavior. IF you are really upgrading get a endlocheri bichir, thats a cool on if you can find it. Got great patterns and my two are pretty active during the day. Pictus are always fun. Mabye you would like an african pike (hepsetus odoe) they are like silver hujeta gars on crack with bigger teeth. Fun stuff

[Miles]

hi bro, any pictures of the sabar task barracuda? the name sounds awesome, wonder how it looks like. hehe
:drool:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/Huapata.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/Huapata.jpg)

Adults look cooler, the teeth grow larger in proportion to their body.. Check out user 'Waldo' and his avatar, that is an adult..

[guppy]

I want one but I know it will die a youngin

[Miles]

Miguel tells me there is a 6"er in Peru.. He only has 1.. I could get it imported this Monday? Want it?

[guppy]

Not me I'm currently a trasient. wait til I have a spot that won't move over the next six months.

[zhuangsw]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/Huapata.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/Huapata.jpg)

Adults look cooler, the teeth grow larger in proportion to their body.. Check out user 'Waldo' and his avatar, that is an adult..

thanks bro, that looks cool. but it would be so uncool if your fingers got bitten by it.. :swear:

[Miles]

They are Tetra, I doubt they would do that..

They love chips though!

[zhuangsw]

They are Tetra, I doubt they would do that..

They love chips though!

they are part of the tetra family?
damm, looking at those teeths, any1 would have thought they were fearsome predators.

chips? as in potato chips? :hitting:

[DRaGoNoVA]

They are Tetra, I doubt they would do that..

They love chips though!
solid fangs!

[FredDavis]

those are nicee

[bondo73]

How big do the odoes get? I saw one at a local store and it was about 11".

[Mr. Happy]

Dude those are fun!! I had two but they are quite picky in terms of water chemistry and so on. They are definately fun , lightning fast and pretty agressive. Nothing will last with them. The metalic silver alone is worth it. i think they're goergeous fish even though they have pit-bull jaws.

[Don Gambino]

They look cool.

[Daniel Machado]

AFAIK, they're not aggressive. They're REAL predators, and that's it. A friend of mine kept a payara with discus and it never bullied these. Think of it as a glutton, but as a gentleman too. My 0.02 ;)

Best regards.

Daniel.

[Idealconcepts]

I just got a little 3 incher at chain store for $9.99 last night, sounds like I got a decent deal. Please correct me if I am wrong, but from the reading I have done it seems they stay around the 1 foot mark in an aquarium, and as long as they don't see another fish as a meal they will not bother it. Anybody have experience with trying to feed this guys frozen food or market shrimp? Also when he gets large say around 7-8 inches do you think he will fair well in a 180gal with a 1 foot Jardini Arowana, 9-10 inch midas, and 8-9 inch Flowerhorn?

[rottbo]

Be a man, get the SabreTooth Barracuda and brag to all your friends.. I have 3 left, willing to get rid of them super cheap.. :) :)



:ROFL: :ROFL: way to push the sell i love it :ROFL: :ROFL: