Got a 6-7 inch VATF and been wanting to add him with my rays in the large tank but have been hesitant. Do you think he will be OK or should I wait until he is larger? Biggest rays are10.5" m/f Marbles and 3 smaller Blackies.
I have seen count less pictures of tiger fish and rays. In my opinon is if the tiger fish thinks it can eat it, it will but rays specially around the 10inch mArk are way to big for him to think it's dinner. The tiger fish is really fast he will be hard to catch by the rays I am gonna try I'n 2 weeks to time I'll post when i do I'n ur thread
They aren't always fast enough When this guy was 3-4 inches my 5" Leo had him pinned under her in the QT. Luckily I had just came down and looked in and could see something sticking out from under her. I looked around and didn't see the VATF and realized it was him. So I reached in and nudged her, she relaxed and out he shot. Minor damage and quite a bit more attentive to his surroundings.
VATFs get appx 3 feet in the wild but I have yet to see one in captivity over 18" The GATFs supposedly reach 5-6 feet in wild. I prefer the Vittatus as it develops better coloring.