cichilds that eat huge prey

[candidpets]

problem with fish like peacock bass is fish over 1 foot are hard to keep for the normal person who has maybe 150 gallons max. I understand a lot of people here must havae over 300 gallons and can keep these fish like tiger fish, peacock bas, dovii, and other giants but for most its just not possible i could be wrong though lol BUt fish like that are stuff I would think most pple in the hobby would not be able to keep. Shocking tho there are hundreds of fish that get up to two feet always sold at the LFS.

 

[candidpets]

i should have put cichilds around 1 foot and under


a person here had their sengal birchir eat a peacock bass larger than itself? I was shocked dont know how thats possible i have a sengal for years they only got like 10 inches?

 

[candidpets]

i thought i read once someone here said their oscar ate a knife fish that was longer tha it was?? LOL i dont know how that is possible either like the other poster said i thought 4 inches would be the max an adult could eat? Unless it was a eel or rope fish or another long fish. I just think its crazy how some are fine for years then one day decide to gobble up their tank mate. THere was an oscar that ate a arawana that was almost as long as he was?

 

[candidpets]

so in the one foot and underage any of them monster eaters? red snooks i think get huge also.

 

[dan518]

agree with candidpets, splendid petenia

 

[raubiy]

Peacockbass have huge mauth.
Amazing what he can fit inside mouth....
But those fish grow big. They need large tank. Around 500g is tank for few adults.
Under 300g is joke for those adult species.

 

[MN_Rebel]

agree with candidpets, splendid petenia

These bay snooks do have a long mouth, but they're specialized to inhaling small fishes in, not built for tackling larger prey.

 

[MN_Rebel]

i thought i read once someone here said their oscar ate a knife fish that was longer tha it was?? LOL i dont know how that is possible either like the other poster said i thought 4 inches would be the max an adult could eat? Unless it was a eel or rope fish or another long fish. I just think its crazy how some are fine for years then one day decide to gobble up their tank mate. THere was an oscar that ate a arawana that was almost as long as he was?

Slender bodied fishes are easily to swallow...

 

[candidpets]

what else is there? yeah a 500 gallon tank i never even got to see out side of an LFS the monster cichilds are just too big. I see peacock bass at the LFS all the time tho along with goliath tiger fish, wolf fish, dovii, RTC, but they just are not practical to buy. Even oscars and devils at only 1 foot are hard enough to manage in a 100 gallon with other fish.

Thats why i am on the look out for small but predatory, like hajua gars, red tail baracuda, ID love a florida gar again but 150 i dont think is big enough dispite what the LFS says. They are my fave gar.

ALagator gar is just stupid unless you have a swimming pool size indoor pond but they are sold so fast at LFS.

 

[candidpets]

five star generals and grammoodes seem to have big mouths also