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yohan

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city_of_evil6661;1789791; said:
yea thats just what ive seen of snakeheads. ive never saw any tame ones. and i used to be like this guy and just throw a bunch of fish together. but i started reading on here and learning. i think he should rethink his stocklist, get a tank large enough to house those fish, or get out of the hobby and save some poor fishes lives.
hes not tame to the point that he would approach my hand but he doesnt bite or show any aggression to his tank mates

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oh i love those, asides from the fact they get huge and chomp everything(including your fingers) in half...it's just a bad idea to have so many different kinds of potentially huge preds in a tank you havent got yet, cycling takes time too, if you're going for gars, id suggest you stick to gar-friendly tankmates such as bichirs, african arowanas, other gars maybe arowana(i've found this works more than it doesn't). big cats, pacus(generally) snakeheads and aggressive cichlids generally dont do well as gar tankmates.
 

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will it be insane if i tell you guys that i have a gold fish with a flowerhorn?

they been living with each other for almost 7 months already

i thought if a fish has other alternative to feed on instead of chasing or trying to kill its tank mates it will show no aggression towards its tank mates thats why i make sure that there is a constant supply of feeders in their tank. also if they grow together.

ive had success with a gold fish and a louhan...
 

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yohan;1789894; said:
hes not tame to the point that he would approach my hand but he doesnt bite or show any aggression to his tank mates


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wait until that snakehead is over 3' long...we'll see if it's aggressive or not!

id recommend selling most of those fish and just picking one that you like and focussing youre time and efforts on that. honestly the fish you have are probably the worst choices you could have picked for the tank you have. i'm really not trying to be a jerk, but this is rediculous. i'd do some serious research (or any for that matter) and decide what you really want to keep and are able keep.
 

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yohan;1789913; said:
will it be insane if i tell you guys that i have a gold fish with a flowerhorn?

they been living with each other for almost 7 months already

i thought if a fish has other alternative to feed on instead of chasing or trying to kill its tank mates it will show no aggression towards its tank mates thats why i make sure that there is a constant supply of feeders in their tank. also if they grow together.

ive had success with a gold fish and a louhan...
you're thinking about normal human behaviour, we're talking about spastic split-personality fish behaviour, geddit?:D
 

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xander13;1789928; said:
you're thinking about normal human behaviour, we're talking about spastic split-personality fish behaviour, geddit?:D
these fish are predators by nature and nothing is going to stop them from doing what they are meant to do...it really has nothing to do with personality either.
 

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xander13;1789928; said:
you're thinking about normal human behaviour, we're talking about spastic split-personality fish behaviour, geddit?:D
i got it from NGC. they did test it and it did worked. i did test it and its working for almost 7 months now:D:D:D
 

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demjor19;1789950; said:
these fish are predators by nature and nothing is going to stop them from doing what they are meant to do...it really has nothing to do with personality either.
what i meant was that they could be alright with tankmates for a while, and then suddenly decide to eat everything in there.
 

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demjor19;1789950; said:
these fish are predators by nature and nothing is going to stop them from doing what they are meant to do...it really has nothing to do with personality either.
what about the lions and tigers? their instinct is to hunt and kill to survive right, but when they were raised in captivity and has steady supply of food they got tamed right? cant that theory be used to fish?
 
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