Then do some research before trying to give someone advice on something you dont know about
BTW heres a pic of the wolf chillin w/ the goldy, so you can get an idea of his thickness
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Then do some research before trying to give someone advice on something you dont know about
BTW heres a pic of the wolf chillin w/ the goldy, so you can get an idea of his thickness
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If you feel that a 6" ATF can't go into a 70 gallon tank, you REALLY need to research the species some. That 6" FATF of his will take years to outgrow that tank, especially if he sets the tank up correctly.
If you put a 6" fish in a 450 it would be unlikely to even be able to find it's pellets.
But then wat would u do after those years? plus fishbase states the record size fish (78cm) only took four years to grow that size.
http://fishbase.org/summary/4496
You trust a page that has a picture of a Hydrocynus brevis as the picture illustrating forskahlii to give you accurate info on them? You trust a page that lists six species of AFT (somonorum) to give you accurate info when somonorum was shown in 1986 to be a junior synonym of brevis?
Maximum recorded age means little. It also doesn't mean that its the same fish as the one that was two feet long.
You're spouting off dated advice about this genus in a haphazard, careless manner that will result in someone making grievous errors in their fishkeeping if they attempt to follow it. African tiger fish are a painfully slow growing genus. With the fastest growing species, goliath, you'll get mean growth of less than a foot a year over a period of several years. Even goliath takes four to five years to achieve two feet. Forskahlii will take a similar period of time to have a real hope of getting over a foot. While not ideal, if the tank is set up correctly, a foot long ATF could certainly survive in a 70 gallon tank for some time. When in a properly set up tank, tigerfish are surprisingly sedate animals.
but the question is, wat happens after all those years? wat do u do then though? however, I think OP will probably have a good size tank by then, so I aint flaming. just wanted more details on his or her plan.
Dude, you are citing not even aquarium info! That's general info on wild specimens and all wild specimens get larger then those in tanks!
I've clearly done more research then you have, I'm not trying to be mean but I have, and I've consulted Chic a lot about it who is studying ATF in captivity extensively.
I am a fish dude, by the time that thing is full grown it will be in at least 300 gallons, I plan on upgrading to at least 200 gallons in the spring. Where in theory an aquarium FATF would be good for life. W/o stunting. If I left it in the 70 for 3 years it may be stunted. But it'll be leaving it in less then 6 months.
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I aint flaming, just wanna make sure u did research.i don't really get why people expect captive specimens to get smaller always, its simply stunting. im sure the fatf will be with u for a long time and live a happy life
and its good u did more research I agree, cos its ur fishI aint flaming, just wanna make sure u did research.i don't really get why people expect captive specimens to get smaller always, its simply stunting. im sure the fatf will be with u for a long time and live a happy life
I do NOT expect captive African tiger fish to get smaller. I just have a realistic expectation of their growth. In the real world, if you get a baby tigerfish at six inches or less, you need to keep it in a small tank. They are painfully slow growing fish that need quite a long time to achieve their maximum potential.
