Finally got a Payara😊😊😊

[Miks786]

Hey everyone, I finally got a Payara(not sure which exact species), I have him in a 125g grow out with a baby alligator gar and albino silver arowana and plenty of feeders.

Any pointers on keeping these guys?

TIA

 

[danotaylor]

bannedmfk

 

[bannedmfk]

bannedmfk

hell yeah!! thats a sweet looking Armatus !!

 

[Miks786]

hell yeah!! thats a sweet looking Armatus !!

Will he be fine with the others in the tank?

 

[danotaylor]

Will he be fine with the others in the tank?

We’d need to know the size of the other fish mentioned to answer that question mate

 

[Miks786]

We’d need to know the size of the other fish mentioned to answer that question mate

They are maybe an inch slightly smaller then him, but I do have quite a bit of feeders in the tank also

 

[bannedmfk]

Will he be fine with the others in the tank?

mine is 5" punking other ATF already haha so it all depends!

 

[bannedmfk]

We’d need to know the size of the other fish mentioned to answer that question mate

this is very true lol

 

[Simonas]

My only concern would be the ali gar as that thing will grow very fast and be a risk to the armatus

Other than that I would personally not be adding feeders and just put the effort in to get them all feeding frozen foods its not difficult and makes life easier moving forward

Armatus strike stuff that goes in to the water so perhaps try feeding frozen foods in the flow and eventually he'll take it and once they do they dont stop

 

[Miks786]

How long will they stave before eating anything?

My only concern would be the ali gar as that thing will grow very fast and be a risk to the armatus

Other than that I would personally not be adding feeders and just put the effort in to get them all feeding frozen foods its not difficult and makes life easier moving forward

Armatus strike stuff that goes in to the water so perhaps try feeding frozen foods in the flow and eventually he'll take it and once they do they dont stop