thebiggerthebetter
... thanks for the details and explanation.. much appreciated
Our biggest tank is 3.6m X 1.2M x 85cm ... 1000 gal
Sump is 160 gal.
Tank mates
Red Tail gold Arowana +/- 3.5 years old
5 rays
5 datnoids
1 Tigrinus catfish
Do you think I can give it a go and keep him?
Based on my little experience and whatever little has been reported out there on MFK and PCF by actual keepers, I think the community should work out, except I'd not know what to make of the rays, not being a ray keeper and having read disturbing reports of what they (can) do with their barbed stingers.
I personally would not keep a fish over 2' in a 12'x4'x3' tank. But as I said, I am yet to see a captive raised 2'+ Sperata shown on MFK. I am sure keepers in Asia, India have large ones in their ponds.
My Sperata are not what I'd call swimmers, like IDS or paroon, or even TSN. They are more sedentary and resort to short occasional swims around the bottom. hey like to park in the flow. So that could help keep them in smaller tanks.
All in all, it's not easy to advise one way or the other. I personally would try it but I am curious and rather reckless... and it depends on your situation and character, what other tanks / ponds you have, your resourcefulness and monetary freedom, how you'd solve potential problems, would it be easy or hard for you, are you ok with a humane euthanasia of a fish (some resort to drugs or freezers, others, even experts, believe it or not, slam a fish as hard as they can on a concrete floor), what your market is like in South Africa for outgrown pet fish, etc.
