The jags are cool. Its kind of know your expectations with them. They arent active by any means but dont hide as much as i thought they would. I started with 3 but the male was being a jerk. Down to just the two girls now. One of them is pretty active i'll catch her swimming around at night and allot during wc's. They tend to hide less in a group. If i could dedicate more tank space i would probably aim to keep 4 or 5. They really are beautiful in person but if activity is goal then i would probably pass.
The vulture is actually a pussy cat. I havent had him long but so far he gets bullied by the juruense. I think they're aggression/predation is a bit over rated. We had some lengthy discussions on them in the cat section and two other members report no issues at all. One member keeps a few in a huge tank like 4k gal and feels that they dont really hunt other fish but may just be scavenging off of dead ones. I think if i had to choose between the vulture and the jur i wpuld probably lean towards the vulture its just a cool fish.
Only thing I'd add is with the vulture everything is still theories. There's reports of them working for years with tankmates then going into a feeding frenzy and killing those same tankmates, the main question before was what triggered it. Jurs you might as well treat like a bichir that's more sensitive. Jags are mostly nocturnal, mine is extremely active, but at night. Only way she's coming out in the light is for food. I feed at night to keep her and the Trachy happy. I've only got one and she's always been active for me. Quite a character too. If the plan is to keep them with bichirs keep in mind they grow excruciatingly slow, I think kolt is the only person I've heard of experience fast growth. So get them big already if you can, they're definitly thick fish. I do want to get more jags and see if anything changes behavior wise. Will be a little while till I do, if I do.
