8" armatus ate my 2 inch...

[jlnguyen74]

Ive had this set up since I got the armatus a few months ago and they were only from 2-3inches. i didnt really think the armatus is going to do this. they are all well-fed. well, i was wrong.

all of my dats now range from 4-4.5" so do you guys think i should move the dats to a different tank? all of my 3 armatus will definitely outgrow the datnoids.

Sorry for your loss! If all of your dats are 4"-4.5", they should be safe with the Armatus. 2" dat does look like guppy to 8" Armatus, though.

 

[ceejaye23]

Sorry for your loss! If all of your dats are 4"-4.5", they should be safe with the Armatus. 2" dat does look like guppy to 8" Armatus, though.

damn.. never imagined this.. thanks for all the sympathies my friends!
here's maximus with my NTT as dinner.. and to think he's only the second biggest of my trio, the biggest is at 9"..

 

[furcifer158]

they look great. nice stock

 

[ceejaye23]

thank you sir!

 

[indiana.dutton]

I say thats a duh

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

hybrid,

i saw a thread of an 8" armatus eating a 3" tinfoil. but the guy intentionally fed the tinfoil. i have tinfoils too but have been with the armatus since day one. you think i should move these guys to another tank with the other datnoids??

I allways follow the 1/2 rule. That is if a fish is really hungry they will try to eat another fish 1/2 there size. But it has to be in length and height.

Like a 4" discus is safe as can be with a 8" armatus. But a 4" hujeta is dinner.

That has worked well for me.

sorry about your dat

 

[West1]

You have to admit, DAT is cool
When I had my guy, he was about 7" when he ate my 5-6" Gar... 10-12" when he ate my 8" common pleco. The good thing about it was he got bigger overight

I would def seperate them or the same result will happen
Sorry for your loss thou

 

[channarox]

yeap...they have BIG mouths.
ive seen em eat things more than a third their own length.

 

[flamenco-t]

Mine chomped down 6-7 small endlies when it was only about 4-5" long. I didn'tt relaized it until I saw an endli's tail sticking out of his mouth and I counted all the bichirs (50 ish) when I pull them out to a different tank lol..

Al this is going on within a few days to a week tops..

stan

 

[ceejaye23]

I allways follow the 1/2 rule. That is if a fish is really hungry they will try to eat another fish 1/2 there size. But it has to be in length and height.

Like a 4" discus is safe as can be with a 8" armatus. But a 4" hujeta is dinner.

That has worked well for me.

sorry about your dat

thanks hybrid!

ill move my dats once all of my armatus reach 10".. which shoud be in.. a month! thanks for the sympathies..