aba aba

[myles]

anyone keep these guys? there reall;y neat fish, i kno they get huge but do they grow fast? whats the growth rate in good conditions? are they very active? iv kept ghonsts,clowns,afican, do they act in a pretty similier way? iv herd there always very aggressive ig uess as they grow especialy tankmates are out of the question? also do they creat a shock ans cna shock fish? thnaks guys

 

[King-eL]

anyone keep these guys? there reall;y neat fish, i kno they get huge but do they grow fast? whats the growth rate in good conditions? are they very active? iv kept ghonsts,clowns,afican, do they act in a pretty similier way? iv herd there always very aggressive ig uess as they grow especialy tankmates are out of the question? also do they creat a shock ans cna shock fish? thnaks guys

They are very aggressive and have a very powerful bite. They will actually slowly follow your finger around if you try to put them close to the glass. They are very curious fish to their surrounding.

 

[Hao]

i just heard they are aggressive dont know about growth rate

 

[myles]

theys eem really interesting, ya my only real concern if to kno if there a fdast grower or not. i dont mind aggressive fish.

 

[King-eL]

theys eem really interesting, ya my only real concern if to kno if there a fdast grower or not. i dont mind aggressive fish.

growth rate depend on what you feed it, how much you feedt it, tank size and how often do you water change. I got an Aba-aba knife before that grew from 3"-15" in a year.

 

[myles]

oh yeah so in best conditons theyd grow fairly quick?

 

[King-eL]

oh yeah so in best conditons theyd grow fairly quick?

Yes. Not just aba aba but most fish are.

 

[arapaimag]

My Aba Aba Gymnarchus niloticus is 36" or so and I bought him in 2000. He is kept in a 500g with just a shoal of guppies as tank mates. They are a very long living fish (25+ years) if kept in an appropriate sized tank and by themselves.

 

[myles]

nice man u have any pics of that guy? did u get him big or grow him up froma baby? he doesnt eat the guppies eh? or do they sjut breed enough it works out lol.

 

[arapaimag]

nice man u have any pics of that guy? did u get him big or grow him up froma baby? he doesnt eat the guppies eh? or do they sjut breed enough it works out lol.

Sorry for the huge delay............ in answering

Also sorry I never got any good pics. I still have the fish and he is in an acrylic 500g with the guppies. He must eat some but they reproduce just as fast.

I bought him between 6 and 7 inches (Only a recollection)

I feed him Mackeral, Herring and smelt once a week.

He has a fluval FX5 filter.

His name is Little John (Named after John Kick co owner of Pets Plus in Lockport, NY, USA.) whom I bought him from in 2000.