Hi guys, was planning 1 odoe, 1 vittatus, 1 tatauia 1, flagtail and a lima shovelnose cat in a 7'x30" tank. Anybody see any issues here? One concern is, I've seen young african pike beating on young atf on youtube. My experience also with african pike is they are mean to certain fish, my old 12" odoe was beating on my 14" malabaricus but was fine with others like cichla. So, any comments suggestions are welcome
African Pike and Vittatus compatible
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In my experience it's the other way around. Atf beating the odoe. You should add dither fish if you want them both in your tank. Tinfoils/Myleus would do
Have you experienced having them together before? Do you think it happens in all cases or is there a possibility of it working out?
I see.. so possible for either to beat on the other.. Yeah I guess some dithers would re-direct the aggression.. Thanks!
I would say compatibility is not the norm. If you are fine with the cost of losing or rehoming one of them, then go ahead and try it.
Dithers don't re-direct aggression. DIthers warn other fish of danger. Target fish redirects aggression.
I was thinking more on the lines of an understocked tank. If I get only 5 fish would you think chances of them fighting are greater?
Dithers work out with me. Instead of beating each other, they would rather swim with the dithers. Without dithers they would beat each other out. Atf to atf or atf to odoe pike