All leporinus species aggressive?
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when I had an L.fasciatus he killed and ate 6 or 7 of his tankmates, if that information helps at all
Hmmm, seems to be equally divided in the middle, kept the two Three-spot leporinus with a synodontis multipunctatus, they ended up eating it. And eventually, the bigger leporinus ate the smaller one. This species stays true to their nature, but I guess it's like picking oscars, some are more aggressive than others.
Once I had a small shoal of leoporinus striatus in an established tank with other peaceful tankmates. I added the same number of marbled headstanders, went out for dinner and came back to find the headstanders all dead.
New guy here, and by no means a Leporinus expert but I have kept a few different species...
L. fasciatus: total jerks and killers as they get larger in my experience.
L. steyermarki: picked on all the sedentary tank mates (banjo cats and bristlenose plecos) did ok with fast moving fish like geophagus, severums, siver dollars and bigger tetras
L.nijsseni: currently have four all under 3 inches. They are playing nice with everybody that L. steyermarki did plus ignore the plecos.
All three species pick and g raze constantly and will eat anything from chunk tilapia to zucchini.
L. fasciatus: total jerks and killers as they get larger in my experience.
L. steyermarki: picked on all the sedentary tank mates (banjo cats and bristlenose plecos) did ok with fast moving fish like geophagus, severums, siver dollars and bigger tetras
L.nijsseni: currently have four all under 3 inches. They are playing nice with everybody that L. steyermarki did plus ignore the plecos.
All three species pick and g raze constantly and will eat anything from chunk tilapia to zucchini.
