Archer fish in a pair?

[bartier]

Has anyone had any success with this? I have seen once on tv two large archer fish together in a tank and they seemed healthy and not to be bothering each other. Has anyone else done this themselves?

 

[santoury]

I always see them in groups - not sure about just two's.

 

[bartier]

Yeah that does seem to be the case however I can't afford to house a large group of them. I just think that maybe mine would be happier with another fish as they stay with others in the wild usually.

 

[craig]

I have two and they're fine. Been together a while. No problems.

 

[bartier]

Really thats good to hear

 

[Daeorn]

I first started with two, they were about the same size, they were absolutely fine for months, then I introduced two smaller archers, and now they are all together as a group.

 

[bartier]

Well I have my new one. There was a little bit of territorial chasing to start out with and the new one which is slightly smaller hid for a little while however they are slowly growing used to living together. The little one doesn't hide half as much as it did at first. At the moment I am trying to teach it how to spit.

 

[upaquariest]

Please let me know how this turns out. I have a 55 gallon, with an archer and a moray in it. I would like to add one possibly 2 more archers to the tank soon.

 

[bartier]

Well I have good news for you as the small archer has taken a liking to the big one. And now spends a lot of time following it around the tank. It's going great and I couldn't be happier. Just try to make sure that there isn't too much size difference between the archers

 

[Daeorn]

I wouldn't add 3 archers to a 55, they just get too large for it. Two would be fine for awhile.

They just need a bit more space.