Are Hepsetus Odoe's aggressive to tankmates?

[DOTARUINEDMYLIFE]

Topic. Just wondering if they'd get along with fish such as tinfoil barb/dat/bichirs/bgk.

Also, How active are they?

 

[channarox]

they hate anything that looks similar to themselves.
i'd call them quite active.

 

[guppy]

Not usually aggresive except to close competitors, as channarox said, if it looks like them, they don't like it.

 

[Dennis]

Hepsetus odoe are one of the meanest fish I have kept in over 30 years. They will eat or kill any other fish in the tank, period.

 

[killerfish]

those barbs may be at risk other then that your good with those fish

 

[Gucci]

Hepsetus odoe are one of the meanest fish I have kept in over 30 years. They will eat or kill any other fish in the tank, period.

I dont think so! I have an odoe my self and he is very peacful to every other fish that doesnt look like him!
MikeS has a 12-13'' odoe that he keeps with dats Channa plurophtalma, eels etc.

 

[guppy]

I was looking at some articles on these and found that they vary a lot in temperment, one owner was saying that one of his was mellow but another was just plain nuts.

 

[akskirmish]

Mine was flippin nuts to say the least......
Just in loveing memory-

 

[I31]

I used to think that they were vicious. A friend had one 5" that killed a dat,sil aro,jar and almost paroon. It wouldn't take any tankmates. It was later put in with larger pacu & oscar and became tame. Now at 8" it's w/7" dorado,9" paroon and smaller paroons w/out problems. Guess it's individual temperment and it changes

 

[Dennis]

Mine was flippin nuts to say the least......
Just in loveing memory-

What is that? It looks like a Falcatus, is it?