Thinking bout buying red bay snooks, are they aggresive your oppinion? If I kept a school of 4? Any experience with these?
Are red snooks really aggresive?
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Nope. They don't have the mouth to be aggressive. They do, however, have the mouths to suck in anything that looks tasty. Mine is twice the size of everyone else, and he merely runs the others away, no aggression. Get them at a small, equal size, and you should have no problems.....and plan on a BIG tank.
as pdbrady said, they're not typically aggressive but they are very predatory and will eat anything they can fit in their mouth. they grow rather large, in the 16" or larger range so for a group of 4 you'll need a very big tank eventually.
However, even the most docile of cichlids will may become aggressive when they breed so if you wind up with 2 that pair off then you may have to remove the other 2. Just something to be prepared for.
However, even the most docile of cichlids will may become aggressive when they breed so if you wind up with 2 that pair off then you may have to remove the other 2. Just something to be prepared for.
I haven't seen any aggression in mine although I have seen 3 males housed together that are constantly fighting amongst themselves. They are near the 10" mark.
they can hols their own though, i have one at 7" and he gill flares and fends off a larger cuban and vieja
I just bought a group of five about 2" yesterday at an auction. They told me that they aren't aggressive. I hope that's the case.
I had a really nice big male about 13" but it started to get aggressive toward my lei so I ditched it.
At the time the nearest MFKer was over 200 miles away from me so I wound up having to take it to the LFS for like $8 store credit.
At the time the nearest MFKer was over 200 miles away from me so I wound up having to take it to the LFS for like $8 store credit.
Thank you every one, very helpfull, I will try my best to get all males. I will be getting a huge tank in October.