Armatus and tank mates

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hey guys, I've got a tank with an African pike, Goliath tiger, and an armatus. however, after keeping them together for a few months, I realized that the armatus is starting to outgrow the other two.

any advice on what I should do? does my Goliath and African pike face the risk of being eaten by my armatus?

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What sand said, add some dithers.. What dimensions is your tank? I foresee a problem maybe in 2-3 months when the Armatus is a almost a good half size bigger.
 
Lustrum said:
hey guys, I've got a tank with an African pike, Goliath tiger, and an armatus. however, after keeping them together for a few months, I realized that the armatus is starting to outgrow the other two.

any advice on what I should do? does my Goliath and African pike face the risk of being eaten by my armatus?

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I'm with SandNukka15. I would add some Silver Dollars as I have found that has eased any tension in my tank. I have 2 Armatus, 1 GATF, 1 Jardini, 5 redhook SD and a Hoplias Curu. Since adding the SD's it's made any aggresion that I had low.
 
Dithers aren't going to help. The Armatus is probably already sizing up both your silver slender fish. Putting some fish that are obviously too tall to be eaten isn't going to buy you any time before it eats one of the silver slender fish.
 
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Going to give you an example.. My 5-6" Armatus chases my 9" GATF.. I definitely wouldn't have them in the tank together if it was the other way around. That's why I said 2-3 months you will have a dilemma for sure. Gatf are just all show no go kind of fish that grow pretty slow. No experience on the odoe to really comment.
 
I'm with DB in the fact that dithers won't do anything. Dithers don't stop fish from being hungry and eating or attempting to eat fish they view as possible meals. Dithers are used to try and spread aggression out so one fish isn't picked on and stressed. And even then it doesn't always work. I've read once your atf is around the 10" mark you're generally safe from him becoming a meal. But idk I've no personal experience, I do know armatus can take a fairly big meal in though and don't like silver fish generally, so if the atf is like 5 inches, in a couple months he may become a meal. As for the odoe, if he doesn't grow to 10" inches fast and even then, an odoe is still slender and can be a possible meal. Imo it will be eventually regardless if you don't separate them. The armatus' e eventual size is much bigger
 
Odoe are prone to become snacks period. I've lost one to wolf, and the wolf that ate it was only a few inches bigger. Armatus are MUCH more capable of big meals then wolves are.

I have some big ATF that are only a few inches shy of the big Armatus I have and I still can't bring myself to mix them knowing the capabilities of Armatus.......
 
I have tats and I had SDs as dithers and added a slightly too small vittatus and it lasted about a day.. Then I had a fat tat.
 
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