Armatus Questions

[R1_Ridah]

Regardless you have them in a 35 gallon to a 600 gallon to even perhaps 1000 gallon, it's only a matter of time before the aggression starts.

Once they reach that comfort zone and realize that they consider the whole tank their territory is when the bashing begins.

If you want a better success rate for a school of payara's that gets to a good size than redtails (Tat) are the way to go. You can see it from the get go where they like to stick together, where the ARMATUS is distant and prefers to keep to himself.

Again, we are all new Armatus keepers so only time will tell with others who has a few. But for those who has kept multiples is/have already experienced the aggression.

What's crazy is that ARMATUS is new in the states where in Japan they receive them on occasions. Hopefully a member from Japan who has had personal experience with them can interject and share some info.

 

[R1_Ridah]

Decided to just get one, and keep my rays with it. Peace of mind is priceless..

amen to that... good choice. You will be happy with just one.
Believe me it was hard not to pick up a few small ones, but reality hit and I have no need for more than 1. I tried two at one point w/no success =-(

Once your Armatus get's to be over a foot long and starts to get girthy is when you can see the true monster this specie is. You will be surprise on the curiousness and intelligence of the fish. Specially with your RAY, this will only compliment your tank even more.

 

[vamptrev]

i just took my jar out of the mix, my armatus has some little slits in his tail. i think the redtail is next. rays are a sweet addition and they seem to get along with everyone. hope the rays and a bichir get along ok. i think im going to try a bichir soon

 

[odalisay]

i just took my jar out of the mix, my armatus has some little slits in his tail. i think the redtail is next. rays are a sweet addition and they seem to get along with everyone. hope the rays and a bichir get along ok. i think im going to try a bichir soon

Yeah keep an eye on your armatus' tankmates. That is what I did when I had mine. Any and everything that had the potential do deal real damage to my armatus had to go. Be careful of the bichir with the ray. I have read somewhere that someone kept a gar with a ray and the gar ended up dying cause it got trapped under the ray. The gar could not come up for air. Same thing could happen to the bichir.

 

[vamptrev]

ya i am tryin to find one very close in size to try and make it work. some people say bichirs and rays is hit or miss. my rays are very friendly to my vamps so im hoping it will work. u still have ur armatus?