darting around???? sounds like something was wrong with the water....DB junkie;1852372; said:
thats what tells me something is wrong, when my armatus starts that crap
Armatus Tank
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thats what tells me something is wrong, when my armatus starts that crap
IME experience armatus are NOT darty fish and dont spook easily, I thnk an 8x3 would easily last until the fish is 24" and Id say with proper care the would be around 24 months.
Mine grew from 4"-12" in three months and I expect is around 17" now. I sold him at 12" in size and he was just fine in my standard 125, NEVER hitting the glass...well unless he was trying to kill me!
Armatus are great fish to own, MUCH better then hydrocynus species IMO/E.
Mine grew from 4"-12" in three months and I expect is around 17" now. I sold him at 12" in size and he was just fine in my standard 125, NEVER hitting the glass...well unless he was trying to kill me!
Armatus are great fish to own, MUCH better then hydrocynus species IMO/E.
he said 30 inches wide not 36. it would last a while. but ur right a 36 inch wide would last longerJD7.62;1853204; said:IME experience armatus are NOT darty fish and dont spook easily, I thnk an 8x3 would easily last until the fish is 24" and Id say with proper care the would be around 24 months.
Mine grew from 4"-12" in three months and I expect is around 17" now. I sold him at 12" in size and he was just fine in my standard 125, NEVER hitting the glass...well unless he was trying to kill me!
Armatus are great fish to own, MUCH better then hydrocynus species IMO/E.
i'd get a huge tank before thinking about getting one.
min. 4 feet wide in my opinion with a 8 foot length.
but they arent as skttish as other hydrolycus.
min. 4 feet wide in my opinion with a 8 foot length.
but they arent as skttish as other hydrolycus.
So mine is the only one that liked to take off from one end of the tank and swim quickly to the other end?vamptrev;1852672; said:
This whole time I thought it was just happy to see me and enjoyed chasing the other fish. Kinda thought this was his way of beggin for food since I purposely always dropped food in on the oposite side of the tank.
Mine never darted. He just cooly patrolled his tank.
When I think about it, if an armatus could, hed wear a leather jacket, ride a Harly, and punch babies for fun!
When I think about it, if an armatus could, hed wear a leather jacket, ride a Harly, and punch babies for fun!
Mine may not have been "cool" when he was alive but he's definetly cool now......errr cold that is.... ICE cold.JD7.62;1855055; said:
Mine was definetly different......many things were way different with mine than with everyone else's... Food, tankmate tolerant, temperment........
Was fun while it lasted..... It's times like these that make me want to pull the plug and drain my desire to have any fish.
