ARMATUS VS TATAUAIA

[krichardson]

I've had a few nice peacock bass that have lost their eyes due to my armatus shanking them.

 

[sunnysjourney]

Damn, sorry for your loss hahaha. About what size were they when the armie began doing that to the tat?

They were both around the same size. 13” I’d say

 

[aes1687]

Al

I've had a few nice peacock bass that have lost their eyes due to my armatus shanking them.

That sucks... will buy fish with small eyes to keep with the armie XD

 

[aes1687]

They were both around the same size. 13” I’d say

Oh so the tat barely grew over a year and at the same size the armie still attacks the tat. Wow theyre more feisty than i thought... will really consider tankmates. The armie im planning to get are still about 2inches.

 

[krichardson]

Al


That sucks... will buy fish with small eyes to keep with the armie XD

Hah!.... it'll just target another body part.

 

[aes1687]

Hah!.... it'll just target another body part.

That makes me wonder... is this aggression due to hunger or territory?

 

[krichardson]

That makes me wonder... is this aggression due to hunger or territory?

I suspect the latter.

 

[Lugal]

Aside from being infamous for ripping tankmate's eyes, Armatus could eats prey that has 1/2 size of them. There's a VDO on youtube.

The way keeping Armatus is either with bigger, non-aggressive tankmate or alone. This fish is a territorial predator that hunts everything that came in their area.