Arowana tankmates, aggression

[Krismo962]

I see your point, thinking of either kelberi bass or redhooks. Leaning more to bass as in my country they sell 8 medium sized pescock bass for $50 LOL. Redhooks however cost $50-60 for one

Does anyone know anything about datnoids? Do they need to be in groups to prevent arowana aggression?

K krichardson

 

[krichardson]

What kind of arowana are we talking about?

 

[..puSkar..]

I see your point, thinking of either kelberi bass or redhooks. Leaning more to bass as in my country they sell 8 medium sized pescock bass for $50 LOL. Redhooks however cost $50-60 for one

Does anyone know anything about datnoids? Do they need to be in groups to prevent arowana aggression?

I'm no expert but,
By what I know of datnoids it's either 1 or more than 3 . They're kind of aggressive towards each other due to hierarchy. Do some research as some dat species are aggressive than the others. But if you get multiple dats I think the bichir will find it hard to get food.

 

[..puSkar..]

What kind of arowana are we talking about?

OP has an asian RTG if I remember right.

 

[Caveden]

Ah never mind then. 3 datnoids would grow too big for my tank. Would 1 datnoid be able to defend itself against an RTG? If not I’ll find redhooks. If the redhooks are too ex I’ll get pbass instead

 

[..puSkar..]

Ah never mind then. 3 datnoids would grow too big for my tank. Would 1 datnoid be able to defend itself against an RTG? If not I’ll find redhooks. If the redhooks are too ex I’ll get pbass instead

Get a group of red hooks and if you want a dat, just get one.
The dat would grow large but it'll take time so take that into consideration when selecting the size. I suggest at least a 6" Dat.
If you just go with 1 dat without SD, the aro may attack it seeing it as 1 odd fish in its territory.

 

[Caveden]

Get a group of red hooks and if you want a dat, just get one.
The dat would grow large but it'll take time so take that into consideration when selecting the size. I suggest at least a 6" Dat.
If you just go with 1 dat without SD, the aro may attack it seeing it as 1 odd fish in its territory.

Here’s my final decision:

5 SD, possibly 1 datnoid.

No more P bass for me

 

[Caveden]

free of charge maru… debating…

 

[Krismo962]

Hard to resist......

 

[..puSkar..]

free of charge maru… debating…

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Get it if you want to , but do have a backup plan and monitor closely . It'd be sad to see the channa harassing the aro or vice versa.