Hey guys,
so my Asian Arowana is currently about 12-13 inches big/small. So not yet fully grown. So far he is swimming with stingrays (that are leaving the tank soon), a huge Panaque and 2/2 Geophagus Winemilleri. The Winemilleri get quite big, about ~10-12 inches big, so I guess they are fine and wont be a snack even when my Aro grows to like 20-24 inches.
BUT I'd really like to add 3/3 Geophagus Red Heads, the problem that I have is that from all good sources ppl say they get about 6,5 for females and 7-7,5 for males, which isnt really big. The breeder of the Red Heads told me his male is about 9¨ and the female about ~7,5-8¨. Considering that, do they get big enough to not end up as a "snack" or not? I know there is no 100% answer to this question, as one Arowana would maybe not eat them and another one would... but what do you guys think in general?
So far my Arowana has no problem at all with his tank mates, he only hates it when the Geophagus go up, to the top half of the tank, because that is his territority and he charges them when they go up for food or something but ignores them completely when theyre at the bottom half of the tank (and Geophagus are there anyway most of the time).
so my Asian Arowana is currently about 12-13 inches big/small. So not yet fully grown. So far he is swimming with stingrays (that are leaving the tank soon), a huge Panaque and 2/2 Geophagus Winemilleri. The Winemilleri get quite big, about ~10-12 inches big, so I guess they are fine and wont be a snack even when my Aro grows to like 20-24 inches.
BUT I'd really like to add 3/3 Geophagus Red Heads, the problem that I have is that from all good sources ppl say they get about 6,5 for females and 7-7,5 for males, which isnt really big. The breeder of the Red Heads told me his male is about 9¨ and the female about ~7,5-8¨. Considering that, do they get big enough to not end up as a "snack" or not? I know there is no 100% answer to this question, as one Arowana would maybe not eat them and another one would... but what do you guys think in general?
So far my Arowana has no problem at all with his tank mates, he only hates it when the Geophagus go up, to the top half of the tank, because that is his territority and he charges them when they go up for food or something but ignores them completely when theyre at the bottom half of the tank (and Geophagus are there anyway most of the time).
Bottom half would then be for big Panaque, L24/L25, LDA07 and so on... thats what I am planning to go with and I'd really like to keep some fishes that wont get 40cm+ and that love to be around the bottom half, which is why I think Geophagus are perfect for that matter.
