Asian Red-Tail Aggression

[cenecker]

I was wondering...about 8-10 months ago I bought an asian red-tailed cat (Hemibagrus wyckioides). I've been doing a little more research on him lately and every account says things like "most aggressive freshwater fish in the world" and "Cannot be kept with tankmates" Hmmmm.....

Mine is about 6" at this point and he is kept in a 125 with a juv. jardini (8"), and a big dempsey (10"). He has dug a cave under a piece of driftwood and is definetly grumpy about anyone bothering him when he is hiding, but other than that he has been pretty benign, no real signs of aggression, no mysterious bites on tankmates....

So is he going to suddenly hit "maturity" and decimate the tank? Between him and the Jar I think I'm setting up a real powder keg of a tank

 

[nishant_datta]

well, the rep of the ARTC is well deserved but at the same time in your case, its tank mates are equally accomplished stars of their own arenas !!! I mean a jar and a dempsey, 10 inches....? they're no joke.. Also they've got size on their side, so things should be ok if they grow together. good luck mate...

 

[pacuman91]

mine is very agro and mine is only at 2" he will go around the tank lookin for food and if he even sees another fish he chases after it

 

[Onion01]

That is an interesting question. You should have submitted it to that now defunct discovery channel program: Animal face-off

 

[killerfish]

when the asian gets bigger it will proubly get aggressive or it may not the thing is they need space and they have the ability to bite so it defenatily can kill its tankmates should it wan't but your going to need a bigger tank

 

[Jeox]

I have a 10'' who shows almost no agression to anything.

 

[Onion01]

I have a 10'' who shows almost no agression to anything.

Pics plz. Sounds interesting

 

[Jeox]

Pics plz. Sounds interesting

i take it back. He just decided to go crazy and snap on me...:[
He has his own tank now...
Picture before he got vicious..

 

[killerfish]

cool pic of both RTC what happened when he fliped out any deaths?

 

[Jeox]

cool pic of both RTC what happened when he fliped out any deaths?

No..Just some mild fin damage.