baby Hoplias aimara ?
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I am actully thinking about it again , maybe i just need some other fast fish like moe suggested to beable to make it work only trouble is finding some of the right size . i could try some rock bass or sunfish that i can catch my self i supose but last time they ended up killing them
It can work. Wes said so himself. Only species that is really conspecific aggressive is curupira. You need fast touch fish. Only fish that isn't fast by tough enough I've had luck with is jaguar cichlids. Had to be same size though in length which gives it the mass advantage and also couldn't be a specimen that ran away easily but didn't become overly aggressive once learning it can dominate another. Which is hard to find. So I suggest brycron. You can try others but I've not found anything average to work. Bass sharks of same size length with bigger mass were slaughtered, SD were but in half and consumed even after feedings. "Tough fish" like wyckii and marbled gobies were killed. This is for curu though. So imagine a aimara would be a bit more capable having an all around higher territorial drive on average. So I suggest brycron for you specifically because your fish are larger, and due to being apex predators won't understand how to back down. But provide them hides and dithers and I'm positive they'll be fine. It'll probably be like my odoe and gold wolf, they always fight but anytime they're stressed they won't separate. During wc they chase eachother around like scared SD. It makes me toy with the idea of adding more gold wolves in my small tank because maybe they'd feel more secure and the Curu tolerates them.
thanks for the advise moe , since i dont have easy access to the proper size and type fish you suggested at the moment , i decided to go fishing last night to get some sunfish .
we had a pretty good night fishing and a good little story to tell too .
so it was about 6 pm when we got to the spot . a nice mild night , the sun was far to the west , getting ready for its descent . we were using dew worms with small hooks and bobers . normal gear for what we were hoping to catch . mainly rock bass and sun fish . with a preference for the latter . they are nicer to look at color wise , and pretty tough little buggers to boot .
anyway just so happens they were biting good . we got about 5 , threw back two that were hooked a little too deep and kept three .
but here is the exciting part my step daughter was watching her bober when it went under , like usual when you get a sunfish trying to take the bait . she starts reeling it in , when all of the sudden it lunges deep and the sound of line peeling of the reel has me saying what the heck .
her mom grabs the rod to help , im looking thinking what does she have , as i see the back of a large fish break the water . i cant really get a good enough look at the fish to tell what it is but its big !! . i think oh maybe a carp there are big carp in here .
and you can catch them with worms but this thing is really pulling and trashing hard .
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then all the sudden its gone id estimate it was at least 3 feet long from what i seen as its back broke the surface , maybe bigger . anyway she reels in the line to see a sunfish shredded by some toothy beast . it must have been either a very large walleye or a muskie trying to steal her sunfish .
anyways it seems to be working . the wolf fish havnt fought again since i put the sunfish in the tank . and man i really like not having the ugly divider in there .
worked for a little while but there scrapping again , one sunfish got eaten and the other two have major bite marks . even though they are way to big to eat whole .
tried to get some decent pics of the fighting , these are about the best i could get . looks like im gonna have to put the divider back in unless somebody buys one soon . i really think i would rather just have one nice , not torn up specimen lol
tried to get some decent pics of the fighting , these are about the best i could get . looks like im gonna have to put the divider back in unless somebody buys one soon . i really think i would rather just have one nice , not torn up specimen lol
Wonder if you have 2 males. Go on YouTube. I found a recent vid of two big aimara together just the two in a big cement tank from the looks of it
Can you put a link to the video or what did you type in the you tube serch? I looked but couldnt find it .
I just searched Hoplias aimara but the actual title is some Asian writing then Hoplias aimara the thumbnail has one aimara in it
