I say some at the pet store and just wnated to know some info on them. It just said barracudas not sure what type. How large do they grow?? How big of a tank is needed?? should they be kept in groups?? any other info needed to know before I make a decision to buy one??
Baracudas
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1st google image these and tell us which one you are talking about.
Ctenolucius hujeta, Acestrorhynchus falcatus, Acestrorhynchus altus, hepsetus
Ctenolucius hujeta, Acestrorhynchus falcatus, Acestrorhynchus altus, hepsetus
tell me abit about each. I want to learn about these guys and its so tough to find stuff online. Like tank requirements and diet and so on. And hard to talk to someone who has actually kept them. Like are they a hardy convict or sensitive like a discus. Do they need high ph or low. stuf like that.
Yeah sometimes it's called a slant nosed gar, there is also another characin that's often called marbled gar etc, the boulengerella. Neither of them are any more gars than the acestro species. Although to be fair, the bou maculata does look kind of like a gar. IMO a hujeta looks nothing like a gar.
Right, they do that to a lot of gar types. For example the "needle nose gar" is of the genus Xenocara which is pretty from a gar but if you ask someone for a Xenocara dolichopterus most people would have no clue what you are talking about.
So Chago09, the moral of the story is common names can only be trusted to a point. So better to get a pic or positive ID of the "fw barracuda"
So Chago09, the moral of the story is common names can only be trusted to a point. So better to get a pic or positive ID of the "fw barracuda"