Barracuda 411

[tomojsg]

so lfs has one really active and healthy & eyeballing around 6-7" +
so here are my questions...

1.how much should i be looking at for it? low baller/good price/avg price/over priced
2.since its smaller would i be able to house it with my other monsters or kept
separately? my mosters all range from 12"+ (oh ya plus 2 turtles...lol)
3.how big do these monsters get?
4.how aggressive are they?

TIA

 

[tomojsg]

any feed back?

 

[Industrial]

First of all, this should be in the other characins section.

Anyways, do you know what kind? There are a handful of species of freshwater barracuda ranging from 3"-16". There are also fish that are called freshwater barracuda that are not, such as Brycons.

If it is truly a barracuda, it will likely be a nervous fish and will only eat live fish for quite a while in the beginning and may or may not begin to take other kinds of foods as it gets older.

 

[J.Lake]

Agreed could grows to any size. They are not a great fish to add too already established monster tanks. There are a silvery fish and that attracts some fish to strike at them. Being skittish and silvery can be a bad combo with alot of big mouths around.

 

[tomojsg]

thx for the info guys guess ill just go and oogle over it at the lfs and maybe in the future get one in a separate tank.

 

[tomojsg]

First of all, this should be in the other characins section.

Anyways, do you know what kind? There are a handful of species of freshwater barracuda ranging from 3"-16". There are also fish that are called freshwater barracuda that are not, such as Brycons.

If it is truly a barracuda, it will likely be a nervous fish and will only eat live fish for quite a while in the beginning and may or may not begin to take other kinds of foods as it gets older.

it looks like a tat but not shure has gold coloring around the gills and a black spot/stripe thats horizontal at end near the tail & the little fin on top infront of the tail is white/clear? and the tip of the tail is slighty red/reddish but faint. goin for 125 but i think i can get it for cheaper if i were to buy it.