Brycon Dentex

[Anderman]

Have you kept any other Brycon species? I know from experience just how quick Melanopterus Sp. Sao Fransisco can grow- I got the little guy at about 2-3" and gave him up at 8-10" just 4 months later. Judging by the post, it's been 4 months since you got the first one. Would i be correct in assuming it was about 4-6" growth over that period?

Regardless of their current attitude, a shoal of them would be really good to see- an interesting alternative to RBP perhaps?

This is my first Brycon species. The dominant one has grown about 3" and the other one not so as it gets chased around by the bigger one.

 

[Kolossus]

I think that you need a large group of these (at least 6) around the same size for it to work. I have two left out of four. The largest is around 8-9inches and is currently in with my rays, 30in aro, cichlas and dats. He gets along fine I think only because he is the lowest on the totem pole currently in my 300. When I had him in any smaller tank, he was a prick.

I think the key is you have to have alot of them around the same size grow up together, or one of them that is not too big and not too small to go with the large monsters. My aro did try him initially though but he alluded him. And I also put him with the big guys a while back but it was too soon as he was quickly scarred...hence I removed him. When he got a little bigger and I got tired of him harassing everyone else, I put him back with the big boys. Now, everything is cool and its really cool to watch him constantly swim in the big tank with all my other monsters. He does go at it with my johanna from time to time though. But there are never any marks on either fish.

I have the other one who is only about 7in in a ray grow out tank with one other ray. Not sure what I will do with him though.

 

[Anderman]

I think that you need a large group of these (at least 6) around the same size for it to work. I have two left out of four. The largest is around 8-9inches and is currently in with my rays, 30in aro, cichlas and dats. He gets along fine I think only because he is the lowest on the totem pole currently in my 300. When I had him in any smaller tank, he was a prick.

I think the key is you have to have alot of them around the same size grow up together, or one of them that is not too big and not too small to go with the large monsters. My aro did try him initially though but he alluded him. And I also put him with the big guys a while back but it was too soon as he was quickly scarred...hence I removed him. When he got a little bigger and I got tired of him harassing everyone else, I put him back with the big boys. Now, everything is cool and its really cool to watch him constantly swim in the big tank with all my other monsters. He does go at it with my johanna from time to time though. But there are never any marks on either fish.

I have the other one who is only about 7in in a ray grow out tank with one other ray. Not sure what I will do with him though.

You were right on a group. I couldn't put them in any of my tanks as they were to small,too flashy and due to them biting my pregnant female ray I had to put them in the 90 gallon. Hence the fighting began between the two of them in such a small tank. So a couple of days ago I traded them in for store credit. Hopefully I don't regret it as this was the first time I seen them offered for sale around here.

 

[Industrial]

You were right on a group. I couldn't put them in any of my tanks as they were to small,too flashy and due to them biting my pregnant female ray I had to put them in the 90 gallon. Hence the fighting began between the two of them in such a small tank. So a couple of days ago I traded them in for store credit. Hopefully I don't regret it as this was the first time I seen them offered for sale around here.

My LFS' wholesale department has been ordering these quite often for the past couple of months. We are still getting a ton of them. If you did want more in the future, I think they are becoming more readily available.