Brycons with Armatus?

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isde02

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I have a 10in Brycon Melanopterus, and will be getting 2 Brycon Dentex to go with him, and I was wondering if an Armatus will work with them or will they kill it?
 
Anyone have any experience with this combo?
 
its a 220 and the armatus is smaller so....I guess not then....thanx
 
You'd struggle, to be frank. Dentex are as voracious as piranha while Armatus are aggressive like pit bulls (if you've got a bad one). Between the two species, you'd struggle to keep harmony and in your situation, I'd look to the dentex rather than the Armatus as a 210 won't be big enough for the life of an Armatus. I certainly wouldn't recommend trying them both together. However, I'm not going to say it's impossible... just unadvisable. The Melanopterus is almost irrelevant- unless you have a homicidal Armatus or Dentex, the Mela would probably be left alone entirely or at most, a long way down the pecking order; it certainly shouldn't be in any immediate danger, unless it's small enough to be eaten.

HTH.
 
mynheers_a_pint said:
You'd struggle, to be frank. Dentex are as voracious as piranha while Armatus are aggressive like pit bulls (if you've got a bad one). Between the two species, you'd struggle to keep harmony and in your situation, I'd look to the dentex rather than the Armatus as a 210 won't be big enough for the life of an Armatus. I certainly wouldn't recommend trying them both together. However, I'm not going to say it's impossible... just unadvisable. The Melanopterus is almost irrelevant- unless you have a homicidal Armatus or Dentex, the Mela would probably be left alone entirely or at most, a long way down the pecking order; it certainly shouldn't be in any immediate danger, unless it's small enough to be eaten.

HTH.
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I know the 220 isnt big enough for life just for at least a year and a half, but even with dithers it wont work huh? Im just looking for a uncommon combination to go along with the brycon.
 
This kind of combination is best described as experimental. It's like those in the community who co-hab wolves with others; as succesful as one person's tank maybe, the exact same combination might not work for someone else simply because the individual fish doesn't want to co-hab. I'm working on an Armatus-Curupira-Brycon-Cichla-Hoplerythrinus-Gephagus co had at the moment. Can anyone here tell me whether or not it will work? Probably not but I'm still going to give it a go. And, so far, Curupira-Brycon-Cichla-Hoperlythrinus-Geohpagus seems to be working. Why wouldn't armatus work as well?

If you can, give it a go (with a bigger tank) and let us know how it goes; I'm sure many of us would be interested to know the outcome.
 
mynheers_a_pint said:
This kind of combination is best described as experimental. It's like those in the community who co-hab wolves with others; as succesful as one person's tank maybe, the exact same combination might not work for someone else simply because the individual fish doesn't want to co-hab. I'm working on an Armatus-Curupira-Brycon-Cichla-Hoplerythrinus-Gephagus co had at the moment. Can anyone here tell me whether or not it will work? Probably not but I'm still going to give it a go. And, so far, Curupira-Brycon-Cichla-Hoperlythrinus-Geohpagus seems to be working. Why wouldn't armatus work as well?

If you can, give it a go (with a bigger tank) and let us know how it goes; I'm sure many of us would be interested to know the outcome.
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Thanks dude, I guess thats the answer I was looking for.
 
No one can predict these kinda co-habs - agreed - ill advised - agreed

With that being said - my Charciforme tank stock - Brycon Dentex, Hydro Scomb, Odoe Pike, Yellowrail Cuda, 2x Chalceus, Silver Dat, Indo Dat, Texas Escondido, BGK, Vampire Pleco, & Gold Nugget Plec.

The Impossible - yet been goin' for over a year
 
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