calls out to the payara keepers

[Deubie Doo]

How big is your armatus now? After three years?

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my first one was 6 inch and the last one was 9 almost 10 inch. the first year they will reach atleat 12 inch.the next year another 5-6 inch and then the 3rd year 3 more inch..and so on intill 5year if your lucky

 

[Deubie Doo]

Always try again! We are payara keepers! Not some bubble headed goldfish nonsense! I've lost my share of toothy beasts to disease, random deaths or even to larger preds. Just keep trying and eventually you'll have the setup you've always wanted within reason.. Everyone says I couldent mix multiple gatf and payara. That they would kill each other. That being said I have a pack of 3 gatf,1 vatf, 2 armatus, 2 tatauaia + others that have been together for almost a year now. They shoal together and rarely cause trouble between eachother. Given the proper diet and conditions there shouldn't be a problem. Upon more research I've seen that smelt(silversides) is often the cause of early death in payara.. possibly the preservatives.. but anywho, don't give up, there's always another payara in need of a good aquarist

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thank you, Ive had people tell me the same junk, when I first started fishkeeping I kept a shoal of RBP with a wolffish, needle nose gar and a ralf cat and I didnt have any problems the 6 months I had them together haha that was crazy but I also kept my goliath with my c.gibbises and my armatus ith my gibbiese Intill I got the 210. everyone said that was a bad Idea but you never know intill you try.

 

[Deubie Doo]

Sorry for your lose. I think Payaras like to jump and get spooked easy. They end up hitting there heads on top of tank and get brain injuries. It amazes me the guys that can keep them alive, i respect them very much. I love Payaras just scared they will eventually hit there head. I think there heads are not very strong.

yeah most do but my armatus was bold as sh*t! putting my hand on the glass would make him swimm over to me to see if he could bit it or not. out of all the fish Ive ever kept he would be the 2nd most aggresive fish tords people ive ever kept. ( #1 being my wolffish, and ive kept alot of fish) even cleaning the tank he wouldnt run from me.

 

[Deubie Doo]

This is why I joined MFK.. a community of other people trying to keep the "impossible" .. GL with your future payara.. you will learn, and teach others with your experiances.. and hopefully the next time around you will be more successful. I'm sorry for your loss.. and I said the same thing when I lost my fire eels.. took me 2yrs.. but atm I have a delightful lil' fire that will hopefully grow up to be big and beautiful.

thank you! I think next time I will stay away from silverside. to see if thats what killed him, b/c I really dont see what else would of did it, his tank is clean to the exstream, I clean the tank and swap out the water the next day after teir feedings so theres no waist sitting in the tank.