Yo, I've got a 13incher, Aba Aba knife fish that is! Is there anyfish or anything I can keep with this guy that he won't rip to shreds?
Company? Aba Aba knife
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theseducer said:
i strongly advise to him being kept solo...
these guys are tenacious and almost always get the upperhand in fights...
Hiya theseducer, welcome to MFK. I have never kept an aba aba but from what I have read the only things you can keep them with are thick bodied fish that are bigger than they are, since they gethuge that is a problem.
Short answer--no.
But if you wanted to risk it, I've seen one kept with a much bigger royal pleco.
But if you wanted to risk it, I've seen one kept with a much bigger royal pleco.
I have a friend who placed a very big 40 inches tiger shovel nose with his aba-aba. But I am not very sure to the size of his aba-aba...
I had one about 13". Wasn't too impressed with it. Had it in tank with a 10" Fahaka. Months went by with no problem. Then one day i found the puffer with only one eye!!! The only other culprit was the Aba. As the puffer was not into self mutalation like some fish. I remember getting the Aba quite cheap from the lfs. I guess it must have been a "trade in" Some one else didn't care for the fish???theseducer said:
A big Aba Aba that is growing is always a time bomb.
Tank mates with it are like prisoners waiting for the gallows...
Tank mates with it are like prisoners waiting for the gallows...
i agree with marshy. its an untimed bomb. you never know what result you gonna get in a daily basis. it could work for some time and it may not. i think its just a gamble. i 've heard of an aba aba that lives with one large gold fish. any other tankmates regardless of the size he shreds to pieces.