dither fish for armatus??

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ceejaye23

ceejaye23

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is there any dither fish that will work for the armatus to keep chasing it and be active in the tank? i have a 3" in a 60 gal for now and id like to see movements. thanks!
 
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i think at smaller sizes they dont do much chasing and dithers would serve only to take up space. prob similar case when it's a large fish. risk annoying it with a dither to get it moving all the time.
 
I have just started to use some small dollars to bring out my Tats and it has worked quite well. two tats 8", 6 Dollars in a 180. Not the same setup but thought it might be worth mentioning.
 
will a same size bala shark do? armatus doesnt like slender and silvery and shinny right? i got a 3 incher so same or smaller bala shark?
 
ceejaye23;3373505; said:
is there any dither fish that will work for the armatus to keep chasing it and be active in the tank? i have a 3" in a 60 gal for now and id like to see movements. thanks!
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geo's, peacock bass, mostly something that wont bother him and big enough that can't get eaten:)
 
I would recommend some herbivorous characins like silver dollars.
 
I have a bala shark with my armatus, be aware that mine is growing VERY slowly compared to my armatus, if your gonna do that get a tinfoil or something that grows faster, my bala is almost 4 years old and just hit about 9 inches.
 
A bala shark might be to robust for such a small armatus. All payaras are fragile. Try redhooks or something else that won't get big fast.
 
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