Dither fish for Aros?

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mareshow

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alright my four asian aros are by themselves in my tank with some stingrays, and i was wondering what should i put in the tank to occupy them a little bit? i was thinking armatus but i dunno i havent really seen anyones aros with them. any ideas? the aros are all around 12" long
 
how bigs the tank?
 
do you know what a dither fish is, by definition?
 
wikipedia said:
The term dither fish refers to an arbitrary group of aquarium fish used by cichlid keeping aquarists to reduce innate timidity in some species of cichlids (Barlow, 1967). The technique relies on the ability of cichlids in an aquarium to use the behaviour of other fish species as a measure of environmental security (Loiselle, 1979). Good dither fish are typically schooling species such as Danio spp., barbs and some tetra species.
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Armatus grow very large, can become very aggresive, and require a huge tank because they are nervous and become claustrophobic (closest term I could think of that fits how they behave) in a tank that's too small. How big is the aro's tank?
 
mareshow;4056835; said:
well you know what i mean, anyideas or info on armatus
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No I don't, hard to give advice to someone who has no idea what he is even asking.

You'd have better luck finding Armatus info, by posting a thread in the proper forum with "Armatus" in the title.
 
well i want to know if anyone keeps them with their aros so thats why i asked here and yes i do know what i'm talking about so what if i used the wrong term you still get the idea... anyways if you need translation i'm asking what are good fast fish to keep the aros attention? other fish that are good tankmates and arent ugly as $%&^
 
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