Favorite species of big fish

[MatteoTheEnder22]

I'm not into giant fish anymore...I don't want anything that I can't keep throughout its natural lifespan without worrying that it's cramped...but I kept the big guys for many years when I was younger. My absolute all-time favourite, for reasons that I still don't understand, was the Giant Osphronemus gourami.

Mine was drably coloured, completely non-aggressive, not hugely interactive, certainly not graceful...but, wow, I thought that was the coolest fish that ever swam. Nothing I like better than a big tank with a bunch of small fish in it, living peacefully with one or two great big honking monsters that don't bother the little guys.

I thought the giant gouramis have to live alone because of how aggressive they are???

 

[BIG-G]

Jexnell
Did it. Still have some Festae they just spawned last week.
Not these. These have passed.

 

[MatteoTheEnder22]

Jexnell
Did it. Still have some Festae they just spawned last week.
Not these. These have passed.
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Wait thats a red terror??? I thought they were like this only

 

[jjohnwm]

I thought the giant gouramis have to live alone because of how aggressive they are???

According to what I read here on MFK, they are nasty. I purchased 2 of them at a length of about an inch. They were aggressive only with each other and I quickly separated them and eventually gave one away. The other one never took a swipe at another fish while I was watching, and never showed any signs of having been hammered by anybody else either. He lived with a community of Oscars, a RT Cat, a Tiger Shovelnose, a Red Devil and several others; he was the only fish in the tank that didn't go nuts for feeder fish, either live or frozen.

I eventually moved him into a 360-gallon tank with a large number of small barbs, livebearers, etc. and I neer saw him even seem to notice them. Very peaceful and impressive display. I left him behind with a friend in Ontario when I left the province. If...big "if"...I ever set up a tank for a giant fish again, Osphronemus is at the top of the list for me.

 

[BIG-G]

This is the new mom
Jexnell

 

[BIG-G]

Wait thats a red terror??? I thought they were like this only View attachment 1416184

The colors vary based on mood the female in the first photo has blue bars because she is not In full breeding dress at that moment

 

[MatteoTheEnder22]

According to what I read here on MFK, they are nasty. I purchased 2 of them at a length of about an inch. They were aggressive only with each other and I quickly separated them and eventually gave one away. The other one never took a swipe at another fish while I was watching, and never showed any signs of having been hammered by anybody else either. He lived with a community of Oscars, a RT Cat, a Tiger Shovelnose, a Red Devil and several others; he was the only fish in the tank that didn't go nuts for feeder fish, either live or frozen.

I eventually moved him into a 360-gallon tank with a large number of small barbs, livebearers, etc. and I neer saw him even seem to notice them. Very peaceful and impressive display. I left him behind with a friend in Ontario when I left the province. If...big "if"...I ever set up a tank for a giant fish again, Osphronemus is at the top of the list for me.

Thats cool didnt know that

 

[MatteoTheEnder22]

The colors vary based on mood the female in the first photo has blue bars because she is not In full breeding dress at that moment

Wait thats what a female looks like my whole life is lie i thought thats how the males look like

 

[BIG-G]

Wait thats what a female looks like my whole life is lie i thought thats how the males look like

Both sexes vary in color depending on collection point.
Some males will show bars sometimes not only when stressed.
My males do not show bars.
And have a green face.
Some males are red like the females

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

I wish I had a large schoal of discus. I have angels right now though.