just set up a new tank last night. i want to start raising a predator in it. i was thinking about a wolf or a bowfin. i don't really want piranha or cichlids. can anyone suggest any other fish?
feedback on predatory fish
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whatever fish i choose will be started out in a 55g for now.and then moved to a larger tank depending on the fish.jenBLKAROWANA said:
I like predators that beat the crap out of their prey even if they are too big to eat, get hold of a channa micropeltes by any means necessary 
i've been trying to get any species of channa for months now. don't think it'll happen.rumblesushi said:I like predators that beat the crap out of their prey even if they are too big to eat, get hold of a channa micropeltes by any means necessary
Given the size of your tank, it sounds like a smaller species of snakehead would be ideal. I've heard that the wolf fish are rather sedentary and not too exciting until you give them something to "play" with. I know there are some individuals here that have breeding pairs of Channa gachua. Perhaps you can pick up a few from them and try to develop your own pair.
I've given my wolf a couple of similar sized oscars to play with, he;s still a pretty boring fish when he's not nailing feeders at light speed.
How about hujetas or cachorros, they are not brawlers but great predators, feed them one feeder at a time for action. they will fit your 55g until you get something bigger, same with African pike (H. odoes).
You could also keep an american eel, I kept a large one in one of those standard 55gs with no problem, they may be long but they don't mass much and are very flexible, mine would cruise almost constantly and would play with a large yellow and orange bobber I put in the tank. It would drag it to the bottom and let go, sometimes at night I would have to remove it because of the clacking it made hitting the tank cover. They are also fun to watch hunting down small fith and crustaceans like crafish that had their thumbs clipped.
You could also keep an american eel, I kept a large one in one of those standard 55gs with no problem, they may be long but they don't mass much and are very flexible, mine would cruise almost constantly and would play with a large yellow and orange bobber I put in the tank. It would drag it to the bottom and let go, sometimes at night I would have to remove it because of the clacking it made hitting the tank cover. They are also fun to watch hunting down small fith and crustaceans like crafish that had their thumbs clipped.