Hydrolycus ID please

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Malte81

Malte81

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I can get a Hydrolycus .
The seller said it is a Armatus.
Is it a Armatus or maybe a tatatuja ?
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99% armatus. Nice score man. Looks about 4"? Orange adipose fin was my reasoning. Mine was that size when I pellet trained it
 
Easiest way to tell it's an armatus is the second little dorsal fin is red with a black spot on it. Tats have it too but the tats is mainly black in color. Tats eyes are also a lot bigger making them look more awkward. But once you see a lot of pics and see them in person and keep them all, you catch on to little stuff like that and makes it easier to Id them.
 
Deubie Doo said:
Easiest way to tell it's an armatus is the second little dorsal fin is red with a black spot on it. Tats have it too but the tats is mainly black in color. Tats eyes are also a lot bigger making them look more awkward. But once you see a lot of pics and see them in person and keep them all, you catch on to little stuff like that and makes it easier to Id them.
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This. Once you've looked at enough, an army just looks like an army and a tat just looks like a tat.
 
My tank is about 1400 Liter an i have a lot of fish in it.
3 orbignyi rays, 3 Florida gars, 1 datnoid, 1 hoplias Curupira , 1 Black Aro , 1 l95, 1 south american lungfish.
They are all juveniles except the l95 and i am just testing what is my favorite stock for this tank.
Would the Army be a good choice to comm with my fish?
I heard a lot of bad things about mixing armatus with other fishes.
 
The other fishes are about 6-8 inches and the Armatus is 5 inches big.
I dont want trouble in my tank.
I read florida gars and armatus is a no go and you cant comm a armatus with anything.
Probably i wont take the risk.
 
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