Info on Dorados and ATFs please

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How are their temperament? can they be kept with other monsters too?
Ive seen some photos but i want your input.
 
ATFs should be ok. Dorados are 50/50 IMO. It depends on each individual fish. I have had and seen dorados that mix in well with other fish and I have also had dorados eate the eyes of other fish and totally beat the living life out of them. Wes calls them piranha killers. BUT I do know that almost everyone that has tried mixing Dorados and ATFs have failed. For some reason I guess Dorados don't like ATFs and they always kill them.
 
How do their growth rates compare? how big do dorado get? would brycons prolly be an acceptable substitute for dorado?

I imagine you would need an absolutely enormous tank/pond to keep such setups...
 
ATFs from what I here grow pretty damn slow, considering their max sizes. A 3"er hitting 10" after a year seems to be about average starting growth, but of course growth continues to slow as the fish gets older. I reckon that a major factor behind this problem though is that most people just dont give ATFs the tankspace they need...
 
Thanks Jed. Been checkin out ATFs lately. A monster sized one would be a good addition to my collection.
 
The TRUST said:
ATFs should be ok. Dorados are 50/50 IMO. It depends on each individual fish. I have had and seen dorados that mix in well with other fish and I have also had dorados eate the eyes of other fish and totally beat the living life out of them. Wes calls them piranha killers. BUT I do know that almost everyone that has tried mixing Dorados and ATFs have failed. For some reason I guess Dorados don't like ATFs and they always kill them.
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i got a batch of dozen dorados last year... they are shibby mean! they eat each other's eye balls... i didnt keep them too long... they are too aggressive toward each other... so i sold out the what i got left and keep one....

here is Josh and George Fear holding a dorado...

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