My 1' apurensis has done well in the 4500 gal aggressive community with mostly 2'-2.5' RTC, TSN, paroon sharks, jau catfish, silver arowana, etc.
It got pushed around when it got food (a whole large fish) in its mouth but outside of that no one tried to prey on it. My biggest RTC is close to 3'. Could have gulped it down easy and in an instant.
It had spent about 1/2 a year in that tank. Recently moved it back to a 240 gal. Logistics reasons.
Can see the glimpses of it here: it's in the left bottom corner by the drain screen
Much earlier videos (RTC, paroon and pacu are just rescued and are still relatively small) --
1:30 min by the left wall:
0:39, 2:00, 2:20 min:
************** So either I seriously lucked out or apurensis are pretty tough. Now I must note that the apurensis wasn't its natural personable and relaxed self. It was clear to me it was intimidated by all the behemoths swimming around and pushing it around with their snouts every now and then.
************** I had 3 apurensis in my 4000 gal pond in my prior life in Rochester, NY in a similar situation. These were bigger though, ~1.5' and very, very much confident in themselves:
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It got pushed around when it got food (a whole large fish) in its mouth but outside of that no one tried to prey on it. My biggest RTC is close to 3'. Could have gulped it down easy and in an instant.
It had spent about 1/2 a year in that tank. Recently moved it back to a 240 gal. Logistics reasons.
Can see the glimpses of it here: it's in the left bottom corner by the drain screen
Much earlier videos (RTC, paroon and pacu are just rescued and are still relatively small) --
1:30 min by the left wall:
0:39, 2:00, 2:20 min:
************** So either I seriously lucked out or apurensis are pretty tough. Now I must note that the apurensis wasn't its natural personable and relaxed self. It was clear to me it was intimidated by all the behemoths swimming around and pushing it around with their snouts every now and then.
************** I had 3 apurensis in my 4000 gal pond in my prior life in Rochester, NY in a similar situation. These were bigger though, ~1.5' and very, very much confident in themselves:
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