Mala wolf question
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Malas will leave a fish too big alone majority of the time. It really depends on their temperment. Some will tolerate tankmates and a very few will not. Even this goes from the aggressive Aimara to the smaller wolves. The chances are on ur side so can try it.
Mine is in with 8 polys from his size to 3x his size and a catfish smaller than his only thing he ate was a few dats just make sure you keep him well fed.
Never heard anything about silvery fish. I mean in the wild will be eating piranha and other tetras ,maybe silver coloring, but I've never heard of them go after specific silvery fish. I've seen other keep with silvery fish and no issues. Also if well fed. if the girth is bigger than their mouth and as big as the wolf there should be no concerns.
There's more of a risk of them trying to eat a silvery fish that may seem small enough to the wolf, this is due to the reflection of surrounding light the silver scales cause. Basically making it more tempting by catching the wolfs eye and most of the time when it reflects the silver fish is swimming therefore triggering a predatory instinct. It's really just more temptation with silver fish. But that's it, they'd still go after a fish they think they can eat if they're hungry. Just a predatory attack, not a territorial one. A fish to large to eat, won't be preyed upon if it's obvious, if hey look possible to eat to the wolf he'll try. And as stated aggression goes off of the specimen but typically wolves aren't as bad as they're made out to be