Minimum tank size for lone Armatus ?

[keepinfish]

mine is about 22 inches now.

that seems like he has slowed down a lot, 12-3-07 you said that he was 15" so slowed down to less than 1/2" a month? Was that the same armatus?


do you still feed feeders occasionally-if so how often?

 

[tcarswell]

I love the youtube vids of vamptrevs crazy armatus !

 

[xander]

cruelly minimum? 6x2.5x2.5
sufficient? 8x4x2.5
comfortable, 10-12x6x3

ime fish usually get to half their wild max. so armatus get to what, 30"? haven't seen one larger than that.

 

[channarox]

cruelly minimum? 6x2.5x2.5
sufficient? 8x4x2.5
comfortable, 10-12x6x3

ime fish usually get to half their wild max. so armatus get to what, 30"? haven't seen one larger than that.

30" is still bigger than half of 4 feet.hahaha.

 

[flamenco-t]

cruelly minimum? 6x2.5x2.5
sufficient? 8x4x2.5
comfortable, 10-12x6x3

ime fish usually get to half their wild max. so armatus get to what, 30"? haven't seen one larger than that.

Any size fish in any size tank is too small to begin with.

We're all guilty of it already when we buy our first tank. What we can do is try to duplicate the natural habitat as best as I can and NOT BE SELFISH.....

We all want to keep armatus, but for some reason or another most if not 90% of us will not be able to house them properly. I am only glad that armatus are expensive unlike RTC or pacus

Stan

 

[krichardson]

Any size fish in any size tank is too small to begin with.

We're all guilty of it already when we buy our first tank. What we can do is try to duplicate the natural habitat as best as I can and NOT BE SELFISH.....

We all want to keep armatus, but for some reason or another most if not 90% of us will not be able to house them properly. I am only glad that armatus are expensive unlike RTC or pacus

Stan

Very well put and when they become available again,I will try to resist the temptation this time.