The discussions in these threads got me thinking hard about this concept.
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An example: Most of us know that pictus catfish love to eat neon tetras (so much so that Wikipedia even brings it up), and you can't have the 2 species together without the neons eventually becoming lunch.
However, replace the pictus catfish with one of its tankbuster relatives (like a red tail catfish), and you'd find that the red tail catfish leaves the neons alone. They're just too small to be worth the trouble of chasing down, catching, and eating, unlike something the size of, say, an oscar (which multiple cases exist of them being eaten by red tail catfish).
Who is mixing large predators with small schooling fish in the same vein as mixing arowanas or red tail catfish with neons, like outlined in the links and above?
arowana and clown loaches
I believe I have read on here of an Arowana choking to death on a Clown Loach. This was due to the sub-orbital spines of the Clown Loach lodging in the throat of the Arowana. Its clearly rare but it can happen.
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Has anyone bought one of these
Expanding on my previous idea, it would be nice if these mystery box sellers allowed you to choose a number of species that you were interested in and could house, that would constrain the range of what could be in the box. For example, let's suppose a buyer couldn't decide whether they wanted...
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
An example: Most of us know that pictus catfish love to eat neon tetras (so much so that Wikipedia even brings it up), and you can't have the 2 species together without the neons eventually becoming lunch.
However, replace the pictus catfish with one of its tankbuster relatives (like a red tail catfish), and you'd find that the red tail catfish leaves the neons alone. They're just too small to be worth the trouble of chasing down, catching, and eating, unlike something the size of, say, an oscar (which multiple cases exist of them being eaten by red tail catfish).
Who is mixing large predators with small schooling fish in the same vein as mixing arowanas or red tail catfish with neons, like outlined in the links and above?
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