Need a tankmate for my Curu
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Dats, aro, lower jaw polys, vulture catfish, African tiger fish, Florida gar, odor pine and peacock bass. Etc most that can't get eaten.
All fish got to be a bit bigger than the curu with some decor.
Will be needing a big tank as well. Anything added will be growing fast.
All fish got to be a bit bigger than the curu with some decor.
Will be needing a big tank as well. Anything added will be growing fast.
Endler.
Red cherry shrimp, mystery snails.
I wouldn't trust my black wolf with anything else. I was so concerned that he'd even take a bite out of the (larger than him) dat that the wolf went back into solitary confinement...
Red cherry shrimp, mystery snails.
I wouldn't trust my black wolf with anything else. I was so concerned that he'd even take a bite out of the (larger than him) dat that the wolf went back into solitary confinement...
I'll name what I couldn't keep mine with rather than what I could. I couldn't keep it with anything that constantly swam back and forth at a fast pace, I tried bala sharks of equal size in separate occasions and he longest it lasted was maybe a month or two before he decided to maul them. I've not had luck with silver dollars either, but this may be due to size, they were to tall to be eaten, but were short in length compared to him, he bit them in half, he'd eat the half in his mouth and leave the other half and just bite another, for whatever reason. I've only tried to keep him with jaguar cichlids and this did not work either, they challenged him and it didn't go well for them. I couldn't keep him with other hoplias either, they're known to be aggressive to other hoplias though. On the other hand I have my odoe and gold wolf who swim all day but not at a fast pace so he doesn't bother with them much, however sometimes he gives a little chase but they're faster than him, if they weren't, I'm sure I wouldn't have an odoe.
So with my specimen anyway, I can't keep anything that swims back and forth at a fast pace constantly, can't keep anything that will push the curu to the edge and not take the warning bites and learn their lesson. There are exceptions to this. My odoe is fast enough to outrun him and big enough to fight back, which sometimes she chooses to do. Or a wyckii, who made it through the bad beating the wolf gave out after constantly pestering the wolf.
So with my specimen anyway, I can't keep anything that swims back and forth at a fast pace constantly, can't keep anything that will push the curu to the edge and not take the warning bites and learn their lesson. There are exceptions to this. My odoe is fast enough to outrun him and big enough to fight back, which sometimes she chooses to do. Or a wyckii, who made it through the bad beating the wolf gave out after constantly pestering the wolf.
I feel like you say this everytime I suggest odoes lol what works for one may not work for another. My wolf has eaten many tank mates. But my odoe has been with my wolf the longest of any of the fish I have. My odoe, has consistently been 1-2" smaller than my wolf, I got my wolf at 8" my odoe was alresdy established in the tank and was about 6-7". Today the odoe is 11-12" maybe even approaching 13" though I doubt that where as my wolf I know is almost, if not 14". Another example, a member here had a curu eat a same size bichir, where as mine when 8" was kept with a growing 4" sen, and even now at his size, he was with an 8-10" ornate. From my reading there are more success stories of wolves being kept with odoes or bichirs than there are failures. I made a thread for my curu back then. And I shared my experience. You can find pictures there if you don't believe me lol.
But it is good to hear both possibilities. Reminds us of the risks we take when mixing any fish.
That was an aimara, and it was above 20" I believe and the guy still saw numbers slowly deplete, if we are talking about one of the few people who have tried it, wouldn't recommend this for a curu. However if you know of a successful story of this being done with a curu please share
I'd like to read about it
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