P afer with african aro

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mikehagan

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I was wondering if they would be compatable. The aro is getting close to 14 inches and has a pretty bad temper. I know p afer is pretty aggressive but my aro killed my rck of same size 4 months ago. I also know that p afer grows quite slow, so the aro will always have length and bulk on the afer. Thoughts?


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Usually as they grow larger and get more used to their tank surroundings, then the aggression will start to show. The combination has worked before as a fact, but the tank space was very large with many tank mates.
Which brings into question how big is the tank space/future tank space? Other tank mates?
 
180 gallons. 1 of every upper jaw bichir besides retropinnis and mokelembembe, leopard ctenopoma, and kingsley ctenopoma. Cant say id ever upgrade past a 265 (7x2x2.5) or 300 deep dimension tank (6x3x2). It wouldnt bother me to get a brown african knife, but i had 2 afer before i traded them in and I loved the way they moved compared to any other knifefish.
 
mikehagan said:
180 gallons. 1 of every upper jaw bichir besides retropinnis and mokelembembe, leopard ctenopoma, and kingsley ctenopoma. Cant say id ever upgrade past a 265 (7x2x2.5) or 300 deep dimension tank (6x3x2). It wouldnt bother me to get a brown african knife, but i had 2 afer before i traded them in and I loved the way they moved compared to any other knifefish.
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I wouldn't be too concerned for right now, as most P. afer are sold at around 5-6" and the tank size is pretty good. However as time goes on you will want to keep an eye on the aggression - I would expect him to go after the Bichir, but maybe the Ctenopoma. I've seen all of the species listed work together before - but there is always the risk of course. All depends on the personality of your P. afer - the African Browns are obviously going to be less of a concern over the P. afer, but that's all up to you. The two species would definitely not work out together though.
 
mikehagan said:
180 gallons. 1 of every upper jaw bichir besides retropinnis and mokelembembe, leopard ctenopoma, and kingsley ctenopoma. Cant say id ever upgrade past a 265 (7x2x2.5) or 300 deep dimension tank (6x3x2). It wouldnt bother me to get a brown african knife, but i had 2 afer before i traded them in and I loved the way they moved compared to any other knifefish.
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omg..where on gods green earth did you find a kingsley ctenopoma...ive been looking here in st. Louis for years..and online..i cannot find one!
 
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