Peacock Bass

[The TRUST]

OMG!!!

Actually I had a friend that did something similar. He had african cichlids with tons of rockwork. Really hard to catch all the fish in there. He wanted to move to big predators. So after an hour of trying to scoop fish out. He said F@CK IT! Went to the Pet shop and got a bunch of red snakeheads. The African cichlids never had a chance. LOL!

 

[Koji]

i want a bigger pb but ti cant find more then like 2 inches

They're fast growing fishes. Just feed them alot daily soon you'll have a monster.

 

[MouthWash]

use sand as a substrate and they will be happy monsters.feed them leeches and crawdads for food.

 

[Koji]

use sand as a substrate and they will be happy monsters.feed them leeches and crawdads for food.

Leeches? This is something new to me...

 

[ashdavid]

U can't be serious????? You're worrying about firemouths and convicts???? Convicst are like a plague. they breed like almost non stop. Once you get some big Cichlas in there you'll forget about them. Might actually be cool watching the Peacock bass hunt them down. hehehehe

Yeah it is sad. But if I was going to have my small cichlids eaten I would probably go with a snakehead. Has anyone keep snakeheads with big cichlids?

 

[piranha45]

Yeah it is sad. But if I was going to have my small cichlids eaten I would probably go with a snakehead. Has anyone keep snakeheads with big cichlids?

I've never heard of anyone keeping a micropeltes or marulius in an appropriate-sized tank/pond, nor of anyone who's kept them with large adult American cichlids. I've read of cramped 15-20" giant snakeheads destroying juvenile cichlids though.
rayman fed a 6" devil to his 30" red sh, the sh apparently had no trouble gulping that specimen. They were not raised together though, as yours would be.

 

[ashdavid]

I've never heard of anyone keeping a micropeltes or marulius in an appropriate-sized tank/pond, nor of anyone who's kept them with large adult American cichlids. I've read of cramped 15-20" giant snakeheads destroying juvenile cichlids though.
rayman fed a 6" devil to his 30" red sh, the sh apparently had no trouble gulping that specimen. They were not raised together though, as yours would be.

I wouldn't mind putting in a micropeltes, but I just dont have the guts to yet. I might just give it a try.

 

[The TRUST]

Yeah it is sad. But if I was going to have my small cichlids eaten I would probably go with a snakehead. Has anyone keep snakeheads with big cichlids?

Well most of the SHs I have seen with big cichlids like Midas get their asses beaten. Unless of course the cichlids are bite size.

Since ur in Japan you should try getting [size=-1]Channa pleuropthalma. very cool fish with very nice blue colorration.

Although I know that in my experiences, Snakeheads and gars get along really well.[/size]

 

[piranha45]

well yeah, im sure any mid-sized snakehead specie will do great with cichlids, if it doesn't get harassed too much by the cichlids. i like to focus on the monsters though when it comes to channa only for channa though

 

[ashdavid]

Well most of the SHs I have seen with big cichlids like Midas get their asses beaten. Unless of course the cichlids are bite size.

Since ur in Japan you should try getting [size=-1]Channa pleuropthalma. very cool fish with very nice blue colorration.

Although I know that in my experiences, Snakeheads and gars get along really well.[/size]

What do they look like, how big do they grow?