post pix of your red tailed barracudas here!!!

[Experiment397]

hey the lfs got in some red tailed barracuda and they look really cool. i probably won't get one yet, maybe in a few years. so can i see some of yours and their setups? i like to plan years in advance. i have been planning my current project, my 125 new world cichlid tank, for over 2 years. and am planning my next tank, and may include a red tailed barracuda or 2. so can we see some of yours...

 

[cudamaster13]

heres my yellow tail

 

[Experiment397]

saaa-weet!!! after just one pix i want one. what tank mates are good with them? i am going to start thinking about my next tank and want to do a super aggresive south american tank. what size tank would be good? thnx. it will probably be 2-3 years before i do this one like the current one took.

 

[Angler]

Beast I use to have (Yellow Tail)

 

[cudamaster13]

saaa-weet!!! after just one pix i want one. what tank mates are good with them? i am going to start thinking about my next tank and want to do a super aggresive south american tank. what size tank would be good? thnx. it will probably be 2-3 years before i do this one like the current one took.

mine is with a needlenose gar,large silverdollars,clown loach,pleco,jurrapari,fire eel and im going to be adding two red tailed payara they could also probably go with scombs,flag tails and smaller peacock bass

 

[Experiment397]

wow what size tank does one rtb need? and could it live with wolffish and aggresive central american cichlids? sounds like the cichlids are a yes but what about the wolffish?

 

[cudamaster13]

wow what size tank does one rtb need? and could it live with wolffish and aggresive central american cichlids? sounds like the cichlids are a yes but what about the wolffish?

yellow tails get bigger and grow faster than the red tailed varients 75 gallons would be good size for maybe three cudas

 

[Experiment397]

sweet that is the size i am planning for my next monster tank... i want to do a 75 with 1-2 rtb's, 1 red devil, and 1 wolffish ( like a red or one of the other smaller species) and 1-3 pimelodus blochii. would they do ok with thoose tank mates?

 

[apriliarider15]

Hey experiment were those Acestrorhynchus at Critters in Taylorsville? If so those are A. falcirostris which get up to 16".

 

[Otherone]

I disagree with some of the statements - (I'll have a pic of 3 diff. species of Cudas for ya tonight) - Red tails are IMO way more aggressive than yellow tail varients, they need a vey large tank to shoal and a considerable amount of this species to disipate aggression- like mbunas. Although some species w/ yellow tails can grow to 16" the Red tail is far more robust and can still get a formatable 10-12" in larger tanks. It's been my experience that Red tails are far more excepting of non-live foods even flake and pellets, giving them a much better and faster growth rate.