predators

[African Dick]

Personally I would get a snakehead.

 

[scottchristian]

if they were legal i would own a few myself for sure..

 

[bobz]

What size tank does a snakehead need?

 

[stotty]

What size tank does a snakehead need?

What one????????? there is small and nice and there is big and NASTY!!!!!!

 

[hewhorunswithscissors]

How about pike topminnows, Belanesox belizanus? They are small enough to keep in a 55g but great dash and slash predators.

EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. THese fish are COOL!!!

 

[guppy]

What size tank does a snakehead need?

Depending on type as small as a 20g for rainbows and as large as 12'x6'x4' for a full grown giant snakehead.

 

[Daniel Machado]

I agree with Guppy. Belonesox belizanus should fit nicely in your tank.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[mickey85]

I doubt this will appeal to you either, but a breeding pair of convicts are just about the nastiest fish I've ever seen. Yes, that includes wolf fish, snake heads, etc. I've never had another fish bite a feeding stick hard enough to have it make a sound before I had a pair of 6" convicts with fry.

 

[mickey85]

Also, since I can't figure out how to edit yet, try a few female M. Auratus. They're a Malawian cichlid that grows to about 4". That's how I got rid of the aforementioned convicts. These females took out both parents and all of the fry, then turned on themselves and all but 2 of the original 6 were offed. This was in a 55 gallon tank.

You can find them in the mixed-bag cichlid tanks for about $6 each, and they're a really pretty yellow and black.