Progression of a bruteless king Aimara!

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Yuki Rihwa said:
My Lacerdae lived with those malas for sometimes already and they are similar size except the smallest one about 3.5 inches that my Lac went and ate it in after few minutes introduced into the tank. They were most of the time stay in open spaces so I'm easy do head count everyday :p thing changed when I introduced the Aimara, malas went into hiding mode (see the original tank setup) and I hardly see them out but they still out here and there for food, the Lac stay out in open space but opposite with the Aimara. I decided to do/re-arrange my tank this weekend and I found out there no more malas left in my tank...what's happened to the Lac you already see in my first post :p
In the end I would say my mala/lac community went pretty well until I introduced the Aimara but only because it's impoosible to find a 5~6 inches Aimara for sale, I'll setup another Lac community sometime later this year or might be next year :p
*About cover* I usually don't use any cover/lid on any tanks, but since I thin out my nature pothos top cover I DIY a temporary cover frame until my pothos take off and again :) thanks for the warning though.
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To me, your other wolves jumped ship, instead of being eaten. I've had a few mala many years back, before I got aimara, and a few jumped now and then. The 10"-12" mala could get thru a 1" diameter hole. I found some that got as far as 20-ft from their tank, stiff and body all covered with dirt and debris from the floor. When wolves are comfortable with their environment, they tend to explore and come to the surface, so cover your tank well before the Aimara gets to that phase
 
jlnguyen74 said:
To me, your other wolves jumped ship, instead of being eaten. I've had a few mala many years back, before I got aimara, and a few jumped now and then. The 10"-12" mala could get thru a 1" diameter hole. I found some that got as far as 20-ft from their tank, stiff and body all covered with dirt and debris from the floor. When wolves are comfortable with their environment, they tend to explore and come to the surface, so cover your tank well before the Aimara gets to that phase
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Yep that's how my green eye lac from wes met his demise.... Jumped out put him back in but didn't make it
 
Nope, none of them jumped out. This is my fish room with lock door, nobody have access to my fish room while I'm at work. I check everywhere in the room and I didn't see any dried bodies yet (I don't have cat or dog incase someone think those pets will chew on them lol).
I knew the Aimara ate them cause 1 time I saw a tail stick out of his mouth, the Lac half body went missing probably it couldn't swallow the whole, I thought about take a picture but it quite image crude to post so I didn't do it. Since many folks recommended to put on the tank cover so I made a cover to cover the open space :) better be safe then sorry! Thanks for all inputs :)
Its start coming out of the shade area and swim around more often, its still flare gills at me but not aggressive like before and seem like it recognized me as a daily food source :P
 
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Believe you me, with an aimara specially if you feed live feeds, everyone is a meal or an enemy.. LOL
 
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dljdm said:
Believe you me, with an aimara specially if you feed live feeds, everyone is a meal or an enemy.. LOL
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Not always, as they are becoming more common, them being commed is becoming more common as well
 
If you have atleast a 1k gallons maybe you'll feel safe.. But if not even near that, you need a lot of luck..

Specially if you feed live feeds, not chunks of meat..
 
Wes said this Aimara was fed with cut fish i'm assuming some type of market prawn fish, while in my tank it still eat market shrimp but not a lot and mostly it target anything that move in tank :eek: I'm pretty sure Octocinlus meant nothing to it, nor keep it belly full with those tiny meal but It keep hunt them down and my Octocinlus pack number downed 3/4 already I used to have +/-20 octos now I have 4 left...probably these 4 will be done by tomorrow! :mad:
 
How big is your aimara again? Mine is 22" yet he still eat/kill 1.5" and above tank mates..
 
^^^ hahaha, mine is 11" if your wolf still eat small prey then it's un avoidable with my wolf that size :) I was try to get a community going when it's still young hehehe if it's fail now then probably I can't add anything when its grow larger and alone for sometime.
 
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Yuki Rihwa said:
^^^ hahaha, mine is 11" if your wolf still eat small prey then it's un avoidable with my wolf that size :) I was try to get a community going when it's still young hehehe if it's fail now then probably I can't add anything when its grow larger and alone for sometime.
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Maybe try bigger tankmates since he ate those... I say before you upgrade add the other fish let them settle then add him.
 
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