Question about Armatus (African Tigerfish)

[Pygo Gernandt]

Hello,

i'm hoping some of the experts here can help me answer some questions about keeping a Goliath tiger fish. Because i can get my hands on one, and í would like to try something different next to my 500 gallon red bellie tank.

here in the netherlands there's almost no information available about keeping these monsters so i guess i might try it here.

is a 200*70*70 aqua big enough to keep it in his whole life? Does it grow to the size of the aquarium or does it just keeps on growing?

Do they only eat live feeders or will panga fillet or something work?

I was also interested in a Payara, but i know they only take feeders, en no death bait.

Tiger fish is the ultimate fish i think..

I hope people can give me some answers!

Pygo Gernandt

 

[vamptrev]

lots of info on these fish on this site. type the fish in the search and view all the diff threads

u are thinking of 2 different fish

hydrolycus armatus (payara)
goliath african tiger fish (GATF)

i prefer Armatus!

 

[manlyfish]

welcome to mfk

 

[Pygo Gernandt]

lots of info on these fish on this site. type the fish in the search and view all the diff threads

u are thinking of 2 different fish

hydrolycus armatus (payara)
goliath african tiger fish (GATF)

i prefer Armatus!

Yeah sorry there should be a & in the header
Well Payara is great but i think i might go for an GATF, i think i need to buy a bigger tank then 10x4x4 feet or something

 

[Pygo Gernandt]

welcome to mfk

Thanx, i absolutely love this site, so much info woooow mg: