Rarest African tiger Fish

[lix.ma14]

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straight from hell.

 

[CarvinSigX]

Oddball has the pic of the huge black one from some book. I seen it a couple months ago.

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[aldiaz33]

The rarest by far is any tigerfish over a foot long because people here are constantly killing them...lol!

I agree.

The speed, size and nature of this fish make it basically totally inappropriate for an aquarium. That's why all you ever see is guys posting pix and bragging about their little baby ATFs...and a few weeks or months (very rarely a year or two) later, pix of their dead fish.

 

[exoticfishguy]

I agree.

The speed, size and nature of this fish make it basically totally inappropriate for an aquarium. That's why all you ever see is guys posting pix and bragging about their little baby ATFs...and a few weeks or months (very rarely a year or two) later, pix of their dead fish.

Honestly, the size of the tank is not that much of a problem for a long time:

I started my 2" goliath in a 100g for 4 years until it got to around 14"

Then it went into my 72x30x24 tank and it is been doing fine for the past 3 years.

The gatf is about 2 feet now and very healthy.

I have a 120x48x32 that it will be going into later and it should be able to stay there for many more years.

After that, if my friend still has his swimming pool sized tank, it can go there...that is where my arapaima went years ago and it is huge.

There's no problem with the speed at which it swims...these fish are not in constant motion like other tigerfish. They will not smash into the sides of the tank and kill themselves unless they are constantly startled or tormented by other tankmates.

I keep my tanks where there is not a lot of constant foot traffic.

And I do not try all these stupid combinations of fish that obviously will not work, nor do I overcrowd my tanks and underfilter them.

But the majority of people on this site that have these fish do those stupid things and it always ends with the same result...dead fish!

That is the real problem and the reason why none of these fools can keep these fish alive very long.

But anyways, it makes for entertaining reading...LOL

 

[Payarakeeper]

Honestly, the size of the tank is not that much of a problem for a long time:

I started my 2" goliath in a 100g for 4 years until it got to around 14"

Then it went into my 72x30x24 tank and it is been doing fine for the past 3 years.

The gatf is about 2 feet now and very healthy.

I have a 120x48x32 that it will be going into later and it should be able to stay there for many more years.

After that, if my friend still has his swimming pool sized tank, it can go there...that is where my arapaima went years ago and it is huge.

There's no problem with the speed at which it swims...these fish are not in constant motion like other tigerfish. They will not smash into the sides of the tank and kill themselves unless they are constantly startled or tormented by other tankmates.

I keep my tanks where there is not a lot of constant foot traffic.

And I do not try all these stupid combinations of fish that obviously will not work, nor do I overcrowd my tanks and underfilter them.

But the majority of people on this site that have these fish do those stupid things and it always ends with the same result...dead fish!

That is the real problem and the reason why none of these fools can keep these fish alive very long.

But anyways, it makes for entertaining reading...LOL

+1 I agree but when it comes to multiple gatf I think it is possible, I've had 2 gatf and vatf in the same tank for 9 months now without problem minus the occasional charge for dominance. All my guys are healthy and voracious towards other smaller bite sized fish, tho not minding eachother. Not saying I know everything but proven and continuing a community of apex preds.
Some of their tankmates include: mala wolf, assorted polypterus, yellow fin tat, snooks, and a moray eel.

As you can see not a scratch on them. all between 7-9 inches.




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[lix.ma14]

Honestly, the size of the tank is not that much of a problem for a long time:

I started my 2" goliath in a 100g for 4 years until it got to around 14"

Then it went into my 72x30x24 tank and it is been doing fine for the past 3 years.

The gatf is about 2 feet now and very healthy.

I have a 120x48x32 that it will be going into later and it should be able to stay there for many more years.

After that, if my friend still has his swimming pool sized tank, it can go there...that is where my arapaima went years ago and it is huge.

There's no problem with the speed at which it swims...these fish are not in constant motion like other tigerfish. They will not smash into the sides of the tank and kill themselves unless they are constantly startled or tormented by other tankmates.

I keep my tanks where there is not a lot of constant foot traffic.

And I do not try all these stupid combinations of fish that obviously will not work, nor do I overcrowd my tanks and underfilter them.

But the majority of people on this site that have these fish do those stupid things and it always ends with the same result...dead fish!

That is the real problem and the reason why none of these fools can keep these fish alive very long.

But anyways, it makes for entertaining reading...LOL

you just gave me inspiration! Hey can I keep a atf in a 75 gallon tank for 3 years lol seriously XD

 

[lix.ma14]

+1 I agree but when it comes to multiple gatf I think it is possible, I've had 2 gatf and vatf in the same tank for 9 months now without problem minus the occasional charge for dominance. All my guys are healthy and voracious towards other smaller bite sized fish, tho not minding eachother. Not saying I know everything but proven and continuing a community of apex preds.
Some of their tankmates include: mala wolf, assorted polypterus, yellow fin tat, snooks, and a moray eel.

As you can see not a scratch on them. all between 7-9 inches.

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you wanna sell me an atf soon? aha

 

[lix.ma14]

Honestly, the size of the tank is not that much of a problem for a long time:

I started my 2" goliath in a 100g for 4 years until it got to around 14"

Then it went into my 72x30x24 tank and it is been doing fine for the past 3 years.

The gatf is about 2 feet now and very healthy.

I have a 120x48x32 that it will be going into later and it should be able to stay there for many more years.

After that, if my friend still has his swimming pool sized tank, it can go there...that is where my arapaima went years ago and it is huge.

There's no problem with the speed at which it swims...these fish are not in constant motion like other tigerfish. They will not smash into the sides of the tank and kill themselves unless they are constantly startled or tormented by other tankmates.

I keep my tanks where there is not a lot of constant foot traffic.

And I do not try all these stupid combinations of fish that obviously will not work, nor do I overcrowd my tanks and underfilter them.

But the majority of people on this site that have these fish do those stupid things and it always ends with the same result...dead fish!

That is the real problem and the reason why none of these fools can keep these fish alive very long.

But anyways, it makes for entertaining reading...LOL

wait...it kinda confusing are you saying that goliaths are less active than the other species of atfs? I'm getting one as soon as i get my bass into the pond.

 

[Payarakeeper]

You'd get maybe 6 months out of a 75g, and yes goliaths are less active than the others as they like to glide in the current staying in one spot


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[aldiaz33]

Honestly, the size of the tank is not that much of a problem for a long time:

I started my 2" goliath in a 100g for 4 years until it got to around 14"

Then it went into my 72x30x24 tank and it is been doing fine for the past 3 years.

The gatf is about 2 feet now and very healthy.

I have a 120x48x32 that it will be going into later and it should be able to stay there for many more years.

After that, if my friend still has his swimming pool sized tank, it can go there...that is where my arapaima went years ago and it is huge.

There's no problem with the speed at which it swims...these fish are not in constant motion like other tigerfish. They will not smash into the sides of the tank and kill themselves unless they are constantly startled or tormented by other tankmates.

I keep my tanks where there is not a lot of constant foot traffic.

And I do not try all these stupid combinations of fish that obviously will not work, nor do I overcrowd my tanks and underfilter them.

But the majority of people on this site that have these fish do those stupid things and it always ends with the same result...dead fish!

That is the real problem and the reason why none of these fools can keep these fish alive very long.

But anyways, it makes for entertaining reading...LOL

I think the bottom line is that if you are successful and able to grow one out to it's full potential, your "reward" is having to deal with one of three scenarios:

1. Give it away to someone else who has a larger tank with current inhabitants that will work with a GATF (rarely happens)
2. Try to keep it in an undersized tank (that's messed up)
3. Euthanize (why raise one up, just to kill it?).

When the best option available is to give it away to someone else, I think you've put yourself in a tough predicament. Buying the fish in the first place is a stupid thing to do for 99.99% of MFKers. Unless you are JohnPTC or ArapaimaG, I haven't seen anyone else on here with tanks big enough to keep these brutes. These guys can't take everyone's growouts.