would a full grown red tail payara be compatible with 4 full grown front 2 6 inch synodontis, indo tiger, and a spotted gar in a 180? really been loving them lately... thanks -dylan
red tail payara compatibility
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The gar is practically guaranteed to be an issue for the simple fact that it will be practically impossible to find a full grown tatauaia anywhere. 99.99999999% of the ones sold are juvenile or subadult, an adult sized fish of 12" or so is only sold incredibly rarely. Once someone's put the effort into getting one of these painfully slow growing fish that big, they're often not very inclined to sell them.
Gars are notorious for eating expensive silver fish. Your post implies that you have a grown spotted gar, which leads me to believe that the fish is 18-24" long. If you were to get the normal 4-5" baby tat that is often for sale, it wouldn't make it 24 hours in that tank.
You'd be better served to grow it out in a separate tank for a few years or to get- God help me for saying this- an armatus. An armatus would be big enough to hold its own in that tank in about a year, but in two years you'd need a much larger tank.
Payara guys, any more input on this? Help me out here fellas lol
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Gars are notorious for eating expensive silver fish. Your post implies that you have a grown spotted gar, which leads me to believe that the fish is 18-24" long. If you were to get the normal 4-5" baby tat that is often for sale, it wouldn't make it 24 hours in that tank.
You'd be better served to grow it out in a separate tank for a few years or to get- God help me for saying this- an armatus. An armatus would be big enough to hold its own in that tank in about a year, but in two years you'd need a much larger tank.
Payara guys, any more input on this? Help me out here fellas lol
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LOL! If there's one guy to listen to about this stuff it's Rob. Like everyone says, the Gar is the biggest factor
thanks guys... couldn't find any info on compatibility with my fish so I asked on here... ive decided aganst it
Wise choice. Gars are known to eat small tankmates. Usualy the first night from what iv heard.