What is an acceptable size of tank for a RTB? also can they be kept singly? and how big do they get. and can they be kept with tank mates?
Red tailed barracuda!!
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They can be kept singly, but they do better in 2 or more. You're looking at around 10 inches in captivity, but it depends on the species. Falcatus are the biggest I think, and the most common. POtentially up to a foot in a big tank.
They can absolutely be kept with tankmates, they are not aggressive at all. But you can't keep with bully fish like cichlids, they are are not fighters, only pure predators. They don't fight back if bullied/attacked. Good tankmates are bichirs and catfish and peaceful midwater swimmers.
You need a decent size tank, even though they are not huge fish.
I had a pair of acestrorhynchus altus, between 5 and 7 inches - I kept them in a 12 inch wide tank, an 18 inch wide tank and a 24 inch wide tank. They were only at their best in the 2' wide. Very uncomfortable and nervous in the 12 inch wide tank.
How big is your tank?
They can absolutely be kept with tankmates, they are not aggressive at all. But you can't keep with bully fish like cichlids, they are are not fighters, only pure predators. They don't fight back if bullied/attacked. Good tankmates are bichirs and catfish and peaceful midwater swimmers.
You need a decent size tank, even though they are not huge fish.
I had a pair of acestrorhynchus altus, between 5 and 7 inches - I kept them in a 12 inch wide tank, an 18 inch wide tank and a 24 inch wide tank. They were only at their best in the 2' wide. Very uncomfortable and nervous in the 12 inch wide tank.
How big is your tank?
my tank is 4x20"x28", but he wont be in there, i am getting a 4x2x2 and it will have a reticulatus ray, and some geos in it with a fluval FX5.
the bigger the tank the better. when they strike it's with lightning speed which needs as much room as possible to slow down