So, being that these two species seem to be able to tolerate a small group of themselves I have decided to se up and heavily planted 75g tank. Driftwood and plenty of plants will be used to break up line of site and provide territory. Only other tank mates are my upside down cat who is peaceful but big enough to be safe, and my soldier armored cat who is never seen and, well, armored. The SAPs look awesome, and seem more peaceful, however the teeth trimming scares me. Salivators are awesome as well, so I'm kind of tied between the two. I should be able to keep around 5 or 6 of each. Tank will be extremely over filtered. Any tips or recommendations or opinions on these two species and my idea? Also, anyone know where I can find either for sale? Having a heck of a time.
SAPs and salivators
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Ive been looking for some SAP's myself. Do you have a LFS that sells them? I only found them online but the would not ship to CA for some reason.
Can't find any saps anywhere however did track down some salivators. From all the reading I have done it seems a group of salivators can be done so long as there is only one male and plenty of females, then a ton of plants and room which my 75 has, and third some sort of distraction fish Like a school of tiger barbs or tetras or something. From the few quite long discussions I have read they were compared to Africans how with a slightly lower tank temp and lots of territories and distractions they wont single each other out for a beatdown. I know when my African tank was less populated it might as well been a fightclub but now with more there is no single beat Downs to the death.
The biggest thing That turns me off to the saps is the dentistry and quite honestly I think the salivator is a much prettier fish.
The biggest thing That turns me off to the saps is the dentistry and quite honestly I think the salivator is a much prettier fish.