Bderick67;4063584; said:
Maybe you guys should go rub each others bellys over in the catfish forum. Instead of posting here in the forum were most care about the type fish that is gonna end up as a feeder.
Trial and error
what about common sense?
I know this isn't really the place for an argument about tank mates for our fish but i would like to say i enjoy aro's as much if not more than my catfish as my current one is much more interactive with me than the cats are. I'm on my 3rd aro (a silver) the first 2 being another silver and a Jardini both of which were also housed with catfish but did not meet their end by being eaten (a missed nitrite spike (very bad expensive day
) and the carpet respectively.) I would have more aros but the price difference over here even for a silver is quite high.
I care about my aro as much as you do yours and only introduced aro's to my big cats after researching the possibilities first. Yes there's a risk, but this hobby is not an exact science. Most of my fish have not read what the books say on them and their behaviour is different to what the majority would expect from just reading books about them. So i have tried, not always succesfully, different combinations of fish and if asked I will share what i have found to work or advise on threads started on relavent subjects.
Obviously it'd be retarded and stupid of me to try, say a GATF or Piranha with my aro
but there is a Dovii with my aro and i have witnessed on more than 1 occasion the aro let the Dovii know he's not to be messed with (the general rule of thumb seems to be aros and cichlids won't mix, although i can say even with the Jardini i did not have a problem.) This combination is a weird one and there was always a chance it wouldn't work, with plenty of research first for the right fish then a bit of trial with very little error this time it's proved succesful.
It is always a sad day when i've lost a fish through food or fighting but if people didn't try these things out the hobby would not have advanced to where it is today, and (disclaimer!) i would not recommend just diving in with the above combination
Yes an Aro will fit inside a big catfish. There's also lots of instances of them being kept well together if you take a look out there.
and will be in the next few months even years 
. This proves that the chasing does not go on all the time, it only oddly and very rarely occurs, i was just so lucky to catch it all on video 
you've lost 4 aros? 
I would have to be a total moron to continue arguing with you