Sooty Grunter
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They are very hardy fish, but are probaly one of the most aggressive species of all the grunters.
A small one in a lfs had totally dominated and shredded the fins of two barra triple his size in the same tank. I was waving my fingers at another specimen of about 12 inches, it came up smashed aquarium lid, breaking it (while having a go at my fingers).
A small one in a lfs had totally dominated and shredded the fins of two barra triple his size in the same tank. I was waving my fingers at another specimen of about 12 inches, it came up smashed aquarium lid, breaking it (while having a go at my fingers).
mine is in by himself. hes gone thru a fair few fish. two red devil, sleepy cod, oscar, silver perch, firemouth, murray cod and electric blue. and he was the smaller than all the stuff he's killed 
ive given up on tankmates. anyone got any ideas?
ive given up on tankmates. anyone got any ideas?The only success I've seen with them living with other species has been in large public aquariums, where they were housed in schools and they squabbled amongst themselves.
They were mainly housed with large barra and salmon tail catfish.
They were mainly housed with large barra and salmon tail catfish.
gruntaz;494551; said:mine is in by himself. hes gone thru a fair few fish. two red devil, sleepy cod, oscar, silver perch, firemouth, murray cod and electric blue. and he was the smaller than all the stuff he's killed
Rocks make good tank mates...
But seriously...I havn't seen these guys tolerate anything...
haha. good one. yeh do u guys kno if u can get dovii in australia?i think u can but not sure. ive heard theyre pretty agro. but i dunno these r psycho. like to giv it a try so yeh anyone got any idea?
i want to get a Dovii. do u mean Tilapia Butterkoferi? i was goin to get one but they we're being beaten by jack dempseys at the shop. they looked like they wouldnt last 5 minutes so i didnt bother. the guys also couldnt recommend anything so yeh.
ive seen sootys with some tank mates, it was apparent that they were no longer mates when I came back the next day and saw 1/2 a fish... *shrugs*
