Tiny fish with big predators, possible?

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I once saw a picture of this semi planted tank with a massive silver aro and a huge school of at least 100 neons.
 
i've seen a tank with a massive black rhom with hundred of small neons.
 
I don't lol but would it really be worth the effort of even swallowing 1 if they are well fed?

I'm sure someone must have tried this before lol hopefully they can chime in


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monsterkeeper87 said:
I don't lol but would it really be worth the effort of even swallowing 1 if they are well fed?

I'm sure someone must have tried this before lol hopefully they can chime in


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Not with a catfish. A well fed catfish would go ahead and eat them just to get you to feed them more. But this is just my biased opinion. ;)
 
robmcd said:
Not with a catfish. A well fed catfish would go ahead and eat them just to get you to feed them more. But this is just my biased opinion. ;)
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+1 lol

I plan on doing this, too. Once my fish are all about 18" or so, I plan to add an enormous school of tiny surface fish and a big school of tiny mid level fish to my tank to add color and movement. I know they'll disappear over time, but I'm fine with that.
 
If the catfish is nocternal i think it would still eat your neons or whatever while they are sleeping. Since the arowana in that picture is diurnal the neons at least can dart away if he closes in.

I saw a video like that on a post here on MFK. the OP claimed that the aro would occasionally eat one of the neons, but for the most part didn't bother. I can't find the thread...but it was here on MRK.

I don't think that would work with a catfish.
 
Chicxulub said:
+1 lol

I plan on doing this, too. Once my fish are all about 18" or so, I plan to add an enormous school of tiny surface fish and a big school of tiny mid level fish to my tank to add color and movement. I know they'll disappear over time, but I'm fine with that.
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Rob I like the idea of your big ATFs with a huge shoal of small tetras. I think that any surface fish, like hatchetfish for example, would be easy targets though. Schooling tetras would use their shoaling tendencies as their defense mechanism just as in nature.
 
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