Anyone keeping Uaru ? I just got my first pair (or I hope they turn out that way) . I've done plenty of research on them , just want to hear your stories. Thanks . Joel
Uaru
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There's a few of us here with uaru (amphiacanthoides I'm guessing). Even if they aren't a m/f pair they usually get on alright. I had a pair of females that would regularly lay eggs together and protect them. On the other hand, I had a friend who had to separate his two [both males?] at around 7" because they nearly killed each other.
i have no idea what sex either of my two are but they get along fine, the odd squabble but what can you expect from being in such close proximity to each other.
they beg for food, especially at night when they know thats when the bloodworm is coming. bloodworm is their drug of choice.
my 2 seem to guard their pellets longer than they spend eating them. everything gets chased away. very personable.
they do a begging "dance" when i walk past the freezer cos the bloodworm is kept in there. they go nuts when i go to the sink with the tub. its kind of creepy cos i know they are watching my every move.
when i get up at 6am for work and switch on the living room light they are always still asleep at the bottom of the tank almost black and huddled together with each other and my blue acara, it quite cute tbh, they then start to wake and "dance" for pellets.
they beg for food, especially at night when they know thats when the bloodworm is coming. bloodworm is their drug of choice.
my 2 seem to guard their pellets longer than they spend eating them. everything gets chased away. very personable.
they do a begging "dance" when i walk past the freezer cos the bloodworm is kept in there. they go nuts when i go to the sink with the tub. its kind of creepy cos i know they are watching my every move.
when i get up at 6am for work and switch on the living room light they are always still asleep at the bottom of the tank almost black and huddled together with each other and my blue acara, it quite cute tbh, they then start to wake and "dance" for pellets.
they are awesome fish !!!!!!
i had 6 and sold 3
that was the worst move EVER !!!!! after the 3 were gone 2 paired up and beat the crap out of the third i am now down to one and looking for replacements.
as soon as i find some local i will be buying as many as my 220 will hold.
i had 6 and sold 3
that was the worst move EVER !!!!! after the 3 were gone 2 paired up and beat the crap out of the third i am now down to one and looking for replacements. as soon as i find some local i will be buying as many as my 220 will hold.
I have just 1....
But here he is. All 10" of him. He definitely changed the way
I thought about Uaru's. I used to think they were a little sensitive.
But this dude holds his own with my Flowerhorn pretty darn well.
These pics were taken the day I put him in the tank.
But here he is. All 10" of him. He definitely changed the way
I thought about Uaru's. I used to think they were a little sensitive.
But this dude holds his own with my Flowerhorn pretty darn well.
These pics were taken the day I put him in the tank.
and people will tell you they are weak and very timid. well i suggest those people look at camshafts pics cos they say otherwise. never in my wildest dreams would i have thought that a uaru and FH could be in the same tank.
my 2 lived with a 6" green terror, Parachromis Loisellei and an extremely aggressive gold severum for a while.
my 2 lived with a 6" green terror, Parachromis Loisellei and an extremely aggressive gold severum for a while.
I bought a trio around 12cms each in size, they had apparently been at the LFS for 5 months because nobody would buy them, well a day after placing them in my tank two of them turned against the other and killed him! Does this mean that they are paired up, i.e m/f?
I think they're a bit more sensitive when smaller. When I got mine (the one in Cam's tank) it was maybe 4-5" or so and getting hammered by its LFS tankmates (GT and BP's). I had it in a 55 for 8 months or so and it was pretty jumpy, but once I put it in the 170 and it got some size the jumpiness was gone, the fish was very personable/outgoing, not afraid of anything. It seems like a lot of the accounts I hear of timid uaru are small ones.
i think any accounts of being timid should be put down to the individual fish. my 2 had little stumps where their fins used to be after being dumped in with rainbow cichlids at the lfs. they went in with a 6-6.5" gt when i bought them and they swam and ate with the gt and even stole food from his mouth and he just let them get on with it. anything but shy.
when i see accounts of being timid i also note that they are being kept alone alone as well, which is a bad idea when young (apparently). in pairs or more they should be out and about as long as they arent getting the crap kicked out of them.
i will point out though that ive never experienced them when kept alone so i can only go by what i have read.
when i see accounts of being timid i also note that they are being kept alone alone as well, which is a bad idea when young (apparently). in pairs or more they should be out and about as long as they arent getting the crap kicked out of them.
i will point out though that ive never experienced them when kept alone so i can only go by what i have read.