Uber-Aggressive Community Stocking Possibility?

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wonword;2300550; said:
i dont know if the agressiveness is really going to make a huge difference. id think more that the body style would and level of the tank they swim at. Maybe something with a wider disc shape like some big pacu or datnoids. Or, something with really tuff scales that it would have trouble biting like a oxydoras niger cat

an aba aba swims at all levels of the tank.
ive seen pacus with pieces of them bitten out by aba abas.
and ive heard stories of an aba aba grabbing an armoured cat by the tail and dragging it around the tank.
 
channarox;2301587; said:
an aba aba swims at all levels of the tank.
ive seen pacus with pieces of them bitten out by aba abas.
and ive heard stories of an aba aba grabbing an armoured cat by the tail and dragging it around the tank.

Really?
Wow. The more I hear stories like that, the more I want one.
At the moment, I'm still thinking about what to do.
 
Delhezi222;2301610; said:
Really?
Wow. The more I hear stories like that, the more I want one.
At the moment, I'm still thinking about what to do.

get a bunch or breeding cons,a really really big tank,and add an aba aba.
 
That sounds like a pretty good idea, but is there a risk of that many cons picking on the aba?
Also, how long would it take to build up a substantial amount of cons?
 
Delhezi222;2301649; said:
That sounds like a pretty good idea, but is there a risk of that many cons picking on the aba?
Also, how long would it take to build up a substantial amount of cons?

doubt it since the tank is so big.
but of course the aba aba may be picked on when younger.
they stay non-aggressive until about a foot.
just buy 6 pairs of cons and give them a month or so.:D
 
channarox;2301670; said:
doubt it since the tank is so big.
but of course the aba aba may be picked on when younger.
they stay non-aggressive until about a foot.
just buy 6 pairs of cons and give them a month or so.:D

Thanks.
I might try that.
 
Dorado, Bowfin or Wolf fish. Yeah the cons will spawn a few hundred babies every 2-4 weeks. And they becaome very aggressive. If you got breeding cons all over the tank it could be bad for the aba aba
 
Pyramid_Party;2305753; said:
Dorado, Bowfin or Wolf fish. Yeah the cons will spawn a few hundred babies every 2-4 weeks. And they becaome very aggressive. If you got breeding cons all over the tank it could be bad for the aba aba

thats why you need some cons that are not breeding to use as dithers.
try getting more females.
 
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