updates on recently aquired Armatus...
- Thread starter mad ness
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The new tank looks awesume.
I have seen evidence to suggest that ATF's grow quickly in the wild. Can't remember where now, A doco on tv I think. Less than a year of age and 10".
channarox;3516721; said:
I have seen evidence to suggest that ATF's grow quickly in the wild. Can't remember where now, A doco on tv I think. Less than a year of age and 10".
thanks guys, will update when i transfer them.
jelly - i saw a doco recently on tv, some crazy guys took kayaks into the river to hugh tech equipment to measure the depth etc etc, part of the doco was about the atfs in the river and whether dna was the same from one side to the other. in anycase ... i was impressed by the unforgiving currents in that river, which probably have much to do with the fish's growth in the wild.
jelly - i saw a doco recently on tv, some crazy guys took kayaks into the river to hugh tech equipment to measure the depth etc etc, part of the doco was about the atfs in the river and whether dna was the same from one side to the other. in anycase ... i was impressed by the unforgiving currents in that river, which probably have much to do with the fish's growth in the wild.
mad ness;3924024; said:
Monster fish of the Congo.... I think. At any rate, Discover repeats it over and over again but it's quite cool. They found that unusual blind Cichlid that lives so deep in the river that it can't survive in the shallower regions. Facinating that fresh water environments exist at that sort of depth and that species have clearly adpated to survive there.
8 months and the trio's good 15"s each. Ones got a blind eye from bumping something, bubbles inside the eye, swelled, and healed with decreased pupil size.
woke up other morning wondering what was sticking out of one of the armatus's mouth. Was my 9" raph... RIP. (bottom pics)
lost 2 vatf in the past couple weeks. armatus are highly suspect for both deaths. in anycase the tanks capacity's been exceeded. they're all getting too big and aggression's increased by all members. need to finish the other tank fast...
woke up other morning wondering what was sticking out of one of the armatus's mouth. Was my 9" raph... RIP. (bottom pics)
lost 2 vatf in the past couple weeks. armatus are highly suspect for both deaths. in anycase the tanks capacity's been exceeded. they're all getting too big and aggression's increased by all members. need to finish the other tank fast...
thanks channarox but the fact is, this cohab is falling apart. the armatus are the disruptive variable. they grow way faster than any of the other characins and can take down fish larger than half their length or kill them trying. Lost 2 VATFs recently, they were shanked to death.
Just passed by the tank and saw a huge buldge in the armatus's belly. Shocked to find the meanest largest armatus had just eaten the smallest GATF, this was the runt, blind in one eye it ate the least and most timid. Photo attached was when I first got the GATF; it was 8"s at time of death.
I bought baby armatus for this very reason, so the other fish had a chance. didn't quite work out that way.
A divider is going in asap... but i'm confronted with a problem. The orig plan was to keep all these fish together. Not sure what to do now... may be with a bigger tank, this could be avoided. Prob not... will need to look for bigger feeders.
Just passed by the tank and saw a huge buldge in the armatus's belly. Shocked to find the meanest largest armatus had just eaten the smallest GATF, this was the runt, blind in one eye it ate the least and most timid. Photo attached was when I first got the GATF; it was 8"s at time of death.
I bought baby armatus for this very reason, so the other fish had a chance. didn't quite work out that way.
A divider is going in asap... but i'm confronted with a problem. The orig plan was to keep all these fish together. Not sure what to do now... may be with a bigger tank, this could be avoided. Prob not... will need to look for bigger feeders.
mad ness;4038613; said:
well,we never know until we try right?
too bad for it not working out.
what i wouldve done,since that new tank of yours is going to be so massive,is try aimara and armatus together,plus some other faster growing fish.
very risky,but hey,thats just me.
