Well whatever you do, you have a long time to decide. Argentea grow very slowly. I have 10 growing out, for almost a year, and it's been very slow going. I keep hearing how big they get, but it must take 2 years to get one up to 10-12 inches. They are kinda hard on each other. But, with other species, mine are very solitary. I'd say my biggest one now is 4-6 inches, I can't tell any gender difference between them. Mine go through phases where they won't hardly eat at all, other than lettuce, for a few weeks, then back to eating pellets like normal. I don't know what that's about, but they'll always eat some lettuce. I feed veggies and NLS. They like zuchhini, too. They do seem to guard an unusually large area for such a small fish, so I can see how they would get nasty in a small tank as adults.
If I had to boil it all down to one thing, I'd say they hate each other, but ignore other species. They are act totally different from all other Vieja--solitary in a community tank.
If I had to boil it all down to one thing, I'd say they hate each other, but ignore other species. They are act totally different from all other Vieja--solitary in a community tank.
