What fish go well with Vieja Argentea?
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I had argentea a few years back (started with half dozen), when they matured a 150 gal tank was enough for 1 male. He killed everything else until he was alone, starting with the other argentea first, then anything else that was silver in color, then the much larger dovii, then the......and so forth .
glenbo;3579319; said:
Haha. If you don't take the offered advice you're a fool. You're hearing it from people that own/ed large argentea.
See the divider? 100% necessary because the one on the right beat the one on the left within an inch of it's life the one night I left the divider out.
And if that's still an exaggeration, here's the one that was beat on 3 weeks after the fact. You can see where the damage has partially healed.
A lot of viejas and paratheraps are mean bruisers from my experience. To keep them with tankmates MINIMUM would be 6ft but you're still gonna see them beating up on the other fish. I got a hartwegi from Rapps a month ago and its started picking on my Dat that's bigger than it (they're in a 4fter). I'm prolly gonna sell it, I like the dat more. Argenteas are way more aggressive than hartwegis btw. Good luck though, it would look just as good as a solo center piece or small dithers.
glenbo;3577554; said:
There's a 16 in male at the lfs i go to in a display tank. They really do get that big....
Hahahaha that must be a world record then because even speacilist Veija sites say 12" max.
Unless you are including its fins.
Also i'm not a fool, but i do know people love to exagerate and like i said...You Tube has tons of videos of adult males with lots of other fish...Severums...Geos etc....also theres a vid of a 5 year old Male who is 11"
Whatever happens, its not the end of the world.
Unless you are including its fins.
Also i'm not a fool, but i do know people love to exagerate and like i said...You Tube has tons of videos of adult males with lots of other fish...Severums...Geos etc....also theres a vid of a 5 year old Male who is 11"
Whatever happens, its not the end of the world.
Probably not the world record. I've seen 13" SL in person, and pics of 14" and 15". Remember a lot of fish get larger in our aquariums. People aren't pulling 14" oscars out of the Amazon after all.
My 3" argentea I was fish sitting for someone was a nasty piece of work, somehow scared of My dwarf pikes but wouldn't leave anything else alone in the tank. He had to go into a divided tank. Most people with big adult argentea comment on their nastiness, even in large tanks.
My 3" argentea I was fish sitting for someone was a nasty piece of work, somehow scared of My dwarf pikes but wouldn't leave anything else alone in the tank. He had to go into a divided tank. Most people with big adult argentea comment on their nastiness, even in large tanks.
Dude u are 100 percent an idiot I mean honestly why ask if ur not gonna listen and I bet u haven't even made it out of high school yet I've been watching this thread for a while trying to hold my tongue but I can't take your arrogance any longer it is well known all veija species are bad to the bone I don't know much about them but I don't think any of the species are softies ok on the geo sev deal u might have seen it my guesses are it was a large tank,the fish were not seen as a threat, an irregularly nice Argentina, or someone like u put the fish in there but hey were only idiots and ur as bright as they come and it will all work out for u why even ask for help sounds like a plan man
