who attacked my gulper?

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who did it?

  • 17 inch aro

    Votes: 9 25.0%

  • 12 inch lap

    Votes: 8 22.2%

  • 3 inch senegals

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • 4 inch bagarius

    Votes: 7 19.4%

  • 4 inch perruno

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • 6 inch tilapia

    Votes: 9 25.0%
  • Total voters
    36
koltsix;1758112; said:
I'd guess it was the Poly that did the deed then. The perruno can be aggressive eater's, but in my experience at small sizes that isn't usually the case. They get more confident around the 6" mark. Again since the wound is rounded it shouldn't be someone with triangular mouths ie: Aro, tilapia. That leaves the senegals which are small and probably stay clear of the gulper or they would have been eaten. Down to two possible culprits the bagarius or poly. I'm guessin the bagarius isn't the culprit since as I've said before aggressive cats seem to go for the flanks and rear of the fish. Plus bein on the small side he would almost definetly go for a rear attack. My Aisan RTC was about 3" and nasty as heck, but would attack larger fish than himself from the rear. That leaves the poly who at that size could do quite a bit of damage if he an the gulper tried to consume the same food. They hunt in the same strata of the tank bottom to mid-water and would easily make a mistake and grab a hold of each other accidently. I'm sayin it was the poly.
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This is going to be my easiest post ever....I agree with everthing koltsix said here. :D
 
channarox;1758133; said:
the perruno is a pretty aggressive eater.
once accidentally ate one of the senegals and spat it back out.
the gulper also swallowed a senegal once and spat him back out.
poor sens. :grinno:
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They definitely are aggressive eaters. My longibarbis has "eaten" about half his tankmates at one point or another...that's why he's only kept with the big boys...like big dats, bass, aros, and GGs.

channarox;1758139; said:
aack!
my perruno just killed my bagarius bagarius! :irked:
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Did you see it happen?!!?? :eek:

Is he dead, or did he just get beat up?
 
i just went to feed my fish and i see the perruno holding onto the bagarius bagarius's head.
i pulled it out but its dead already.
it was held by the gills so i guess it suffocated. :irked:
 
Dang dude I would never have seen that coming a bagarius taken out by a perruno. That's one of the things about fish they all have their own personalities. I've had fish that go against the normal personality that others describe. Like my Trachycorystes they call them the black monster cat and they're described as very aggressive and fish eaters. Mine however have gotten along with everything I put in with them and have never eaten any feeders I put in with them. I've got 4 and they're all like that.
 
yea.
he was supposed to be sold to a fellow member here.
he was a really cool fish.
i had a trachy trachy once that never attacked anything either.
i have also once kept a jardini with neons. LOL
 
wans't any of the polys sounds like it was the perruno i was thinking it was the bagrus but since he was killed looks like that leaves the perruno

What kind of aro if it was a jardini then could of been it but any other aros its very unlikely it was the aro

How does a 3'' senegal stay alive with those fish especially the 17'' aro ???? i'd think it would be lunch for sure
 
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