will pbass eat smaller pbass???

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hey well i was at my lfs today he just moved from a smaller store to a bigger store and i saw temensis (spelling not sure if thats how you spell it) but anyways right now i have some monos in my tank about 4 inches...and these temensis are about umm 1.5 to 2? i think not completely sure....but will my monos eat them up since i know pbass eat anything that can fit in their mouth :D...so yeah just wondering before i get some :)
 
TheDancingPill;832741; said:
hey well i was at my lfs today he just moved from a smaller store to a bigger store and i saw temensis (spelling not sure if thats how you spell it) but anyways right now i have some monos in my tank about 4 inches...and these temensis are about umm 1.5 to 2? i think not completely sure....but will my monos eat them up since i know pbass eat anything that can fit in their mouth :D...so yeah just wondering before i get some :)
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the simple answer is YES.. but there has to be a big difference in size. i won't put my new ocellaris and temensis in with my big 8 inch ocellaris. I'm going to wait until the smaller dudes are at least 5 inches before putting them in the big tank. the baby ocellaris are about 3 inches now (grown a touch since i got them) and the tems are just 2 inches. I have them growing out in my angelfish tank.:D
 
ya know.. i don't think it'll be a problem.. there has to be a big difference in the size for peacock bass to eat their younger cousins... IMO.

i don't think a 1 or 2 inch difference is enough to worry about.
 
yea like morledzep said, most likely if the pbass are small enough they will get eaten...happened to me...one day i came home and heard splashing so i went over to check and saw that my 8 inch mono had a 3 inch pbass tail sticking out of its mouth....if you want the temensis you can put them in a separate tank, grow them out,then put them together. Just make sure you feed the small ones alot so they catch up in size to the bigger ones...im currently doing this right now with my 2 inchers....trying to grow them out fast and feeding them alot so they can go in the big tank with the big boys haha.... Good luck with it...
 
its usually feeding regiment etc..I have 1 tem that is twice the size of 2 ocellaris nad never even bothers them..EaCH TANK IS DIFFERENT.
 
I would do it, but make sure you absolutely stuff the monos before you put them in there. Right now I have my little tems in with tems and monos that could eat them if they got hungry. Havent lost a fish. I just wouldnt let them get too hungry. Only thing I have ever had eat a pbass was a SA RTC, and it was out of pure stupidity. I should have known better..
 
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