Wolf Fish, myths or truth?

[Logan487]

Hey All,

So I've been debating setting up something in the neighborhood of 125 for one of the smaller species and was wondering what the practical experience with these are? Do they get along with other fish? Are they truly as aggressive as some claim? I have heard stories about them charging their keepers and drawing wounds. Was not sure what forum to place this under so figured I would post it here.

I have no idea why, but a fish with an attitude enough to charge you when working in the tank seems interesting...even if it would mean quite a bit of swearing should it get a solid hit in lol.

 

[tlindsey]

Do they get along with other fish?

I personally was given a purple wolfish it was small at the time and afraid of juvenile cichlids. Once it matured was not afraid of anything but didn't harass or harm any tankmates.

fish with an attitude enough to charge you when working in the tank seems interesting...even if it would mean quite a bit of swearing should it get a solid hit in lol.

The Aimara Wolfish would be the one for you.

 

[justanotherkeeper]

i have seen thru YT videos where it was really scary. watch this YT vid from Predatory fins

it explain how wolfish are scary.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Hey All,

So I've been debating setting up something in the neighborhood of 125 for one of the smaller species and was wondering what the practical experience with these are? Do they get along with other fish? Are they truly as aggressive as some claim? I have heard stories about them charging their keepers and drawing wounds. Was not sure what forum to place this under so figured I would post it here.

I have no idea why, but a fish with an attitude enough to charge you when working in the tank seems interesting...even if it would mean quite a bit of swearing should it get a solid hit in lol.

I’ve had a few species of wolf fish and they were all very aggressive at feeding time, but other than that they were a rock…all except the gold wolf. That was as active as neons, very interactive, huge teeth and a very aggressive eater. So the gold would be my recommendation to avoid boredom after the initial cool factor wears off
Here’s a few vids of a gold I had

Gold wolf fish eating night crawler

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Gold wolffish up close

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[Joshuakahan]

Here’s a couple others I had ( I sold all my fish when I moved, so I no longer have any of these) But I still strongly recommend the gold for long term interest

Wolf fish smashes smelt

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[phreeflow]

Not sure about the others but Aimara are nuts, very territorial, and they will go after you. You don’t want a bite from it

This Aimara Wolffish was fired up this morning!😤 #wolffish #fish #monsterfish #teeth #rivermonster

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[Logan487]

The Aimara also gets huge lol, neat fish but I would rather give that size of setup to one of the cats. That gold has my eye though as it seems to be more mid level than laying on the bottom like I see most wolves. You get a fair amount of glass interaction from the golds? Our youngest who is non verbal often enjoys when the fish come up to the glass so that's part of what attracted me to these fish. I wonder if they would become conditioned like some in the past? We have a barrel lock on each side of the wood tops and then pad lock in the center depending on species and some have learned when they feel the click of the barrels that its feeding time.

 

[Joshuakahan]

The Aimara also gets huge lol, neat fish but I would rather give that size of setup to one of the cats. That gold has my eye though as it seems to be more mid level than laying on the bottom like I see most wolves. You get a fair amount of glass interaction from the golds? Our youngest who is non verbal often enjoys when the fish come up to the glass so that's part of what attracted me to these fish. I wonder if they would become conditioned like some in the past? We have a barrel lock on each side of the wood tops and then pad lock in the center depending on species and some have learned when they feel the click of the barrels that its feeding time.

The gold I had was shy about coming to the glass for the first month then once it settled it was very interactive and would come to the front. I found that lots of top cover makes them more comfortable. I used artificial plants made for reptiles with suction cups stuck to the glass covers. The gold would swim through those and then shoot down to the front whenever I approached. Yes, the gold was almost always mid to top level vs the others that were strictly bottom dwellers. I never tried but I read that golds will also shoal together if you get a group.

 

[Logan487]

You think it would tear up water lettuce? I usually try to keep my tanks natural for water quality and aesthetics.

 

[Joshuakahan]

You think it would tear up water lettuce? I usually try to keep my tanks natural for water quality and aesthetics.

As far as I know, they don’t bother plants, I had some live plants and none of my wolves bothered them