yellow tail payara

[fishguts]

how big do these guys get? im hoping at least 18 inches or more

 

[DB junkie]

If it is indeed a yellow tailed Hydrolycus Tatauaia, and not a Scomb, then max is supposed to be around 18 inches.

I don't know if I have seen any Tats much over a foot though.

Usually slow growers....when young you might get an inch a month out of them, but most cases yield 1/2in /mo.

I think some of the reason we don't see big Tats is cause people get impatient waiting for them to get big and just end up getting an Armatus.....which then eats, kills, or forces the owners to get rid of the Tats.

 

[rumblesushi]

If it is indeed a yellow tailed Hydrolycus Tatauaia, and not a Scomb, then max is supposed to be around 18 inches.

I don't know if I have seen any Tats much over a foot though.

Usually slow growers....when young you might get an inch a month out of them, but most cases yield 1/2in /mo.

I think some of the reason we don't see big Tats is cause people get impatient waiting for them to get big and just end up getting an Armatus.....which then eats, kills, or forces the owners to get rid of the Tats.

 

[fishguts]

were can i get a armatus? they have a black tail correct?

 

[xander]

not necessarily. take a look at this thread. however, armatus can be very hard to find, and when you do, it'll be expensive..very expensive
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100424

 

[dreamandscheme]

aren't armatus called the yellow tail and the tats are the redtail just asking?

 

[vamptrev]

their are redtail varients with yellow fins, and said to be scombs with yellow too. (ive never seen the scombs)

 

[hemptation88]

If it is indeed a yellow tailed Hydrolycus Tatauaia, and not a Scomb, then max is supposed to be around 18 inches.

I don't know if I have seen any Tats much over a foot though.

Usually slow growers....when young you might get an inch a month out of them, but most cases yield 1/2in /mo.

I think some of the reason we don't see big Tats is cause people get impatient waiting for them to get big and just end up getting an Armatus.....which then eats, kills, or forces the owners to get rid of the Tats.

I should be getting 3 or 4 yellow tail payaras or a mix of yellow and reds but after asking John from eczs, he said that the yellows are not variants of red tail tats.. All I got so far from him was that they are from completly diff locations and the yellows are not scombs either.

So what is the deal w/ these yellow tails? What is the scientific name and who actually owns these guys??

 

[vamptrev]

I should be getting 3 or 4 yellow tail payaras or a mix of yellow and reds but after asking John from eczs, he said that the yellows are not variants of red tail tats.. All I got so far from him was that they are from completly diff locations and the yellows are not scombs either.

So what is the deal w/ these yellow tails? What is the scientific name and who actually owns these guys??

if its not a scomb, tat, or armatus then u must post pics because it will be an unidentified species

anyway just post a pic and we will tell u what it is.

 

[hemptation88]

I have no pics because these fish are not in yet, I also cant find a single thing about them.. This is a pic of the yellow tails, i think, from an old thread.. I remember this pic originally coming from when one of the vendors where selling them, either aquascape or SA.. Also I might have read somewhere that they are an unidentified species

Does anyone own these yellow tails, or will I have to be the first lol