Aggressive fish - which to buy!

[corbypete]

Really wanting Piranhas, but can't due to limited space.... next on the list is Pike Liverbearers.

Anyone else recomend other meat eating fish for a 30 gallon tank?

Scary as possible, I'm not one to fill my tank with normal happy smiley fish Well..not anymore!

 

[Phantom Thief]

Dwarf snakeheads, more commonly found ones between gachua, orientalis and bleheri.

P.T.

 

[WILDER]

http/species.fishindex.com/106

 

[CFC]

If you like pirahna then why not go for a school of Exodon paradoxus; bucktoothed tetras? These little terrors only grow to about 6" but will strip their prey to the bone in minutes when kept in school.

 

[corbypete]

If you like pirahna then why not go for a school of Exodon paradoxus; bucktoothed tetras? These little terrors only grow to about 6" but will strip their prey to the bone in minutes when kept in school.

love to....... but a 30 g tank wouldnt house 12 safely

 

[corbypete]

love your fish by the way, i think we'd be on the same wavelength

love the snakehead

how bigs your tank, and are all of those together??

 

[CFC]

A 30g would be fine to house a school of 12 exodons when first bought and by the time they grow to 6" they will have thinned themselves down to 7 or so fish, yes the little terrors even eat each other!!

I have several tanks ranging from 200g down to 20g, my snakehead pair are in a 20.

 

[corbypete]

would any hard nuts go together? ie. because of their defences could they hold their own

or would they battle to the death..... andmy tank become a fish soup


eg.
pike livebearer with bucktooth, and some snakeheads


or a piranha with a toad fish!

 

[CFC]

Exodons and snakeheads are strictly species tank only fish with prehaps the exception of an armoured nocturnal catfish for clean up dutys. Pike livebearers can be combined with much larger fish as long as they are not big enough to eat the pike.

 

[Phantom Thief]

An armoured nocturnal catfish? Like plecos, you mean?

P.T.

 

[DannyBoy17]

Ive heard people keep Exodons with RBP's?

DB

 

[DannyBoy17]

I also just read they can be kept with Cichlids?

DB

 

[wrs]

there are quite a few aggressive tetras that are quite interesting. my lfs had some that began with an X, quite neat looking.

 

[CFC]

If kept with pirahna Exodons will eventually be eaten, the same applies if kept with large predatory Cichlids. No matter how predatory or aggressive a fish is a 4" fish can still be eaten by a 10" fish. On the other hand if the Exodons are in a large enough school they can do considerable damage and even kill a larger fish by stripping its scales and destroying its fins by attacking on mass.

 

[DannyBoy17]

How much do Exodons cost normally? I've never seen them in any of my LFS' and Ive seen them on the net ranging from 3$ US to 10$ US.

DB