Elopichthys Bambusa Growout

[moe214]

Sucks, I think it'll recover, looks like you caught it in time.

 

[sunnysjourney]

Sucks, I think it'll recover, looks like you caught it in time.

Not really bro. Game over. .

 

[sunnysjourney]

And this thread comes to an end. One naive mistake is all it takes...

 

[celebrist]

Brutal, sorry dude

 

[moe214]

And this thread comes to an end. One naive mistake is all it takes...

Sorry bro... what was the naive mistake? Moving him or did something else happen? Damn I thought he was gonna be good

 

[sunnysjourney]

Sorry bro... what was the naive mistake? Moving him or did something else happen? Damn I thought he was gonna be good

Well:
There is always a balance when keeping groups of predatory fish. Since the bambusa is called a (Chinese) 'tiger fish' I assumed that their as tuff as the African tigers. This guy was the biggest (in length) in my big tank, a tad bit longer than my VATF.
My mistake was to think that adding this guy in with my scats will be alright. Who knew that such an awesome powerful predator can be taken out by a bunch of herbivores...
you know, I thought that I had planned it all perfectly. I recently gave up my beautiful leichardti just so that there will be enough space for the bambusa in my big tank.

The 12" NGT, 14" VATF, 13" red tail payara and my 14" African arowana were perfectly fine with this guy...

 

[888fish]

Sorry bro, hit up Wes for another.

 

[kendragon]

Hard lesson. Start over.

 

[Hendre]

That really sucks man. i hope you better luck in future

 

[moe214]

It's all a lesson.. don't let it deter you, hope you give the species another shot now that you know something to watch out for.