I was wondering if anyone keep their large wolf fish 12"+ with small tetras or even rasboras ? I have a 16" aimara currently eating frozen tilapia and jewel cichlid.
Aimara with small tetras ?
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I think Neon Tetra may work. The Aimara may not want to waste time chasing prey that size.
Not saying that a couple won't get eaten.
Someone on here had a huge wolf with hundreds of cardinals
Looked very cool
Looked very cool
I had my wolves with an Edler colony and a red cherry shrimp colony. Worked great for many years. They served as clean up crew!
Also: check out this old thread. The OP hasn’t been seen in 5 years, but his setup was really cool
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22" hoplias Aimara and self bred H.Malabaricus
Hey guys my name is Phil i'm 21yr's old and from Wolfsburg Germany. I have a 660gal 240x130x80cm Tank with an 22" VZ Hoplias Aimara and 400x Neontetra. And also i have a pair of H.Malabaricus with 3 Months old own bred. greetings from germany ;)
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My 10'' Hoplias Curupira, my 8'' Gold Wolf, and my 5'' rainbow wolffish all live in a 125 gallon aquarium. I had to put 12 albino tiger barbs about 3'' in there because they were constanty nipping my angelfish in the community tank. Thought it would be good since I feed the wolfs every day and they never bother the large oscar, catfish and silver dollars they live with. It went well for a week. Well today there is about 1 or 2 albino tiger barbs left unless they are gone. My black wolf had a big bulging belly last night. I think it may be because they were albino but not sure.
I like the look of the big-fish/little-fish set-ups...but they have to be done right. The big fish must be BIG...and the little fish must be very little, and also fairly numerous.
HarleyK
has the perfect set-up.
Three-inch Tiger Barbs, along with wolves in the 5-to-10 inch range? That will just look like a very expensive feeding frenzy...which, coincidentally, is what the above example turned into.
I had success in the past with a large Giant Gourami (15-ish inches) living with a colony of guppies; he never paid them the slightest attention, but he never tried to eat any other fish of any size so that was an easy one. I also recall that the King of DIY had a large tank containing a single large Asian Arowana and a large number of small tetras...neons, I think? That set-up, like the wolf tank belonging to
HarleyK
, relied upon the size disparity being so great that the little guys were simply beneath the notice of the big predator.
HarleyK
has the perfect set-up.Three-inch Tiger Barbs, along with wolves in the 5-to-10 inch range? That will just look like a very expensive feeding frenzy...which, coincidentally, is what the above example turned into.
I had success in the past with a large Giant Gourami (15-ish inches) living with a colony of guppies; he never paid them the slightest attention, but he never tried to eat any other fish of any size so that was an easy one. I also recall that the King of DIY had a large tank containing a single large Asian Arowana and a large number of small tetras...neons, I think? That set-up, like the wolf tank belonging to
HarleyK
, relied upon the size disparity being so great that the little guys were simply beneath the notice of the big predator.