Anybody own/owned a redtail barracuda aka amazon cuda aka acestrorhynchus?

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be careful not to mix them w other preds...

there was one in an LFS here which got its tail bitten off by a hujeta tt was being kept w a school of yellow tails...
 
I've had this fish before, and IMO, it is a so-so fish. Nothing spectacular. BUT if you have a bigger tank, then you should get an African Tiger Fish. But if not, then this "freshwater cuda" is the next best thing.
 
I had a hujeta and it was nowhere near as fast as my wolf, snakehead or peacock bass. I think hujeta's speed is overrated.
 
I would love to get an african tigr but i dont have the space or $
i will agree that they are one awesome fish
 
I had one of these guys way back in a 60 with a hujeta and a marble cat. It was sweet! I thought it was an awesome ambush predator. Unfortunately, I failed to feed my marble cat for a few days (I was in high school and money was tight) and he hate both my hujeta and gachorro. I was pissed and gave the cat away to a buddy with a 240.

I would love to set up a planted 180 for a school of these guys.
 
The Acestro's are easily spooked by lights being turned on/off, and rapid movement so be careful. I had one jump 6" straight up and out of my tan at night. I still miss that guy, but I have a new one now, not the spotted or red cachorro, but he doesn't have a stripe either. I haven't seen any like him before, he was listed as 'peruvian'. This guy will only eat at night, but other than that he's pretty cool. I'd say they seem to respond better to pH of 6.5-6.8, and temps a little over 80, IMO. Also, floating plants or some sort of cover from above really helps make them feel comfortable. Good luck with it!
 
Tucc185 said:
The Acestro's are easily spooked by lights being turned on/off, and rapid movement so be careful. I had one jump 6" straight up and out of my tan at night. I still miss that guy, but I have a new one now, not the spotted or red cachorro, but he doesn't have a stripe either. I haven't seen any like him before, he was listed as 'peruvian'. This guy will only eat at night, but other than that he's pretty cool. I'd say they seem to respond better to pH of 6.5-6.8, and temps a little over 80, IMO. Also, floating plants or some sort of cover from above really helps make them feel comfortable. Good luck with it!
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I think you are right on the ph, almost all the tanks I have kept have been a little acid, although the cachorros I have kept seemed a bit perkier with just a little salt the water did start out a bit acid. They do like cover plants, I had dwarf waterlilies and they would lurk under the leaves. I try to run all my tank lights through a dimmer switch to lesson the shock.
It sounds like you lucked out and got one of the less common species, they sometimes get shipped in with the others.
Of the three commonly imported ones only the falcatus (spotted) is from Peru. There are five others listed, one, the altus is like a small falcatus with darker spots, the abbreviatus has relatively large scales, the lacustris has a fairly heavy body, and the falcirotris (to 16") is more slender. I couldn't find a pic of the 10" microlepis.

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