How to care for Tarpon
- Thread starter OzMonsterFish
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Currently have mine at 30C with some salt (got white spot with the salmontail cats) but will drop it back to 26 next water change. I run it at neutral pH and essentially treat it like I do all my bigger Aus natives. Otherwise not much else to say. Even though they do get big I've not seen anyone get one bigger than 60cm in a freshwater tank.
i believe the australian freshwater ones dont get more than 2 feet?
theyre very fun fish...
eat non stop.
but really big wusses....
they arent picky at all about water conditions.
just keep it stable.
theyre very fun fish...
eat non stop.
but really big wusses....
they arent picky at all about water conditions.
just keep it stable.
They get to about 25cm in length. Big enough to be spectacular, but not so big as to be unmanageable.OzMonsterFish;3084172; said:
Channarox, there are only 2 species of tarpon, the Atlantic - Megalops atlanticus and the Indo-pacific - Megalops cyprinoides. Their ranges don't overlap as far as I know, and we only get the Indo-pacific variety in Australia. I have caught them over 2 feet in length, and have a friend who has caught them closer to 3 feet in length.
I have no idea why their 'max length' is placed at 1.5m on fishbase and other taxonomic descriptions of the indo-pacific species, but apparently, that's what it is.
Considering the longevity of the Atlantic cousin, however, I'd say it would take them a LONG time to grow to that size.
i love mine. excellent natured fish. eats like mad and has a funny character.channarox;3089702; said:
what fish is in your avatar?
i know that...i mean ive read somewhere that a variety of freshwater tarpon found in australia only gets to 50cm...Piscineidiot;3090461; said:
They get to about 25cm in length. Big enough to be spectacular, but not so big as to be unmanageable.
Channarox, there are only 2 species of tarpon, the Atlantic - Megalops atlanticus and the Indo-pacific - Megalops cyprinoides. Their ranges don't overlap as far as I know, and we only get the Indo-pacific variety in Australia. I have caught them over 2 feet in length, and have a friend who has caught them closer to 3 feet in length.
I have no idea why their 'max length' is placed at 1.5m on fishbase and other taxonomic descriptions of the indo-pacific species, but apparently, that's what it is.
Considering the longevity of the Atlantic cousin, however, I'd say it would take them a LONG time to grow to that size.
"Species in fresh water tend to be smaller than the saltwater species, growing just over 50cm, while saltwater species grow over a metre."
from wiki...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pacific_tarpon
from wiki...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pacific_tarpon
The fresh water indo tarpon likes a bit of salt. Also keep the ph above 7.8. Add some coral to. They come up for air, so keep a tight lid.
