Minimum tank size for managuense (jaguar cichlid)

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suprd71 said:
I have a single male, 13ins in a 180. He was in a 125 for about a year. I wont claim the 125 was too small, but he looks better in the 180. He lives alone and likes it that way.
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My 75g is the same or wider than a 125 (18".) It is the same as my 135's, but only 4' long. How active are the managuense? Do they swim all the time?
 
What kind of behavior do you want to see out of your fish? You can keep a Jaguar in a ten gallon if you choose. It will be stunted and never reach (not even close) his potential. Nor will he act like a normal Jag. He may be alive but that`s about it.
 
A male Jag gets over 12 inches long, as others here have said. If the fish gets 14, 16, 18 inches long, you need a tank that's at LEAST 24 inches wide, at LEAST 6 foot long. That's at LEAST a 180 gallon tank. A good tank for a Jag would be a 72"X30" 240 Gallon. It's not gallons, it's WIDTH.
 
ragin_cajun said:
A male Jag gets over 12 inches long, as others here have said. If the fish gets 14, 16, 18 inches long, you need a tank that's at LEAST 24 inches wide, at LEAST 6 foot long. That's at LEAST a 180 gallon tank. A good tank for a Jag would be a 72"X30" 240 Gallon. It's not gallons, it's WIDTH.
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If I were to set up a tank that big, I'd get an arowana...

So what you you recommend for a 75g (4' x 18") tank that is handsome and a piscivore?
 
kokosnood said:
If I were to set up a tank that big, I'd get an arowana...

So what you you recommend for a 75g (4' x 18") tank that is handsome and a piscivore?
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Freddy , Loisellei, motaguense, . Any parachromis but managuense or Dovii ... Grammodes would be a good choice but not super personable.

Please dont try to keep an arowana in a 6' 240..... Not for life.


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What about crenicichla? Those guys are bastards. I'm sure if you toss a weak fish in there it'll be lunch.


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