I knew that iridescent sharks can be kept with many things, but I've also seen many people mistaken iridescent sharks with paroon sharks and thought they're the same thing. That's why when I searched up paroon sharks in the internet, I often saw only iridescent sharks and barely paroon sharks. So I wanna know what fish can be kept with paroon sharks long term? By this I mean what fish can grow large enough that they won't fit in a paroon shark's mouth, but also won't grown to be large enough to eat the paroon shark. I'm talking about full-grown paroon sharks.
What can be kept with paroon sharks?
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well, you have a couple of options here...
#1 any large catfish such as RTCs, some larger TSN, other iridescents would also probably be an option
#2 if you are up for the challenge, a school of VERY large koi could do the trick
#3 maybe some fully grown arownanas
#4 peacock bass would probably also work
#5 Some species of larger gar would probably work
these are just some recomendations I thought of, but certianly not all. If you do end up doing this, please let us know how it goes!
Hope I helped!
-Justin
#1 any large catfish such as RTCs, some larger TSN, other iridescents would also probably be an option
#2 if you are up for the challenge, a school of VERY large koi could do the trick
#3 maybe some fully grown arownanas
#4 peacock bass would probably also work
#5 Some species of larger gar would probably work
these are just some recomendations I thought of, but certianly not all. If you do end up doing this, please let us know how it goes!
Hope I helped!
-Justin
I probably don't need to be asking, but for curiosity's sake, how large of a pond/tank will you have them in?
Not sure what you’re looking for is “logical”.
Not very often do we populate a tank or indeed a pond with the occupants that will live in it for their entire lives and expect that they would all grow up together and at the same rate.
As such, what can be kept with Paroon shark when they are small, medium small, medium, small large , large, very large, huge will be quite different and indeed very varied.
There will be a very wide range which can be kept with them when they are young. However even this will change as they grow and grow at different rates to other fish or indeed other fish to them.
For example, get a 3” Paroon and a 3” rtc and they will grow at different rates. At some point you may find that the Paroon becomes at risk. However, when they are both adults, they would be capable of living together, just maybe not all their lives from the start.
You question is what can live with an adult Paroon.
Taking that an adult Paroon can reach 3 m in length. Do you really mean what can you keep with a 3m Paroon or are you thinking more realistically what would live with an adult 5-6ft Paroon. If so, have a look what @thebiggerthebetter keeps with his as an idea.
Maybe any fish that grows bigger than 3-4ft to start with, although there will be exceptions in that list.
Not very often do we populate a tank or indeed a pond with the occupants that will live in it for their entire lives and expect that they would all grow up together and at the same rate.
As such, what can be kept with Paroon shark when they are small, medium small, medium, small large , large, very large, huge will be quite different and indeed very varied.
There will be a very wide range which can be kept with them when they are young. However even this will change as they grow and grow at different rates to other fish or indeed other fish to them.
For example, get a 3” Paroon and a 3” rtc and they will grow at different rates. At some point you may find that the Paroon becomes at risk. However, when they are both adults, they would be capable of living together, just maybe not all their lives from the start.
You question is what can live with an adult Paroon.
Taking that an adult Paroon can reach 3 m in length. Do you really mean what can you keep with a 3m Paroon or are you thinking more realistically what would live with an adult 5-6ft Paroon. If so, have a look what @thebiggerthebetter keeps with his as an idea.
Maybe any fish that grows bigger than 3-4ft to start with, although there will be exceptions in that list.
other paroons, larger peaceful fish, keyword is peaceful,
I just asked out of pure curiosity, I just wanna know what fish can be kept with them. I haven't bought them. I mostly kept cichlids, arowana, some medium-sized catfish. As of now, I don't have any large catfish besides an iridescent shark.
Thanks!
@thebiggerthebetter has a pair in one of his 4500s that he has kept for quite a while. He will have some good information about keeping paroons in a tank with other fish
Some LFS' owner near my house said they can be kept with oscars, but I didn't believe him, lol.