What can be kept with paroon sharks?

[thebiggerthebetter]

Paroon are a difficult combo of skittishness and timidity and extreme predation. Fish that they cannot swallow are NOT necessarily safe with paroons. Nothing is safe with hungry paroons - you can dig up the OFR video where large paroon was trying to eat same size RTC. Same in our hands - ours killed or injured many tankmates such as Distichodus, Indian shovelnose catfish, piraiba catfish just to name a few.

If one keeps paroons full at all times when they have an appetite (sometimes they fast), then many large fish can be kept with them.

 

[SilverArowBboy15]

Paroon are a difficult combo of skittishness and timidity and extreme predation. Fish that they cannot swallow are NOT necessarily safe with paroons. Nothing is safe with hungry paroons - you can dig up the OFR video where large paroon was trying to eat same size RTC. Same in our hands - ours killed or injured many tankmates such as Distichodus, Indian shovelnose catfish, piraiba catfish just to name a few.

If one keeps paroons full at all times when they have an appetite (sometimes they fast), then many large fish can be kept with them.

I’ve seen other catfish paimas pacu with paroon sharks also!

 

[SilverArowBboy15]

Mine is coexisting with gator gar rtc (new) - "silver aro" and tiger shovelnose thats all thanks.

 

[Fanatic_Fish_Lunatic]

Mine is coexisting with gator gar rtc (new) - "silver aro" and tiger shovelnose thats all thanks.

Wouldn't the gator gar eat the silver aro some days? Cuz that happened to me long ago when they were around the same length.

 

[paroon shark]

I will side with thebiggerthebetter on this issue and reinforce that I don’t think they can be safely kept with anything. There are certain species you can keep or practices like feeding heavy that reduce risk but the risk is never zero.

In my opinion the largest of cats are the safest bet, think redtails and piraibas. The fish need to be large and confident enough to compete for food and to fend off an attack if needed.

In my experience, they are a schooling fish and the larger the school the more confidence they have. I’ve kept a school of six before and they took out everything including fish much bigger than themselves, despite heavy feeding. The pack mentality is strong and they feed off eachothers energy. In contrast, a single Paroon will be much more skittish and less likely to cause problems.

Good luck if you decide to go down this pass, just don’t put them in with any fish you truly love