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20cm barramundi tankmates


mattyr

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matty i wouldn't put an American cichlid (or any big cichlid) for that matter

i tryed it with a barra and a female jag and things didnt go 2 well

main problem is a barra aint to good at defending itsself and once the cicglid puts it over him it will do so non stop .... BUT THIS IS JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE you could have better luck

personally i would also stick with a aussie native tank , they can be very interesting

a few suggestions

eel tail catfish

electric blue marron

bannded puffer

silver scat

silver mono

murray cod

OR PF COURSE A NICE BIG SARATOGA jardini of course ;)

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We had our 20cm barra in with a male red top black bar zebra and about 9 largish silver dollars. all got along really well. Just don't put in anything small enough to fit in it's mouth, we put in a pair of crimson tides and he ate the female within 24 hours. The male never got eaten but he was a bit bigger than the female.

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On 30/08/2007 at 6:29 PM, mcsx said:

ahaha im more of a purist when it comes to fishkeeping

but once again anything large enough not to be eaten should be fine :p

How can you tell ? 

    Are you gonna ask him to open his telescopic beak and measure his mouth I'm asking this more in depth because I'm scared to put my 200mm sailfin in with 50cm monster hovering around i n a 10ft tank 

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