Leporinus compatable with Sharks or Cichlids?? Need advice:)

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Leporinus is one of the few fish Ive never had nor have any experience with, I was wondering are they compatable with Red tail Black Sharks and Plain Black Sharks? And how about Cichlids? (Central + South American and African) How well do these guys defend themselves? Are they tough enough to coexist with cichlids as regular sharks can? Lots of questions!:) Thanx in advance to anyone with experience with these fish!!!!
 
Ill take a stab at this. First off, you might have issues with rtbs giong after the leps becuase of similar torpedo body shape and that will definately cause problems between them. As juveniles these guys are mildly passive and don't cause to much of a stir. They can be hit or miss but ss they mature they can really turn out to be KILLERS. That said, I think these fish would best be kept with pretty aggresive fish singly, or in a species tank. Just keep an eye on them because I think they can and will hold their own. They get relatively large, (about a foot) normally, as I have seen MANY returns to the fish store after they outgrew a 55 and were a foot long and 3 inches wide. There are also two separate species, and one is mainly vegitarian and the other being an omnivore. I think the difference betwen the two is 10 stripes versus nine stripes but I don't have time to look it up right now. Interesting oddball fish I would recomend keeping. Well worth the risk if you have the room.
 
TimmyB42386 said:
Ill take a stab at this. First off, you might have issues with rtbs giong after the leps becuase of similar torpedo body shape and that will definately cause problems between them. As juveniles these guys are mildly passive and don't cause to much of a stir. They can be hit or miss but ss they mature they can really turn out to be KILLERS. That said, I think these fish would best be kept with pretty aggresive fish singly, or in a species tank. Just keep an eye on them because I think they can and will hold their own. They get relatively large, (about a foot) normally, as I have seen MANY returns to the fish store after they outgrew a 55 and were a foot long and 3 inches wide. There are also two separate species, and one is mainly vegitarian and the other being an omnivore. I think the difference betwen the two is 10 stripes versus nine stripes but I don't have time to look it up right now. Interesting oddball fish I would recomend keeping. Well worth the risk if you have the room.
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Well I think temperment wise he might fit in well with my current tankmates, I want to get one but Im concerned that Im already pushing the limits of the number of fish I can put in my tank. What do you think, here are my fish:

1 Red Devil
1 Yellow Lab
1 Cobalt Blue
1 Black Shark
1 Red Tail Black Shark
1 Oscar
1 Jack Dempsey
1 Jewel Cichlid
1 Chinese algie eater
1 Green Severum

The tank size is 125 Gallons.
 
ayyy i wouldn't add anything to that stock.. Thats really heavily stocked at the moment. I"m assuming their juveniles.. just a suggestion, you might want to thin that stock out a little bit before they start doing it for you. Thats a lot of HEAVY waste producers and in time theyre going to overstock the tank.

Also.. with those bruiser SA/CA cichlids you might wanna consider moving those africans out... they don't fare well with their give a shot and live to fight another day fighting. SA/CA are lip locking thugs. If you have any questions just post them, people will be more than happy to give help with a more appropriate stocking once those monsters start growing.
 
TimmyB42386 said:
ayyy i wouldn't add anything to that stock.. Thats really heavily stocked at the moment. I"m assuming their juveniles.. just a suggestion, you might want to thin that stock out a little bit before they start doing it for you. Thats a lot of HEAVY waste producers and in time theyre going to overstock the tank.

Also.. with those bruiser SA/CA cichlids you might wanna consider moving those africans out... they don't fare well with their give a shot and live to fight another day fighting. SA/CA are lip locking thugs. If you have any questions just post them, people will be more than happy to give help with a more appropriate stocking once those monsters start growing.
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I really appreciate the advice, Im going to hold off on the new fish, while Id like to get one sometime in the future I was kind of afraid I was already pushing the limit fish wise. Just an fyi the only fish that is nowhere near its full size yet is the black shark, he is only about 4 inches so he has about 20 to grow yet lol. A few of the others are not full grown yet either but are pretty big still.
 
Garbage said:
They seem to be comperable in size and shape to bala sharks, any relation?
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No relation. Leporinus belongs to the Characiformes (the Headstander is a close relation, tetras are a farther one), whereas the bala shark belongs to the Cypriniformes (the bala shark is a carp).
 
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