OddBall freshwater fish

[tlaug]

I am looking for a cool looking freshwater fish that will be a large fish that will be able to eat 2"-3" flowerhorn fry. I am raising flowerhorns but I will only try and sell the AAA ones and the rest I will needed to feed to something else. I would like something cool looking. I was looking at a lionfish but they are brickish. thanks for any help :dance

 

[Oddball~]

Gee, how big a tank are you talking about?

For a 20-30 gallon tank, I suggest a leopard ctenpoma with a heavil planted tank.

For a 10 gallon tank, I wouldn't suggest anything because most predators needs a large tank.

For a 55-75 gallon tank, just get an oscar.

What other fish will be in the tank?

 

[StreetCypher]

Yeah, depends on what size tank and its tankmates.

 

[tlaug]

nothing but the one fish I have a 55 g I could use now. I would have to setup but was think about a least 70g tank.

 

[FooF]

well, im not really sure on your intent for the fish... sounds like maybe just a trash compactor.

anyways, if i personally were looking into a fish to get rid of fry, i would go with african butterfly fish.... but theyre not too big.

 

[tlaug]

Butterfly is not big enough. i don't knew if they would be able to handle a two inch flowerhorn. Oscars I have not had much luck my flowerhorn killed and eat two of them that were three inches long and tha flowerhorns were not much bigger at the time. I would like something different.

 

[StreetCypher]

How about a smaller species of snakehead?
Like channa bleheri or something along the lines of that

 

[tlaug]

Are they still legal to own. I thought of them but do not believe that you can legally own them anymore?

 

[FooF]

Butterfly is not big enough. i don't knew if they would be able to handle a two inch flowerhorn.

sorry, i dont really know what a 'flowerhorn' is, but no, if the fry are that big, i would assume it would eventually grow to eat the butterflys, lol

if i were trying to get rid of something that big, it would move in with my turtles i think a large RES would do okay in a 70-75g tank... if youre willing to put a little effort into care, you might think about that.

as far as fish that would eat something so large..... maybe a pike of some sort?

 

[tlaug]

flowerhorns are a hybrid fish the fry are small but I will have to raise them to about two inches to know if they will be quality fish. Flowerhorns have up to 3000 fry at a time but only about 20% are quality fish.