nothing is for certain.. depending on individual
mine like cardinal, pencilfish, yamato
nothing is for certain.. depending on individual
mine like cardinal, pencilfish, yamato
The norm is is the fish that can fit into the mouth, it may end up as dinner. But it all depends on the fish itself. Sometimes, although it's carnivourous, it may not attack other fishes. Maybe fir those reared from very young in a tank may not whack the fishes.
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I also think it also depends on how hungry your altums are, if u din feed them for sometime, they might make your smaller fishes as dinner... some others may turn to tear up your plants.
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On 12/22/2001 1:07:47 AM
some others may turn to tear up your plants.
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ehh wilson so fast jump ship liao
but i never see altum tear up plants before though
my discus used to snip off my tenellus and blxya japonica
not to eat
for FUN [:0]
Simon: Mine last time like to tear up my Cambomba and E stellata young leaves... but it mati some time back []
hi tristan.....like what everyone has mentioned....but confirm for sure if you have any shrimps like malayan or yamatoes .....will be eaten, or chased till the jump tank.....and errrh altums do nip off plants but not to eat and like what DEA has mentioned for fun!!!!
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wa.. like that har? ok... thanks guys...
just wondering... cuz whenever i see those planted tanks will about 5 altums and hundreds or cardinals... always wonder why the cardinals never end up as lunch...
they do
just that there're a lot of them
and only 5 altums
if they aren't fed i can confirm + guarantee the cardinals will go
oh.. ok.. so what would make a good tank mate for altums? heckels?[]
if the 5 are the super big ones like in the Taiwan Shop confirm sure eaten in two days.....[:0]
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i notice my altums goes into hunting mode after lights off..
Anyway, altums are a kind of cichlid, I am not surprised that they eat shrimps, snails and tearing up plants like their African counterparts...
I've recently witnessed my altums makan-ed two malayan shrimps. They seem to digest pretty quick. In morning you see their belly round (with food) and full but by mid noon they are almost flat again. Big eaters.
woah... someone once told me that altums are shy and peaceful fish.....
shy to the point of being chicken yes.....peaceful not really.....their disputes usually last to a few pecks and a short chase unlike discus which the alpha will chase the rest round and round the tank...all day long
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who told u?? Altums are shy but never peaceful.. they hunt by nite or in the dark----------------
On 12/22/2001 11:49:21 PM
woah... someone once told me that altums are shy and peaceful fish.....
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I guess my Altums are unique, in a way they are quite the opposite from the others.
Mine are never shy, from day 1. They will swim right up to you, ready to be fed. They even feed right off my hands.
They definitely like shrimps. Used to have hundreds of them, now hardly sees the the shrimps anymore. On 3 occasions, I saw them attacked & ate my Oto. They leave my Golden Tetras & Pencilfish alone though.
And mine actually eat plants, & not for fun.
They like to nip on pointed leaves of the tenellus & Blxya japonica.
They also like to pull off the Java moss, strand by strand, & eating them.
kekeee.. ectan, what u feed your with?
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