Red tail Payara

[Rigil]

Bros/Sis,

Need advice on Red Tail Payara, very keen to get one to add to my 6ft comm, together with my ITs 11" - 14", dorado 10", L191 7", and a motoro.

Need some experiences you guys had, like are their temperament very bad, do they just whack other fishes up.. and etc?

Is it save to clean my tank, when they are inside!! haha

P.S they got really huge Sharp Teeth!

[leezhengxi]

i have a com of 6 scombs , 1 red tail and one armatus , i also put my hand in to clean my tank , so far okay ,

[harrysoo]

As long as the payara is well fed, it shd not be a problem. A hungry fish is an angry fish.

Just my 2 cents

[Rigil]

Originally Posted by leezhengxi

i have a com of 6 scombs , 1 red tail and one armatus , i also put my hand in to clean my tank , so far okay ,

Okay gald to hear that its okay! honestly i'm frighten by the looks of them!
How big are they?

Anyway up for more experinces ! =)

[leezhengxi]

Originally Posted by Rigil

Okay gald to hear that its okay! honestly i'm frighten by the looks of them!
How big are they?

Anyway up for more experinces ! =)

7-8 inched

[Rigil]

Originally Posted by harrysoo

As long as the payara is well fed, it shd not be a problem. A hungry fish is an angry fish.

Just my 2 cents

true to most of the fish or maybe all fish! Thanks for the reminder

Originally Posted by leezhengxi

7-8 inched

Haha okay! nice can pm me the damage and from where you got it from if you dont mind.

BTW i've checked the size online, Hydrolycus tatauaia aka Red Tail Payara, max size 18" is that true? Its gonna be just nice for my 6ft =)))

[xiaoqiang75]

Originally Posted by Rigil

true to most of the fish or maybe all fish! Thanks for the reminder



Haha okay! nice can pm me the damage and from where you got it from if you dont mind.

BTW i've checked the size online, Hydrolycus tatauaia aka Red Tail Payara, max size 18" is that true? Its gonna be just nice for my 6ft =)))

Their estimated (unestablished) yearly sizes are --1st yr: 6inches, 2nd yr: around 10inches. After that they grow even more slowly. To have an 18inch specimen is extremely impressive, and to date I doubt we’ve seen anything larger than 12inches. You can expect their best growth rates (between 4-8inches) to be at 0.5inches per month

[Rigil]

Originally Posted by xiaoqiang75

Their estimated (unestablished) yearly sizes are --1st yr: 6inches, 2nd yr: around 10inches. After that they grow even more slowly. To have an 18inch specimen is extremely impressive, and to date I doubt we’ve seen anything larger than 12inches. You can expect their best growth rates (between 4-8inches) to be at 0.5inches per month

Oh okay! thanks for the info actually glad to her their slow growth rate! because i'm pumping up my 9" golden arowana for my 6ft! okay i believe i had enough lessons from you guys! thanks a lot anyway! I'm now hunting for 9" red tail !!

anyways can still share more info =)

[Rigil]

Finally got my very first Red tail payara! =) thanks