A Leporinus pair?

[supersmirky]

Would two of these fish kill each other?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/super_smirky/leper.jpg

[fishyjoe24]

they are super aggrasive when they get big. which leporinus are you looking at there two types. i would google for more info. i think you can have to. but not sure.

[lellison]

:noidea:All I know about them is that they require a large tank and can jump like crazy. I have read that they are more aggressive towards their own species than they are other fish...how aggressive though, I am not sure. If I find anything else on the net I will let you know.

[fishman76092]

I've seen 'schools' of large ones 10"+ in a 240 in the past. There were L. arcus and L. fasciatus together and they were fine-there were 5-6 if I remember correctly.

[lellison]

here are a couple of links. No idea how credible the links are, but there are some comments on these from people who have kept them. It may be useful.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile1.html

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/leporinus.php

[supersmirky]

Thanks for the links!

Holy cow...look what one guy wrote!!

"The first leporinus I had ever bought was almost four years ago and I added a second one two years ago. They have been very peaceful in my 55gal with a large angel, Parrot fish, red bellied pacu, Gold nugget pleco, common pleco, 3 tiger barbs, giant danios, red eye tetras, two gouramis, red tail shark and two gold fish. One is about 12" (maybe a little larger) the other is smaller about 7"."

[greeneyed]

That's a big mix of fishies!

[lellison]

:wha:There are so many things wrong with that I won't even start.

[bra8ndy8]

Ohhhhh shit....a 12 in in a 55!!! With all those fish....he doesn't have room to chase!!