New wolffish

[Urnonsnewman]

I just got a red wolffish and he is alone in a 55 gallon tank with a aquarium rock bottom, i have been watching a lot of YouTube videos on them and they all seem to have sand bottoms? Is rocks not good for them? Please if someone has or has one please let me know

 

[Bottomfeeder88]

They need hiding places and dim lighting. also eat anything meaty. substrate doesn't mater. wonderful centerpiece for your tank. they get 2 feet plus btw

 

[Urnonsnewman]

2 feet?every site and the Lfs says 8 to 10" and there are lots of hiding places

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Bro that thing is badass. I seen one on "River Monsters" the tv show on discovery. Ur gonna have your hands full. Lol. SWEET!!!
Did he eat anything yet?

 

[ccross]

Bro that thing is badass. I seen one on "River Monsters" the tv show on discovery. Ur gonna have your hands full. Lol. SWEET!!!
Did he eat anything yet?

Completely different breed from the wolffish on River Monsters lol. Very cool fish none the less

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Really? Not even a subspecies? I think so. It sure looks like it but as you said very cool nonetheless.
Congrats on ur new fish. I wanna see it eat!!

 

[ccross]

Really? Not even a subspecies? I think so. It sure looks like it but as you said very cool nonetheless.
Congrats on ur new fish. I wanna see it eat!!

I'm sure its a subspecies The one on river monsters was uuuuuuugly, lol

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Ccross. It is indeed the same fish as on "RiverMonsters" (hoplias Malabaricus)
Google strikes again

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Boy that things gonna have amouthfull o teeth! I could just picture a school of pihrana runnin away from it! Lol

 

[ccross]

Ccross. It is indeed the same fish as on "RiverMonsters" (hoplias Malabaricus)
Google strikes again

You are right. Same fish Now I want one, lol.

 

[Urnonsnewman]

The fish store had been feeding him gold fish( I know I should try other stuff) he said he was eating 3 or 4 a day but he has only ate one since Monday is this cause for concern?

 

[Cichlid Kid]

I wouldnt be alarmed just yet. Give him a couple days to settle into his new environment. Also if he's not eating and you have goldfish in the tank with him 24/7 try removing them for a day or so then reintroduce them.
Sometimes this works with other species.

 

[Urnonsnewman]

I was actually thinking or doing this thank you for the respones

 

[TankerJs]

That thing is kickass, what have you named him? We have a largemouth bass at school and he is no where near that size, but he will eat anything that moves. Truly awesome to have predatory fish IMO.
Good luck and you should make some vids of him!

 

[Urnonsnewman]

He's only like 5 inches lol