Predatory fish

[POLARBEAR0871]

Anyone know of any kewl looking predatory fish and I'm not interested in pirrannas, oscars, pacus, etc. I'm looking for exotic predators that swim around during the day

 

[Aski247]

As most preditory fish ambush, a cichlid is about as active as your gonna get. The size of the tank will help us better recommend some fish.

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Most predatory fish are diurnal "daylight" hunters and sight is their main sensory input.
Nocturnal hunters primarily use the sense of smell.

 

[Duydawg]

Dwarf puffers will hunt snails

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

I'm getting about three dwarf puffers soon for my 15g tank my big predatory tank is 40 gallons

 

[HopefulHobbiest]

did you ever get the bigger tank as was suggested in the other thread? if not your options are going to be pretty limited in a 40G... pretty much to cichlids...

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/fish-for-40-gallon-tank-234187.html

 

[isiah1820]

African haps great colors also

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Not yet but I will soon hopefully ill get a 100+ gallon tank it'd be nice and African hap never heard of it ill look it up

 

[tarpon]

Check out toadfish! Aka freshwater lionfish. (They're actually brackish) they're not very active swimmers but they're very interesting. Kind of the brackish equivalent of an angler...without the lure.
Also a toadfish could fit in your 40g since they're not very active. They're. Ambush predators

 

[Aski247]

Exodons, better known as buck tooth tetras. (poor mans piranha). Their awesome. Get like 15 of them or so. Would be a awesome set up.

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

Barracuda!

 

[tarpon]

Exodons, better known as buck tooth tetras. (poor mans piranha). Their awesome. Get like 15 of them or so. Would be a awesome set up.

I second this. They would qualify as swimming around. Idk about tank size though

 

[Zimmanski]

Have you already rehomed the fish you had before?

 

[Cynic]

Have you already rehomed the fish you had before?

Good question.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

yes i did i gave them to a couple friends that have 200 gallon tanks

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

oh and freshwatertropical i was actually doing research on the freshwater barracuda it looks real interesting but the fish store i go to has a needle nose gar and i kinda want that

 

[Zimmanski]

Needle nose gar = very big, very strong, very aggressive fish. I don't remember your tank size but they need a pretty large one, so just make sure you do your research.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

ok i will thnx for telling me i thought they didnt get very big so i will do some more research on those and its a 40 gallon

 

[Zimmanski]

Online it says they max out at 1'6" and minimum tank size is 70g. a lot of aquariums around me have them and many other gar because we have gar in our lakes, the needle nose aren't the monsters we have in Texas but similar body types. I've never owned one, and never will so maybe someone with more experience can give you more in depth advice.

 

[absolutangel04]

What about African butterfly fish? They are predators. They are not the most active, but since they stay at the top, you frequently see them.