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hi just got a tiny baby fahaka just wondering if i could get him any mates to pop in his tank with him

In general, we don't recommend tankmates with fahakas, since they tend to be pretty vicious towards tankmates.

+1 some of us get away with it, but we don't expect it to last forever

Oh and what size tank is he in? These guys get real big

Fahaka's do not have tank mates, only food reserves...

So just to clarify how true that is. I recently thought i was lucky with my fahaka and rooming him with a few rainbow sharks. I knew the risks but i did it anyway.. lasted a few months and i was like ..thouht i was one lucky s.o.b..but then he recently started getting this funny look in his eye, hiding under leaves stalking his friends and then i was like ....today i got home and started looking at my world again like their god...and then i was like ...my albino rainbow sharks tail is gone.... so again dont think a fahaka can be with the rest of your world he is juust the of your world. Please dont house your fahaka with tank mates, they really are your fahakas dinner... but you are free to live a risky life. ..

krolly wrote:hi just got a tiny baby fahaka just wondering if i could get him any mates to pop in his tank with him

You can get him food reserves

my 2" fahaka will regularly attack the fin of an 8" pleco that im temporarily housing for a friend. mean little guy.

mr. puffington wrote:my 2" fahaka will regularly attack the fin of an 8" pleco that im temporarily housing for a friend. mean little guy.

Mine has eaten 2. No more plecos for him.

I have had more than one Fahaka over my years with tanks and I find as long as the tank mates are: 1. constant swimmers 2. you start them together when they are small, 3. Grow at the same rate as the Fahaka. and 4. the Fahaka is prpperly fed, you can house a few fish with your Fahaka. Yes I know many people will disagree with me but I am just telling of my experience.
Good luck.