Barricudas???

my local lfs just got 4 of them in. i havent heard much about them in ur home aquariums. anyone have any info about them in an aquarium, like tank mates, diet, and tank size. thanks

 

Which barracuda species? Salt/freshwater? The real barracuda is a big saltwater fish, but there's a couple other freshwater fish (the common one being the red tail barracuda) with the same common name that don't get nearly as big but look similar.

 

The can eat your hand off thats all i know!!!!

 

sorry, it is a saltwater one, it the lable on the tank was just barricuda-$39.99 lol

not really wanting it, just curious

 

No responsible fish store would sell saltwater barracudas unless they were special ordered by a customer they knew to have a gigantic tank and a marine bio degree. They're 5+ feet long, and almost a foot wide.

I seriously hope your store didn't get real barracudas, but the red tails, which are 9ish inches and aren't too hard to care for.

 

Tankmates would be none or other extremely large aggressive fish. Diet is meat and as was mentioned earlier hands.

please excuse wrong words, I posted this from my phone that auto "corrects."

 

well these were about 6inchs in size and looked like a regular great barricuda to me lol. i saw them and was like no fking way!!!!

 

Yeah, the red tails look pretty much exactly like a real barracuda.

Red Tail Barracuda, closely related to Tetras and Piranhas. Their tail is red, but usually it's very lightly colored, barely noticeable.

vs

Great Barracuda

 

Are we talking needle nose fish?

 

lol...they eat clownfish eggs like in finding nemo
hahaha
i know nothing about them