FRESH WATER BARRACUDA
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I'm not 100% sure that it is what is commonly referd to as a freshwater baracuda or not, but he is cool as hell. I usually have to put in around 20 feeder guppies a week. Of course some just get picked on by the other fish in the tank and die, but he always swims around with a full belly!
Thx Amazon, I love the checkerboard pattern that he has. The little one has it too, just not quite as dark yet.
These are some of the most interesting fish I have ever kept. A little skitish at times tho. Bout lost him a couple of times tring to clean the tank, he almost jumped out. They seem to be very courious of anything and everything in the tank. I have some small cory's in the tank and the bigger one will slowly follow behind it, but soon loses intrest and just makes its way back to the top of the tank. Mine definatly enjoy the cover of my taller plants.
Thx Amazon, I love the checkerboard pattern that he has. The little one has it too, just not quite as dark yet.
These are some of the most interesting fish I have ever kept. A little skitish at times tho. Bout lost him a couple of times tring to clean the tank, he almost jumped out. They seem to be very courious of anything and everything in the tank. I have some small cory's in the tank and the bigger one will slowly follow behind it, but soon loses intrest and just makes its way back to the top of the tank. Mine definatly enjoy the cover of my taller plants.
I have noticed the skitishness with mine too, espectially when I turned the light on and off. You know what I did?? I found some neat fake lilly pads(the ones w/o the flowers) at PetsMart that where sold for ponds. Not to expensive either. They came with a little weight and string but I just ditched those and let the pads float freely. Man are they at easy now! They like to hover in the shadows of them! Plus, if your water level is high enough you never see the lilly pads unless you open the hood.
yeah, i can see how helpfull that be. I really cant do that in the tank they are in right now. They are in a planted tank and Im afraid that the lily pads would kill too much light going to the bottom. They really do like to hang out in the shadows of the tall plants. Shortly I am going to get either a 20l or a 29 for my overflow tropical fish and am going to put both of them in it. I wasnt planing on making it a heavly planted tank like the one they are in now, so I will deffinatly use the lilly pads! Thx for the idea. 
No NO NO!! You cannot have Barracuda with pirahna!! The Barracuda are much to shy and fragile the pirahna will rip them apart, they are not very fun fish. You don't see them eat very often at all and they are very sinsitive to light. Barracuda are not for the novice(new) Aquarist. Stick to your pirahna
To the best of my knowledge, Freshwater Barracuda are one of the few fish that can not be pellet(or anything else) trained. They must have live, nothing else will do.
beaver, if you are interested do some research. You might not fine much but anything would help, plus what is on this thread. If you have any specfic questions one of us can try to help you.