does anybody know of any freshwater predatory sharks? i'm not talking about the bala shark or red tail shark or even the bull shark. my friend has some. they circle around their prey before attacking them. i was told it my be a type of catfish with shark charateristics. just wondering if anybody would have some info on them.
Freshwater preadatory sharks
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I can not really think of any FW 'shark' that would be considered predatory. The only type of catfish/shark are ID sharks and columbian sharks which again are not predatory.
If you want a predatory FW fish you could always try pacu (assuming you have a big tank - which Im guessing you might if you wanted the 'sharks') or some of the more agressive chiclids
If you want a predatory FW fish you could always try pacu (assuming you have a big tank - which Im guessing you might if you wanted the 'sharks') or some of the more agressive chiclids
there really isn't any freshwater preadatory sharks that i know of in the trade.
many of the fw "sharks" are highly territorial but not preadatory.
i think what angel was trying to say was bacu which are predatory south american catfish(or so i have heard,don't know much about bacu's myself)
most fw "sharks" are a kind of catfish,and most of them come from southeast asia.with the way that the asian fish trade operates,without a scientific name or location of catch it's tough to tell what fish it could be.you could have a potential tankbuster on your hands.
many of the fw "sharks" are highly territorial but not preadatory.
i think what angel was trying to say was bacu which are predatory south american catfish(or so i have heard,don't know much about bacu's myself)
most fw "sharks" are a kind of catfish,and most of them come from southeast asia.with the way that the asian fish trade operates,without a scientific name or location of catch it's tough to tell what fish it could be.you could have a potential tankbuster on your hands.
yeah mine don't appear to be predetory at all either....but they do eat fairly aggressive and swim like sharks....so they are cool fish....only complaint I have is they spend a lot of time in the top of the tank swimming against the glass......I wish they would just swim around like the rest of the fish
