What are your favorite aquatic predators?

My personal favorites go to:

1) Goliath African Tiger fish
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2) Yellow Tail Barracuda
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3) Payara
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4) And of course the Arowana
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1) payara.
2) great white shark
3) arowana

Holy Crap those are ugly fish!!!! Payara are those the same as a Saber tooth tetra??
My favorite Predators would be the following
1) SnakeHeads
2) Bull sharks also Known as Zambezi Sharks
3) Nile Crocodile
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Bettas! Look at that face

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Ferocious, right?

CrashSmAshley wrote:Bettas! Look at that face

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Ferocious, right?

what type of camera?

That betta reminds me of a tadpole.
Sorry Ashly!!!

I like a nice group of black diamond piranha, although I know they dont like to be in groups like red bellies... but they look sooo cool as juvies all together in a tank.

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My favorite is my Snapper!!!!
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a childhood fav

Bassman42 wrote:My favorite is my Snapper!!!!
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YOU have a alli. snapping turtle!!??

WOW!!! i want one!

turtles with fish ftw

No it's not an Alligator Snapper it's a color morph of a Common Snapper. If you want them to live with fish keep them well fed and the fish must be big and dispenable.

im sure a giant tank helps too..... one that the waste the turtle creates wont kill your fish... like in a 55gal, or 30gal... that would be crazy.

Bassman42 wrote:No it's not an Alligator Snapper it's a color morph of a Common Snapper. If you want them to live with fish keep them well fed and the fish must be big and dispenable.

sure fooled me.
i once viewed a youtube vid. alli. snapping turtle vs hamsters and mouses.

He lives in a 4' 120gallon with 2 Albino Oscars and 2 Syno. Eurpterus. There are 2 cascade 1500s for filtration and it gets a 50% water change once a week.

Arowana and Piranhas

My personal favorite.

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Arowanas, flowerhorns, bettas.... and I'm sure Lipochromis sp. "Matumbi Hunter" will be on that list after I get mine in!
I have them all except for the arowana, I just don't have a tank large enough to house one for life.

This is assuming you can actually keep it in an aquarium. Not that you can't keep an ATF in an aquarium, but most people will never be able to afford the addition onto the house to house such a fish.

So my list on has home hobbyists capeable fish.

The most aggressive IMO:
DOVI

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Most dangerous:
Mbu Puffer
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That is a seriously sick looking puffer. Gonna have to look that one up since you tagged it most dangerous. I already have a couple dovii.

I like Bichirs, but as far as aggression I like Buttikoferi

I would say my favorite would be Arowana, Stingrays, and Tigrinus catfish..

both aussie aro's.

I had 18 2" caribe piranhas in a 180, grew them upto 6-7" loved every minute of having the shoal. No longer a piranha fan but still inkling for a caribe pack.

My Tig:

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Nice... That's one cat i've always, but haven't got yet.. Some day i will though..

Bassman42 wrote:My favorite is my Snapper!!!!
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I have never seen a tank look like that... nice snapper and oscars!!!

mine is the arapaima gigas and imo noooo tank is ever clean enough to house turtles and cichlids together

Unfortunately I +1 that as well, even though they are living I find it hard to believe that its optimal for the fish.