Silver Hujeta

[freshwater]

I got 4 Silver Hujeta Gars for my 135g tank. Any ideas about what other fish would make good tank mates. Right now they are sharing the tank with 4 medium Angels.

[lisachromis]

Freshwater Barracuda - Ctenolucius hujeta
Common name: Freshwater Barracuda
Maximum size: 70 cm / 28 inches
Origin: Northern Colombia
Temperament: Aggressive

Company: Ctenolucius hujeta (Freshwater Barracuda) should only be kept with other peaceful species that are too large to swallow.

www.seriouslyfish.com/species/ctenolucius-hujeta/
Not sure how long you'll be keeping them in a 135, but I would suggest large high body fish. Thinking maybe silver dollars and the like. Again, since their tankmates need to be large, you'll have to upgrade the tank size eventually to keep everything healthy.

[freshwater]

thanks for the link. Very interesting. All the info. I have found states a max. size of 10 inches. That site says 200mm to 250mm I have to convert mm to inches to see what that is

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200mm = 20 cm.
1 inch = 2.54 cm

So it equals 7.87" to 9.84"

[freshwater]

lisachromis if I might ask were did you see maximum size 28". I did some more research, one site did say 12" max size but the others are saying 10" max size. Oh and JHG thanks for the conversion to inches.

[freshwater]

So aslong as they only grow to around 10" and I have 4 Silver Hujetas how many other fish can I have in a 135g tank? The 4 Angels will be going into another tank soon. The 135g is filtered by a 30g sump with wet/dry, a 350 magnum canaster and air stones.

[lesfromlakeshore]

Found this www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/hujeta.php probably where Lisa found it

[freshwater]

WOW that site did say 28", first time I have read that they get that big. Hope not. Now witch one do you believe? LOL