African Tiger Fish(ATF) Discussion- Thread 5

Saphere · 11-11-2014, 12:40 AM

Been a long time since there's been much discussion on ATFs in here. Thought I'd restart the discussion by sharing mine. These are very much on my list of dream fishes I've wanted to own since starting the hobby.

My 17 inch piece, I've had him since he was 8 inches.

My 22 inch piece which I had the opportunity to acquire recently (couldn't pass up the chance

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Here's a photo of them together

Saphere · 11-11-2014, 12:42 AM

And here's a video of the two of them together

YouTube Video

Hope others will contribute their ATFs too.

Ben · 11-11-2014, 12:54 AM

my dream fish too. do yours fight? currently i have 1 vatf about 17in. used to comm many at various points in time and eventually they always fight to their death.

Saphere · 11-11-2014, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben

my dream fish too. do yours fight? currently i have 1 vatf about 17in. used to comm many at various points in time and eventually they always fight to their death.

Not that I've seen so far. Used to keep a 17inch VATF with my smaller GATF and the VATF was quite aggressive but nothing too serious. Had them for almost a week already and no aggression shown towards each other at all. My personal experience is that GATFs seem to be more docile.

Maybe it's also cause my red aro is the alpha in the tank

Ben · 11-11-2014, 03:26 AM

thats what i observed too, the VATFs are usually the aggressive ones

noobmiyavi · 11-11-2014, 05:28 PM

Bro, do they jump? Was thinking of putting in a fgt but got no cover

davesohcs · 06-05-2015, 05:19 PM

Hi Shifu here, can I check if GATF will have sudden death issue as well? As recently my GATF suddenly just die w/o reason when the small guppies are still happily swimming inside the grow out tank sob sob....its abt 4-5"......just puzzle....can't be water parameter as it's still ok swimming happily the day before and there is no heavy feeding...only 1 or 2 pellets for the feeders....please advise, thanks!

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mrnyunus · 07-05-2015, 11:40 AM

Juvenile tend to sds..this is common due to unexplained reasons...
Try to get mid sized fishes as they tend to be more stable..

davesohcs · 07-05-2015, 05:21 PM

Very nice GATF! How I wish mine can grow till this size....too bad....they met with sds! Sob sob

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ruddy · 05-04-2016, 08:58 AM

Saw Vatf and Gatf at C325 LFS yesterday.

11-11-2014, 12:40 AM	#1
Saphere Dragon Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,597	African Tiger Fish(ATF) Discussion- Thread 5 Been a long time since there's been much discussion on ATFs in here. Thought I'd restart the discussion by sharing mine. These are very much on my list of dream fishes I've wanted to own since starting the hobby. My 17 inch piece, I've had him since he was 8 inches. My 22 inch piece which I had the opportunity to acquire recently (couldn't pass up the chance ) Here's a photo of them together

11-11-2014, 12:54 AM	#3
Ben Dragon Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,918	my dream fish too. do yours fight? currently i have 1 vatf about 17in. used to comm many at various points in time and eventually they always fight to their death.

11-11-2014, 03:26 AM	#5
Ben Dragon Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,918	thats what i observed too, the VATFs are usually the aggressive ones

11-11-2014, 05:28 PM	#6
noobmiyavi AFC Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 702	Bro, do they jump? Was thinking of putting in a fgt but got no cover

06-05-2015, 05:19 PM	#7
davesohcs User Under Moderation Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 133	Hi Shifu here, can I check if GATF will have sudden death issue as well? As recently my GATF suddenly just die w/o reason when the small guppies are still happily swimming inside the grow out tank sob sob....its abt 4-5"......just puzzle....can't be water parameter as it's still ok swimming happily the day before and there is no heavy feeding...only 1 or 2 pellets for the feeders....please advise, thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

07-05-2015, 11:40 AM	#8
mrnyunus Dragon Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,361	Juvenile tend to sds..this is common due to unexplained reasons... Try to get mid sized fishes as they tend to be more stable..

07-05-2015, 05:21 PM	#9
davesohcs User Under Moderation Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 133	Very nice GATF! How I wish mine can grow till this size....too bad....they met with sds! Sob sob Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

05-04-2016, 08:58 AM	#10
ruddy User Under Moderation Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 110	Saw Vatf and Gatf at C325 LFS yesterday.

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