I am going to set up a 75 gallon bow front aquarium that has been drilled for a tide pool filtration system. I'm not interested in live plants, so I'll have the standard lighting.
I want to start out with redhooks. I've seen some at a local pet store and know that's what I want. But there's a problem, no one seems to know exactly what they are, where they come from, what fish would hang with them in a natural environment or what fish might be suitable tankmates.
I'm being told they're pacus, silver dollars and one pissant store employee even told me they were fruit eating piranha. The internet is no help either - one site says one thing where another says just the opposite.
When I dogpiled the word redhook, I found a link to here, someone was saying they were silver dollars and had a picture that looked just like these fish that I want.
What do you guys know about redhooks? Any information will be appreciated.
HEEEEELP! Please.
I want to start out with redhooks. I've seen some at a local pet store and know that's what I want. But there's a problem, no one seems to know exactly what they are, where they come from, what fish would hang with them in a natural environment or what fish might be suitable tankmates.
I'm being told they're pacus, silver dollars and one pissant store employee even told me they were fruit eating piranha. The internet is no help either - one site says one thing where another says just the opposite.
When I dogpiled the word redhook, I found a link to here, someone was saying they were silver dollars and had a picture that looked just like these fish that I want.
What do you guys know about redhooks? Any information will be appreciated.
HEEEEELP! Please.
/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSum...ry.cfm?ID=11944
I have 7 redhooks, one that I've had for over 7 years. The others, I've purchased over the past 2 months. My larger one was a rescue from a lady with a very very large built in aquarium that she and her husband had purchased with their house. This couple divorced, with the lady getting the house. She had never cared for the aquarium noise, so she flipped off the power to it. I came along several weeks later and rescued this stray fish, along with a couple of corys, carrying them home in a tupperware container. A few days later, I purchased a hundred gallon home for him, but only found out earlier this year what kind of fish he was. 
