Saltwater barracuda

[alina capuozzo]

Has anyone ever kept a saltwater barracuda in an aquarium?
I recently purchased one from a local pet shop but cannot find any information on keeping them in an aquarium.
It is about 4 inches long and is eating feeder gold fish heartily.
I know it will very soon outgrow my 60 gal predator tank.

 

[weezer591]

i dont know much about them but in theory its not a good idea to feed your fish a gold fish only diet

 

[surfinusa]

All i know is they get big and will need a tank a 1000 times bigger, then they are hard to keep alive in captivity.

 

[autofreak44]

Originally Posted by Alina Capuozzo
Has anyone ever kept a saltwater barracuda in an aquarium?
I recently purchased one from a local pet shop but cannot find any information on keeping them in an aquarium.
It is about 4 inches long and is eating feeder gold fish heartily.
I know it will very soon outgrow my 60 gal predator tank.
yeah tthat sounds like a bad idea, but then again i have NO experience with barracudas

 

[mopar9012]

yeah ive heard they need A LOT of swimming space, i dont think a 60 gallon tank is anywhere near it. I also dont think feeding it gold fish is a good idea.

 

[the j.o.p.]

when it gets 2 feet long it will need about 20,000 gal. to swim around

 

[travis99]

you yell barracuda, every one says, huh? what?
you yell shark, and we got a panic on our hands on the 4th of July

 

[1journeyman]

Originally Posted by Alina Capuozzo
Has anyone ever kept a saltwater barracuda in an aquarium?
I recently purchased one from a local pet shop but cannot find any information on keeping them in an aquarium.
It is about 4 inches long and is eating feeder gold fish heartily.
I know it will very soon outgrow my 60 gal predator tank.
Welcome to the boards.
The info so far on this thread is accurate. Feeding freshwater feeder fish to saltwater fish is bad, and barracudas make horrible pets. It cannot live for long in anything but a huge tank.

 

[petjunkie]

Ha, Travis99, I was just watching 1 and 2 the other day, I love shark movies!
And yeah, original poster I would probably try to return that asap as a lot of public aquariums don't have enough room for them, they are extremely big fast swimmers. Not really a good fish for the trade.

 

[travis99]

Originally Posted by petjunkie
Ha, Travis99, I was just watching 1 and 2 the other day, I love shark movies!
And yeah, original poster I would probably try to return that asap as a lot of public aquariums don't have enough room for them, they are extremely big fast swimmers. Not really a good fish for the trade.

That is by far on my top ten list of movies ever. I even liked the movie better than the book, which seldom happens but Spielberg did a great job with that one.

 

[leftyblite]

Welcome to the boards.

I read in a book or a website at one time that they can get to be about 5-6 feet in length. I really wanted one until I read this and then I changed my mine fast. Sorry to say it will probably outgrow almost any tank you have. Good luck though.