baby tarpon

Very cool! Tarpon are awesome fish. Where did you get it?

fish store calld Xtreme Fish and Pets in houston.

You can sure tell it's a predator, look at the size of the eyes relative to the size of the fish. Eating Machine!

cool!

what does it eat??

Gonna need a bigger aquarium pretty soon!

Maybe a dumb question but what re yougoing to do with it providing it lives long enough to get too big for the aquarmium? Bigger fish bowl, then the bath tub, the kids pool, then the big swiming pool? You gonna run out of room eventually and I doubt it will survive long turned loose in the Gulf.
Its like baby anythings they grow up.

I wonder if it could beat up a Red Oscar?

i have always been told that fish will stay grow to there habat i dout that it will grow very big in a little bowl, likes stream trout u realy see a 6 or 7 lb rain bow in a stream thats 9 feet wide and only 8 inch deep

that looks like a freshwater aquarium, especially because of that crawdad in the background. do tarpon live in freshwater?

cool fish.

Here's what I posted last time this came up:


Lot's of folks believe that, but it's kind of an "Old wive's tale". Fish will continue to grow even in a tank that is too small. What usually happens is the fish gets too large for the filitration system (both natural and power filtration) of the tank.

Fish tanks work when there is a balance between beneficial bacteria, power filtration, and fish waste. Larger fish naturally produce more waste, and people tend to feed them more because they get bigger thus more waste is produced and if the filtration and beneficial bacteria cannot break it down, ammonia and other dangerous waste levels increase severly stressing or killing the fish.

Fish growth may slow in a smaller tank, but that's because it is near death in such an out of balance environment. Greater power filtration can be added, and fish can continue to grow in small tanks, but often the fish is uncomfortable, can become too stressed, or will simply jump out of a tank that is getting too small. I'm a big proponent of keeping fish in the biggest tank you can afford. When they are comfortable and healthy you'll see brighter colors, more active behavior, and happy fish.

A large, well balanced tank is much easier to maintain as well. It actually allows the owner to relax and enjoy it a little...which is why most folks get them to begin with.