24/10/2026
🐟✨ NEW ARRIVALS — SARATOGA! ✨🐟
Our stunning Saratoga have arrived at Macarthur Pets & The Reptile Shop! With their impressive scales and graceful swimming, these freshwater fish make a spectacular display. 😍
⏳ Life span: A long-term commitment! Saratoga can live for 15 years or more with excellent care.
📏 Adult size: Depending on the species, they can reach around 90cm, so plan for their full-grown size!
💙 Personality: Alert and fascinating predators that can be territorial, particularly as they mature. They may startle easily and are powerful jumpers, so a secure, sturdy lid is essential.
🦐 Diet: Offer a varied carnivorous diet with quality floating predator pellets, insects, earthworms and suitable frozen foods such as prawns. Food should be appropriately sized.
🏡 Tank needs: Think BIG! A 180 × 60 × 60cm aquarium — approximately 650 litres — is a starting minimum, with a substantially larger, wider aquarium needed as they grow. Plenty of open swimming space, strong filtration and regular water changes are essential.
🐠 Tank mates: Keeping one on its own is often safest. Some may tolerate large, robust fish such as suitably sized eeltail catfish or silver perch, but compatibility is never guaranteed. Small fish may become dinner, and other Saratoga can trigger aggression!
Come in and meet our new arrivals, and chat with our aquarium team about the species available and the right setup for their adult size. 🐟💙
Care references: Aquarium Industries’ Saratoga guide, Seriously Fish’s aquarium recommendations, and the Australian Museum’s documented 16-year-old specimen.
