The walrus fish will usually be fully colored at 18-22 months, and will develop and mature in all aspects in 2 years time. In terms of size, a 1.5 meter tank at home can only keep walrus fish until they grow to about 1 meter at most. Walrus fish grows rapidly and foreign magazines recommend an aquarium for walrus fish to be 4.5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 1.5 meters high. Therefore, walrus fish can only be stocked in large aquariums, walrus fish stocked into the aquarium to ensure that there is enough feeding space fish open range of motion. With this growth rate, when it is still a juvenile fish, and the size of at least adult red dragonfish, there is a possibility of mixing, if the size difference is too much, it is not recommended to mix.

Although from the habits of life, walrus fish and red dragonfish are tropical fish, like weak acidic water, suitable for the water temperature and PH value are the same, but walrus is still more ferocious, size difference is too much, the red dragonfish is too easy to get hurt.