GTs fighting

[bigpeacock]

i bought a GT to replace my jag that died and go with the GT I already had.......now they are fighting....lip locking and hitting each other with their tales and stuff......should i let them work it out or should i step in?

[Oscarboyz]

there is a slight chance that they may be doing ht espawning richual? oscars lip lock and hit tails when they breed. It is a pretty good possibility that they could be spawning

[bigpeacock]

i just put the new one in like an hour or so ago.....and they are only like 2" i didnt think they would be mature enough to spawn yet.............but that would deffinitely be cool if i had a breeding pair:headbang2

[TheMightyOscar]

i just put the new one in like an hour or so ago.....and they are only like 2" i didnt think they would be mature enough to spawn yet.............but that would deffinitely be cool if i had a breeding pair:headbang2


GT's will tolertale most other cichlids..except other GT's....the trick with them is to add however many you want..at the same time, or else one already had its territory and constantly feels it needs to defend it

either put in a divider, or switch the tank around

[bigpeacock]

yea ill try moving everything..........they are the same size and neither seems to be winning..........i had to get it though the store had some really nice looking GT's

[TheMightyOscar]

yeah i can understand that, i have 3, all impulse buys, lol

[croc 2-3]

i just put the new one in like an hour or so ago.....and they are only like 2" i didnt think they would be mature enough to spawn yet.............but that would deffinitely be cool if i had a breeding pair:headbang2

They don't usually breed at 2 in. but aquedins can breed at small sizes 3 in. is more like it though.

[bigpeacock]

they seem to be warming up to each other a little bit already so i think all will be well...........im still gonna keep my eye on them though

[bigpeacock]

will adding another fish or something help?

[GooDyboy420]

Right now i Have the same thing going on. My terrors are the smae size, Brazy the dominating one is definaly showing Poolez who is in charge has him corned and everything, but they are both going in my 125 soon so they should be able to get there thigns together.. Oh Poolez was a impulse buy i love terrors.

[sabotage]

add some dither's

[bigpeacock]

what if i added another cichlid?

[bigpeacock]

okay the problem is done with...........i took my original "GT" to the pet store which i found out was actually a blue acara which i had never seen before and it looked a hell of a lot like a GT but pet smart lies........so i traded that one for a JD and bought a jag so now i have a JD a jag and a real GT.....i know this one is real because it looked different than the other one i just didnt think anything of it and now that i have seen the differences i know what to look for

[xEchOx]

Not to be the bearer of bad news or anything... but to keep these three fish together, you are going to need a large tank. What size tank are they in now? The problems is that the gt and jd grow a little bit slower than the Jag. Depending upon the sexes, these fish might not even be able to coexist in a tank smaller than 240 gallons. Or they could all be female, and be fine in a 125. They are all great fish, but be prepared for upgrading and separating.

[bigpeacock]

well as of this moment they are in a 20 gal :eek: but they are all small juvies............i am fully aware that they need a bigger tank.........also the jag i think is a female because it was in the store a little while and didnt grow as fast as the others it was with (it was about half the size)........and im planning on getting a larger tank............and finally im very happy because they all seem to be getting along fine and they are all beautiful fish:nilly: ..............but im crossing my fingers because i have bad luck

[mssassysan2000]

Goodluck you got a blue acara from petsmart the petsmart around here doesn't carry those kind of fish a very small sec of ciclids.