Aggression of baby Cichla

cpm6t

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When does the pBass start becoming territorial or show aggression to other tank mates?
Mine are currently at 2.5" (4 of them) and I would like to add my silver Aro (only 6" in size) to the 65 gallon tank.

The Silver Aro is in a 15 g tank with 2 X Black Ghost Knifes (3" in size) and the Aro is super cool towards them. It is the Cichlas' behavior that I'm not aware of, at this stage. I would like to add the Aro in a couple of weeks time and the next upgrade would be to something around 220g.

I've seen several tanks with Aro+pBass on this forums but they are all adult specimens.
 

Houdini89

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There little Pit-Bulls when they want to be, at any size.............
 

smitty03281964

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It is not particular size.
 

cpm6t

Gambusia
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If you have a few they will act like a pack of wolves but you should be fine putting a 6" aro wiht 2" p bass
That is what I've seen so far. Those 4 move around together and they have that look which says they can't be trusted, even at this age. I'll be moving the tank to my home-office in couple of weeks time and I'm going to put Aro at that time so I'll know right away if something goes wrong.:)
 

troutking

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the arow outsizes them by alot lol....id be more worried about the pbass being eaten but it does depend on how aggressive ur bass are. i had an orino which was vicious to other fish. and only other pbass could hold their own against it
 
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