Just how aggressive are emperor cichlids? All I can find are pretty old threads where people are just introducing juveniles to their tanks, anybody have an update?
I have never had a problem with large african cichlids eating small ones...even with large 8"+ Haps in the tank I can add 1.5-2" peacocks with no problem, but thinking way down the road a ways, I'm not sure about a fish that can get 2 feet in an aquarium with fish that top out at around 6-7" or even the 8-12" haps....
If you had african community tank large enough to house one would you add one?
Or have you already tried?
I want to try one pretty bad but am not sure what the odds are of him becoming a pain in the butt as he gets big and what I would do with him if he did.
I have heard a few horror stories but all of them where with a pair of emps being mixed with less aggressive SA and CA fish like PBass. I believe an emperor cichlid can take out a Pbass any day because IMO african cichlid aggression is on a whole different level than new world cichlid aggression.
I have never had a problem with large african cichlids eating small ones...even with large 8"+ Haps in the tank I can add 1.5-2" peacocks with no problem, but thinking way down the road a ways, I'm not sure about a fish that can get 2 feet in an aquarium with fish that top out at around 6-7" or even the 8-12" haps....
If you had african community tank large enough to house one would you add one?
Or have you already tried?
I want to try one pretty bad but am not sure what the odds are of him becoming a pain in the butt as he gets big and what I would do with him if he did.
I have heard a few horror stories but all of them where with a pair of emps being mixed with less aggressive SA and CA fish like PBass. I believe an emperor cichlid can take out a Pbass any day because IMO african cichlid aggression is on a whole different level than new world cichlid aggression.
