This obviously only applies to community tanks obviously, but the question is. Who is the fish in your predatory/large fish community that always seems to jump in and break up any fights before they go too far? What species is that fish? Is it the alpha of the tank? Pictures or videos of the fish in action? Experiences and observations of this fish's temperment? Do you have a fish that rarely ever starts fights but always is the one to end them? Would love to hear your experiences and see your fish in action.
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My 2 footers Silver and Clown knife.
No quarrel survives their gliding through, with olhmpic disdain for the contestants
No quarrel survives their gliding through, with olhmpic disdain for the contestants
I have a male midas thats around 2yo that cant stand the smaller 5" fish bickering. He will swim right between them and mouth at the bully.
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6 years ago i had an african tank,mixed bunch.the chipokea male would always step in to end fights.later with SA community- 3 severums,blue acara,and a bigger (than the rest) male chocolate cichlid-7 inches.would turn on dime to break up fights or just bull rush others,but not do any damage to his tankmates
I had a Tanganyikan Tilapia that was about twelve inches in length.It would jump right in and chase other fish around for a little bit if it caught them squabbling.It would also chase other fish away from the floating pellets until it's had it's fill.
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Hmmm... maybe a parrot fish? He was hecka mean. He wouldnt tolerate any other agression. He wouldnt attack anybody but he would chase the bully around the tank so much the bully almost died of stress. My datnoid was the bully, he got pissed off at my ebjd who was trying to breed with his girl. Then the parrot fish swooped in and cornered the dat, scared him ****less. you could see the fear on his face. And then i gave away the parrot fish because the lfs wouldnt give me credit. Then i walk in the next week and the greedy SOB wants 100$ for the parrot fish they couldnt even give me a dollar in credit for!!? I wasnt pissed so much as my mom was. She was ticked! She threatened to never come back. Of course we were there 3 days later for some fertz. LOL.
If hes selling parrot fish for 100 dollars hes obviously scamming people out of their money
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Nah mimi had some wild colors on him. He was a very nice specimen. Very long flowy streamers. And he had a gigantic nuchal hump it was rediculous!
My large female Jag. She came in decimated everything in sight and I had to pull her and put her back in isolation for almost 6 months so the others could size up a bit. Once re-introduced, she became the moderator of all skirmishes. When she swims past, everyone is on their best behavior. she never lip locks but she'll flare and everyone cowers.
Thats why most people keep blood parrots, they are exelent at breaking up fights!
Right now for me its basically that my GG has these random moments where he feels like chasing my tinfoils or chocolate cichlid, he just gets bored when he sees something else to chase. I don't have anyone to mediate the fights but on the plus side my GG only bothers those 3 fish. he leaves all my predators and catfish alone.
Right now for me its basically that my GG has these random moments where he feels like chasing my tinfoils or chocolate cichlid, he just gets bored when he sees something else to chase. I don't have anyone to mediate the fights but on the plus side my GG only bothers those 3 fish. he leaves all my predators and catfish alone.