Birchir and flowerhorn

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oscaroo

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Okay, i have a 5 inch seganal birchir in my 120 and wanted to put it with my flowerhorn in my 65 gallon, the flowerhorn in 3.5 inches. This piticular flowerhorn has always been aggressive to other cichlids but I am debating on trying it with my prized seganal... You think it will be okay? I was about to do a WC on the 65 than add the seganal but i want a few other opions before i risk me only birchir...
 
i dont see why not, heck if seen birchir live with dovii....so i why not give it a try, you wont know until you try :)
 
just keep an eye on them incase you have to move the birchir
 
Buy like 2-3 dither fish you know the flowerhorn will attack and put them in before the bichir and hell never even notice it, its the only way I can introduce new fish to my flowerhorn

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Buy like 2-3 dither fish you know the flowerhorn will attack and put them in before the bichir and hell never even notice it, its the only way I can introduce new fish to my flowerhorn

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I have 3 silver dollars i can use... I will add them too...
 
i would also be good if you have cave or something so the birchir can hide if aggression starts
 
didn't put SDs in beacause I thought they were kinda slow and they look better in my community... So far a little aggression when the birchir goes up for air but the birchir has armor so no injeries...Some aggressiobn but manageable.... nothing compared to agression with other cichlids...
 
thats to be expected, but if the birchir isnt hurt then everything is fine :)
 
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