Added Cuban and Black Belt

[joel.uejio]

Update: I did return the BB. I then kept the Cuban and Polleni divided for a bit, but have recently removed the divider and things seem ok, actually! The Polleni sits on the darker side of the tank and the Cuban on the lighter side. At night I see some chasing, but kind of half-hearted and the Cuban has places to hide. Here are some pics:







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[oscarman2003]

cubans can be very nasty i keep a couple of them thats the one u want to watch out for

 

[lp85253]

good luck, it may work...

 

[cebosound]

some nice fish you have there. hopefully the aggression stays at a reasonable level.

 

[Yank-Keeper-Scott]

as soon as the cuban settles in you are in for a shock


let the endless bloodbath....


begin!

 

[joel.uejio]

Another update: The polleni started harassing the cuban more and more. I used a divider for a while, but that didn't seem like a very good solution. So I finally decided to set up a 40g breeder I have just for the cuban. So she's in there now all by herself and the polleni and my two bichirs are in the 75g. The tanks are next to each other and the polleni will actually sit and watch the cuban -- maybe plotting some elaborate conquest.

I'm not super psyched to be running two tanks for four fish, so trying to decide between rehoming the cuban or adding some dither fish to the 40g to make it more interesting....

So, actually, if anyone is in SOCAL and wants a free cuban, you can have her -- just message me!

 

[cichlidmayhem]

Another update: The polleni started harassing the cuban more and more. I used a divider for a while, but that didn't seem like a very good solution. So I finally decided to set up a 40g breeder I have just for the cuban. So she's in there now all by herself and the polleni and my two bichirs are in the 75g. The tanks are next to each other and the polleni will actually sit and watch the cuban -- maybe plotting some elaborate conquest.

I'm not super psyched to be running two tanks for four fish, so trying to decide between rehoming the cuban or adding some dither fish to the 40g to make it more interesting....

So, actually, if anyone is in SOCAL and wants a free cuban, you can have her -- just message me!

That polleni looks gorgeous! Any chance of getting more pics of just him?


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[joel.uejio]

Sure, here are some of him and a bonus pic of the Cuban....sorry for the so-so quality and all the gunk in pic 2 -- was after a WC had kicked up some stuff.











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