Green Terror 10 inches?

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fishbum said:
So you measure the tail? Barley turn around? You two are something else. Please explain, in full detail, how a 10" fish in a 12'' wide tank is being hurt? And how keeping one in a wider and longer tank will benefit it.

Stanzzzz7... The cichilds you have rattled off are all active fish. Exactly how does one judge their activity in comparison to a GT?

GT's are easy to keep. A 55 is fine for life. Anyone with common sense will tell you that. As far as them using caves, they will do that too. Where some of you kids get your info is beyond me.

Good luck to the OP. Hopefully she is smart enough to listen to reason, and not a couple of kids who think these are a large, difficult fish to keep...
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So should I get a 75 gallon for my GT and roselines? Or is a 55 ok, it would be much easier to get the 55
 
A 55 is fine. If you want tank mates, don't get small streamlined fish. The barbs may very well be eaten in a 55 or 75. The smallest fish I would keep with a GT would be tiger barbs. I would only try that in a 75. But bigger fish that won't fit in an adults mouth would be best. You could try the roseline barbs, but like I already said, as much as they cost I wouldn't do it.

If a 55 is what you can get, get that and keep the GT by itself. Despite what the other two kids here think, a 55 is perfectly fine for a single GT for life.
 
Greenterrorlover said:
So should I get a 75 gallon for my GT and roselines? Or is a 55 ok, it would be much easier to get the 55
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I think I'm going with fishbum and the 55 gallon :) any suggestions for fast target/dither fish? And will the roseline Sharks pick on my GT like maybe nibble on his tail? I don't want that to happen!
 
fishbum said:
Good luck to the OP. Hopefully she is smart enough to listen to reason, and not a couple of kids who think these are a large, difficult fish to keep...
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yeah, dont listen to us kids. listen to mr.growuppants here.
 
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fishbum said:
A 55 is fine. If you want tank mates, don't get small streamlined fish. The barbs may very well be eaten in a 55 or 75. The smallest fish I would keep with a GT would be tiger barbs. I would only try that in a 75. But bigger fish that won't fit in an adults mouth would be best. You could try the barbs, but like I already said, as much as they cost I wouldn't do it.
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I am not worried on costs so much, I was wondering if I do choose roselines to be with my GT should I get all 6 at once or 1 at a time?
 
Ihsnshaik said:
Tank is too small get a bigger tank and the GT will grow faster.
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Jakob said:
A 55 is not big for a 10" territorial cichlid. I think it will do if you take good care of it, 75g would be better once it's fully grown.

There are some ways to make your fish grow faster.
1. Plenty of filtration (15-20x turnovers per hour).
2. Diverse diet (bloodworms, pellets, market shrimps etc)
3. Powerfeeding (3-5x a day, make sure no food is left behind)
4. Large weekly water change (40-70% each week, depending on filtration).
5. Higher temperature (=faster metabolism, keep the temp at 28°C)

This hobby is all about patience, he will take some time to reach 10".
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ehh said:
Just keep up with water changes and feed him a variety of stuff and you'll be fine.

A 55 is too small long term btw. I have a 10-11" fish in a 75 and I feel it's still too small. Big fish need big tanks.
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Stanzzzz7 said:
I tend to disagree with the above.My male green terror is around 8 inches or so and lives in a 7x2x2. He energetically uses all of the tank space available.
Rivulatus are active swimmers if allowed the space and are not the sort of cichlid that likes to hang about in a cave.
I also would not recommend trying to speed up growth by turning up the temperature. These fish come from Northern Peru and predominantly western Ecuador where temperature will normally be in the low 70s
Forcing fish to live in a temperature higher than they are ment for will only shorten it life.
Also on to diet and feeding.
These fish are not predatory by nature but omnivorous. To much protein is not the best route towards a healthy specimen.
Protein is OK but variety can not be beaten.I feed mine koi sticks as well as the more meaty foods as they tend to be more vegetable based and the fish tend to like them.
Over feeding to much protein can result in health problems and is unnatural for the fish.
Frequent water changes,a varied diet,good filtration and space is all that's needed for optimal normal growth.
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all these people here agree that a 55 is too small.
only one person here thinks a 55 is fine.
that one person also mentions using "reason" when he results to insulting us because he makes assumptions about our age. and we're the kids here, huh?
 
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