Midas questions

[Joshuakahan]

He arrived! Seems to have a good personality. Very aggressive and not skittish

Midas cichlid and granulated catfish pond

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[abominus]

He arrived! Seems to have a good personality. Very aggressive and not skittish

Midas cichlid and granulated catfish pond

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A beautiful specimen! Mine was the same in the start. He became shy the next day. Let's see what happens. Your one's seems larger than mine so he might be more brave. Besides every fish has a different personality, but I have to admit, that fish is absolutely stunning

 

[Joshuakahan]

A beautiful specimen! Mine was the same in the start. He became shy the next day. Let's see what happens. Your one's seems larger than mine so he might be more brave. Besides every fish has a different personality, but I have to admit, that fish is absolutely stunning

Thanks! He’s about 12-13”. So far he hides if stand directly over the pond, but if I sit next to it like this, he seems very comfortable

 

[abominus]

Thanks! He’s about 12-13”. So far he hides if stand directly over the pond, but if I sit next to it like this, he seems very comfortable

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Man, can't stop looking at that fish! BTW, i suggest creating a separate thread for that midas and sharing its progress there. Who knows, it might help some fellow fishkeepers!

 

[Joshuakahan]

Man, can't stop looking at that fish! BTW, i suggest creating a separate thread for that midas and sharing its progress there. Who knows, it might help some fellow fishkeepers!

I may do that, I’ll probably wait and see if there’s anything worth noting. So far it seemed to settle in almost immediately and just do normal fish things lol

 

[abominus]

Any updates?

 

[dmyersWv]

My experience with Midas is they are aggressive with other cichlids in their territory, but haven't had issues with dithers or catfish if they can give it some room. If it is a red devil then all bets are off.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Any updates?

Nothing really of note yet. It’s not as active but not really shy either, just kind of hangs in his favorite spot

 

[Joshuakahan]

My experience with Midas is they are aggressive with other cichlids in their territory, but haven't had issues with dithers or catfish if they can give it some room. If it is a red devil then all bets are off.

It’s definitely a Midas. Hes mildly aggressive towards the catfish but as soon as the catfish darts away he doesn’t really chase to much

 

[dmyersWv]

Sounds about right. I agree that silver dollars make great dithers for any Amphilophus as they are big enough to not die quickly.