Revamped one of my tanks my 8x3x3. Currently in there I have my 6 beautiful 4-6 inch rotkeil sevs and my 6-7 inch true parrot. I've always been a fan of the GTs and wanna get one I know they can be jerks but figuring with the footprint of this tank I should be ok with adding a GT. The sevs and parrot have been moved to this tank for about 2 weeks now so they are also still new (to the tank). What are thoughts on adding even a young GT and letting him grow with them
8x3x3 new stocking
- Thread starter Nyrkorey
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Last year I put two male and one female green terror, all about 4"-5", in my 450gal 8x3x2.5. At that time the tank had three 7" Severum, four leporinus, 3M/2F Firemouth, one 5" Oscar, 16 silver dollars. The two male GT beat up one of the Severum and the Oscar so bad I rehomed them. I finally rehomed the two male green terrors as they had taken over the whole tank.
A few months ago I added more tank decor to create better sight breaks and put in a 5" male GT. He and the female that was already there started breeding and each time took over 1/3 of the tank, but other than that the other tank inhabitants have been fine.
My conclusion: personality of your GT can make a difference. Tank decor/sight breaks in your tank can help.
Good luck.
A few months ago I added more tank decor to create better sight breaks and put in a 5" male GT. He and the female that was already there started breeding and each time took over 1/3 of the tank, but other than that the other tank inhabitants have been fine.
My conclusion: personality of your GT can make a difference. Tank decor/sight breaks in your tank can help.
Good luck.
Ughhh yeah see they are so dam hit or miss I would hate to do that to one of my sevs. They are amazing fish and in a nice group right now. Maybe I'll go with a chocolate cichlid (maybe) and a little group of uaru instead. Keep it on the calmer side
I will get pictures for you fellas in the morning! Currently 11pm here and the little one is finally down which means it's hide out time in our room
i do have a picture of some of the sevs I'll attach. This was taken with an actually camera hence the quality
They are in a group of 6..I've found the more I had the more social they were so sitting at 6 there colors are really showing, I can't wait for them to get bigger