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Rocksor said:
It can happen ...not my fish

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ah, ok see, I knew it could happen, I just seen ssooooooo many tanks with huge fish and small Convicts and I would always swear the big guys were afraid of the crazy little Convicts, but that picture is a good reminder. I coulda swore Mother Nature went looney for a while until I saw that lololol

Reminds me of my Oscar that ate an African Clawed Frog and the leg was sticking out his mouth for 3 days until he finished digesting and could finish swallowing it
 
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Frank Castle said:
the fish you mentioned are chill enough to work together ina tank, you take a step up and you might end up w/ something that will kill every thing. Look into Aggression ratings.......there are 5 levels of Aggressive
#5 - Mildly Aggressive
#4 - Aggressive
#3 - Very Aggressive
#2 - Highly Aggressive
#1 - EXTREMELY Aggressive

Find out what each of the fish you want is rated, then try and keep the tank limited to only fish rated in one of those brackets, while considering each fish can vary based on individuality

I can try to tell you the ratings for each fish if you have a question, but I don't remember all of them.
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sidenote - Mildly Aggressive would also be referred to by some people as "Semi-Aggressive" - Oscars and Severums are a good example
 
I always liked how Hypeselecara Temporalis, Hoplarchus Psittacus and Heros look together.
 
exodus1500 said:
What about a variety of Severums (rotkeils, green, Gold and red), a couple Uaru, and either some geophagus or clown loaches? That's a fair amount of color.
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Not a fan of the geos, clowns are nice when small, not so attractive when the get big and fat.
I could do another severum. I assume the red spot and whatever else should either both be males or both females? Id like to avoid breeding aggression with big fish
 
Well, got some fish in there.
4 yellow labs
1 Jack dempsey
1 BN pleco

Can't seem to find the rest locally, I've one place left to try before I just get the closest shop to order them for me.
I did have a rainbow shark, but he didn't last 24hrs before he was wedged in the return line nozzle. Also noticed, my JD is a cripple, apparently bought the one that was missing an entire pectoral fin. lol. It seems to get around very well, and is pretty damn quick, oh well, adds character.
 
Imsobored152 said:
Well, got some fish in there.
4 yellow labs
1 Jack dempsey
1 BN pleco

Can't seem to find the rest locally, I've one place left to try before I just get the closest shop to order them for me.
I did have a rainbow shark, but he didn't last 24hrs before he was wedged in the return line nozzle. Also noticed, my JD is a cripple, apparently bought the one that was missing an entire pectoral fin. lol. It seems to get around very well, and is pretty damn quick, oh well, adds character.
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this won't end well. Yellow Labs are African Rift Lake species from Lake Malawi and Jack Dempseys are a Central American cenote species which ony tend to become aggressive with age and size IME. There is a very good chance the Yellow Labs will prove to be too aggressive for the young JDs and kill them off rather quickly, especially if a male is present and he decide he wants to breed. While many people claim Yellow Labidochromis are the lesser aggressives of Mbuna, i have had some that were VERY nasty, and they only get worse when they breed. I would keep a tight watch on them and remove them or the JDs is you start seeing aggression. In the meantime make sure they have plenty of places to hide and lots of caves....2-3 per fish to prevent them from staking out territory.

Have someplace else to put fish that get bullied or beat-up ready for use at will.
 
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Frank Castle said:
this won't end well. Yellow Labs are African Rift Lake species from Lake Malawi and Jack Dempseys are a Central American cenote species which ony tend to become aggressive with age and size IME. There is a very good chance the Yellow Labs will prove to be too aggressive for the young JDs and kill them off rather quickly, especially if a male is present and he decide he wants to breed. While many people claim Yellow Labidochromis are the lesser aggressives of Mbuna, i have had some that were VERY nasty, and they only get worse when they breed. I would keep a tight watch on them and remove them or the JDs is you start seeing aggression. In the meantime make sure they have plenty of places to hide and lots of caves....2-3 per fish to prevent them from staking out territory.

Have someplace else to put fish that get bullied or beat-up ready for use at will.
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Thanks for the advise, yeah I knew they came from different parts of the world when I got them.
i'll keep an eye on them. For now they get along great, but yes, I do have a tank I can toss them in temporarily if needed to separate them
As of now, the labs are about an inch or so in size, so ive got another inch or so left before someone wants to breed.
 
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