Aggression question

[Frank Castle]

So my current plan is to rehome one of my fish the day after Christmas (to a long time friend was an established tank). I've put my feelers out to rehome hopefully another two. Jeff Rapps is expecting a shipment of A. ravs today/tomorrow, so I'm excited to hear back from him. If he has a nice male, I will keep my best female and rehome the rest. Worst comes to worst (they can't maintain relative peace)and I will either set that female up in a tank by herself or I will rehome her and keep the male as a single "wet pet." If Jeff doesn't have anything for me, I kind of want to rehome all of the GTs and go with an oscar. No tank mates. Super simple. Less worry.

just wait until you get the male in w/ the other femles before u make a decision. Don't jump the gun.....give him the option of several females to choose from instead of just 1 has has to pick cuzz there's no other choice. Then sell or rehome the remaining females.

 

[Frank Castle]

This... Gives me some hope! I really want this pair to work out. And there is a basically 100% opportunity for a large upgrade tank wise in about 3 years. My house right now can only fit a ~5' long tank (which is larger than I have now, but I would.upgrade if a good opportunity presented itself).

I had heard GTs were slow growers, at between .25-.5 inches a month so I figured I had a while to upgrade, if necessary.

LMAO....if u think my female grew that much since I got her this spring, you are mistaken hahaha. I think she MIGHT have grown from 4" to 4.5" in 6 months. Male is growing good though.

 

[Rebelsgirl]

just wait until you get the male in w/ the other femles before u make a decision. Don't jump the gun.....give him the option of several females to choose from instead of just 1 has has to pick cuzz there's no other choice. Then sell or rehome the remaining females.

Will three to choose from be enough? I'm really hoping Jeff has a good male. I reached out to your friend, but he has not yet replied.

 

[Frank Castle]

Will three to choose from be enough? I'm really hoping Jeff has a good male. I reached out to your friend, but he has not yet replied.

I wuld assume so, I never had problems pairing - w/ any of my fish - I put a male and a female together and they spawn, easy-peasy. I guess i'm just lucky again lol did It w/ Jaguars, GTs, Brasiliensis, Convicts, Jewels, FH/Midas combo, some kind of Cichlasoma.....only fish I ever offered multiple females was JDs. Helps a lot if the female is larger than the male but not more aggressive

 

[Skalper666]

This... Gives me some hope! I really want this pair to work out. And there is a basically 100% opportunity for a large upgrade tank wise in about 3 years. My house right now can only fit a ~5' long tank (which is larger than I have now, but I would.upgrade if a good opportunity presented itself).

I had heard GTs were slow growers, at between .25-.5 inches a month so I figured I had a while to upgrade, if necessary.

Yeah way slower than that like Frank said. I bought juvenile jack Dempseys and a GT two years ago and they are all still all mid size at best.

 

[Frank Castle]

Yeah way slower than that like Frank said. I bought juvenile jack Dempseys and a GT two years ago and they are all still all mid size at best.

Definitely one of the slow growers out there - GTs, JDs, Blue Acaras, Festae, Brasliensis......even Convicts seem like they grow slow to me. I guess we should WC more than 1 per week lol I figured 60-70% was good enough weekly

 

[philipraposo1982]

Whatever route you go good luck. As far as growth rate you can expect .25-
.5" per month as a normal avg. My gt seems to be about .5" a month so far.

I am hoping for 9-10 inches after 2 years

 

[Rebelsgirl]

Do this: do a search on youtube, look at all the popular larger SA/CA cichlids. Then narrow it does to only videos of breeding pairs. take a note of how many of them actually coexist without having to be divided.

I have done this and rarely do I find a pair of large cichlids that don't have to be separated. even in tanks that appear big enough.

In the wild fish would spawn and if the female wanted the male gone then he could go swim off and be done with it. or if a male wanted to spawn and the femlae wanted nothing to do with the male she could simply leave. when we trap them in a tank they don't have this opportunity to leave.

Some species of cichlids are far better at being parents together and will form a bonded pair which these is rarely any major aggression.

Does this look male?

 

[Rebelsgirl]

Definitely one of the slow growers out there - GTs, JDs, Blue Acaras, Festae, Brasliensis......even Convicts seem like they grow slow to me. I guess we should WC more than 1 per week lol I figured 60-70% was good enough weekly

Any idea if that fish is male?

 

[philipraposo1982]

Too young to tell. Give em a month or two and then I can sex them no problem