I had a sweet full colored Malawi eyebiter that just kind of minded his own busness and then my dad killed it when i was on vacation. But its ok i think i am getting a better one from my friend a 8inch full color male its sweet.
anyone keep malawi eyebiters ????
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I also have one in a tank of cats, an ornate and a 6" gator gar. He's kinda aggressive, but no damage so far. How big do comps get? Will they pose a danger to my 6" ornate?Ash;231916;231916 said:
prolly one of my favorite cichlids
I've got 3 smallish eyebiters (around 2-4) in with some frontosa and other haps. And they've been fine.
My compressiceps is in a 75 with a fuscotaeniatus, a venustus, a polystigma, and an ahli. No problems so far. They are all still juveniles though. The compressiceps is the largest and is about 4". Every once in a whiel I see him do a short chase at one of the others, but he never puts any real effort into it.
No experience w/ the eye biters but all Nimbo.'s seem to be aggressive and can hang pretty much with any other fish. Assuming the size difference isn't that great. Had a 4" Livingstoni w/ a 6" texas, 2 oscars 9 & 10" breeding, 3 convicts breeding, 12 florida gar and a 6" woodcutter cat. The little Nimbo. was always one of the first to eat.
as I have said in other threads, eyebitters as they are called only get bad names because many do not know how to get them to eat. If they go hungry the other fish start to look good to eat and their eyes are the softest part. Take the eyes then you can take the whole fish. D. Comps are really laid back, but if put in the position can become aggressive and hold their own. I had one for a while that my peacocks killed. Now I have another who is in a grow out with some baby peacocks. Will let him grow a bit first.
