Are Female Trimac's Aggressive?

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I had a juvenile pair of Trimac's and the male died.

Can I put the female trimac in a 180 gal community tank with an Oscar, JD's, GT, Firemouths?

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If shes not the biggest fish in the tank, Id try it, just keep an eye on them. The odds are at least 50/50, even better the smaller she is.

Ive seen it work before in almost the same setup.
 
If everyone dwarfs her by a few inches, it might work for awhile. Id just have plenty of hiding spots for the others.

If shes the same size or bigger than the others, I doubt it. Who knows though...those you listed arent much competition to her...or can learn not to be.
 
I have a new 150 gal tank set up that I was going to put the pair of Trimac's in, but I didn't want the female in a specimen tank by herself. I am going to put a juvenile Jag in that tank. The Jag so far is not aggressive, but territorial. So:

Will a female Trimac and a female (I think) Jag work out in a 150 gal together?
 
The only tankmates my trimac doesn't try to kill are the ones seperated by glass or a very sturdy divider. Sorry, just the way it normally works out. There are some exceptions though.
 
I bought 4 F0 juneal Trimacs hoping for a pair or two.... but they ended up being 4 females... They are currently between 6~7.5"

As they grew to young adulthood.... 2 of the females will not tolerate any tankmates... 1 is very aggressive but can coexist with other robust/aggressive tankmates.... the last one does fine in a community tank with typical SA/CA tankmates (at least for now)...

Having watched mine for the last year... I would not expect them to be able to coexist with tankmates long term...
 
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