are orinos bullys??

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I recently picked up a pair of 1" Orinos from Rich at Infinite Acquatics and threw them in my 60 with some Cory cats, Odessa Barbs, Dwarf Rainbows, Turqouise Rainbows, Madagascar Rainbows, and Emperor Tetras. Let's just say even at 1inch they decimated the tank. The idea was to give my community fish to a friend, however he took over a week to come pick them up. I was an accessory to murder of about 12 fish ranging from 2.5 to 4 inches. My friend took the remaining 5 fish. Orinos are Gangsta. No joke.
 
I also agree with the Orinos being very aggressive... in my tank, the 10" Leichardti is boss... The 9" Orino challenges but not for long... 10/10 he always swims away. The Lei only targets the Orino when it comes to pushing around tankmates (but the Orino does punk everything else)
 
Orino are definitely the bulls of all the cichlas when it comes to aggression...my previous orinos were all standing up and tryna overcome my male dovii before and it was much bigger than the orinos...so it comes to them to show real power of the cichlas. Btw yurs are looking very nice =D goodluck with them!
 
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