Cuban Cichlid?

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I had one in my 220. He'd grew from 1.5" to 4" in about 3 months. He was fine for a while, but he went nuts and killed a 4" FM, shredded my beautiful 6" green sev, had all my other cichlids hiding all the time. He would even bow up at my 8" WC true green terror. So I had to get rid of him. He was a beautiful fish though. GL.
 
Thanks,my jack dempsey who isnt even king of the tank put all my cichlids,except my oscar in their place,if he is even attacked though, I am going to give a cuban cichlid a chance
 
gl bro. like i said before mine were quiet at first. now hes freakin nuts!!! beautiful fish though. what size are you looking for? maybe if you find a smaller one he will realize that hes not the king. for now anyways. haha. GL man.
 
smitty03281964 said:
I think they are shy. Not very fast growers and mine were not aggressive.
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Couldn't disagree more with this statement. Mine are always in the forefront of the tank begging for food, grew about 1" per month, which is fast, and once they reached a certain size are very aggressive to their own and to some tankmates. I realize this is just your personal experiences with the fish and I'm not putting it down--just stating that I had the exact opposite experience.
 
Ok,I bought myself a Cuban cichlid that is about 1.5 inches,this one looks too much like a Jaguar honestly,maybe same patterns are the same?When I went to pick him up,the lighting showed white with black patching on this Cuban,I tried to take a picture,wouldn't let me,so I put a video up on youtube instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySNcGLLIdaw
 
So its not a Jaguar correct?I have had a 3 inch Jaguar,before that grew up to 7 inches,but was beaten up so badly from my Oscar,that I just never bothered to get another one.
 
Some clear shots of this of this Cuban,which I hope it is.
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i bought my cubans when they were 2 1/2 " they are both over 6" now .i have owned them for 2 1/2 - 3 months. i feed the bio gold ,bloodworms ,krill,brine shrimp with 2 50 % water changes a week.. they are housed with a mated pair of jags ,and a i just removed my 5" male texas,and gave him his own tank. the female is still in the tank he beat her up during a spawn.. i have a 180 gal tank and agression is a bit high since the jags have fry,but everyone still has space , but when there is no fry the cuban kind of runs things .. still does imo
 
The only potential mating pair I had was my male texas and female salvini,but since he has passed away,so I am not too worried about the mating part,but severum and bloodparrot are always together. This cuban I picked up is a little shy as of right now,but loves to eat tetra crisps
 
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