expensive feeders

[lucas2]

I bought 4 frontosa (1 to 1.5") at my lfs today and brought them home to my mixed cichlid tank. I put them in about 8 hours ago and everything seemed OK, they were getting picked on alot, but this seems pretty normal for their first day. Well just now I looked at the tank, and my 6" flowerhorn has one blue little tail hanging out of his mouth I feel really bad because these guys were really cute and I really wanted to keep them. Not to mention the fact that I could buy 150 goldfish for the price of one.

 

[dbcb314]

you put 1 inch fish

with a 6 inch, very aggressive fish

what did you think was going to happen honestly?

 

[PacKRaT]

you put 1 inch fish

with a 6 inch, very aggressive fish

what did you think was going to happen honestly?

flowerhorns are notoriously vicious... Sorry to hear about the tilapia, anyway.

 

[Demonfish]

You put 1" fish in a tank containing a 6" Flowerhorn and who knows what else? Uhh... Maybe you need to go back to having black mollies, save your nickels and dimes and learn something about this hobby.

 

[Abi88]

I bought 4 frontosa (1 to 1.5") at my lfs today and brought them home to my mixed cichlid tank. I put them in about 8 hours ago and everything seemed OK, they were getting picked on alot, but this seems pretty normal for their first day. Well just now I looked at the tank, and my 6" flowerhorn has one blue little tail hanging out of his mouth I feel really bad because these guys were really cute and I really wanted to keep them. Not to mention the fact that I could buy 150 goldfish for the price of one.

Dude not sure what you were thinking! I havent been learing about fish keeping for very long, but even I know not to do that! But anyway sorry 'bout your loss!

 

[sauroid]

in this hobby, common sense is one of the most important factors inorder to succeed...
sorry about your loss though.

 

[Plecos_Ftw]

awwwww that sucks!!! dude... talk bout expensive feeders... i had a 7 or so inch ghost knife in with my cichlids and one 2.5 in common pleco..non aggressive cichlids btw...so yea.. i desided to buy some german rams. figured they could handle their own. ohhh well i forgot to mention i had a 11 inch morray eel..(hes the a55 in this story) they were all fine for bout a week.. come home.... OHHHH my ram was gone... thought he was hiding.. took a shower.. come back... 2 GERMAN RAMS GONE! then..... my yellow was gone... I started to look for them.. then figured shi7! they got munched! since the rest were big enough.. INCLUDING THE KNIFE. figured the tank would be alright.. fed my eel and went to sleep.. yea come home from work the next day.... GHOST KNIFE GONE. and .. ANNNND! i happend to walk in on him i shi7 you all not... he was eating my pleco neverrr ever heard of an eel eating a pleco. and its not like i starved him! fed him plenty!..... yeaaa. took the eel out of there.. hahaha SUCKS huh!!!. sorry so long story but it wouldnt have the same effect

 

[Druu]

awwwww that sucks!!! dude... talk bout expensive feeders... i had a 7 or so inch ghost knife in with my cichlids and one 2.5 in common pleco..non aggressive cichlids btw...so yea.. i desided to buy some german rams. figured they could handle their own. ohhh well i forgot to mention i had a 11 inch morray eel..(hes the a55 in this story) they were all fine for bout a week.. come home.... OHHHH my ram was gone... thought he was hiding.. took a shower.. come back... 2 GERMAN RAMS GONE! then..... my yellow was gone... I started to look for them.. then figured shi7! they got munched! since the rest were big enough.. INCLUDING THE KNIFE. figured the tank would be alright.. fed my eel and went to sleep.. yea come home from work the next day.... GHOST KNIFE GONE. and .. ANNNND! i happend to walk in on him i shi7 you all not... he was eating my pleco neverrr ever heard of an eel eating a pleco. and its not like i starved him! fed him plenty!..... yeaaa. took the eel out of there.. hahaha SUCKS huh!!!. sorry so long story but it wouldnt have the same effect

Doubt it. Morays are salt water, other fishes are fresh.

 

[Nabbig2]

I bought 4 frontosa (1 to 1.5") at my lfs today and brought them home to my mixed cichlid tank. I put them in about 8 hours ago and everything seemed OK, they were getting picked on alot, but this seems pretty normal for their first day. Well just now I looked at the tank, and my 6" flowerhorn has one blue little tail hanging out of his mouth I feel really bad because these guys were really cute and I really wanted to keep them. Not to mention the fact that I could buy 150 goldfish for the price of one.

Did you happen to be drunk when you put those frontosa with the flowerhorn?

 

[Plecos_Ftw]

Doubt it. Morays are salt water, other fishes are fresh.

well when i bought him it said freshwater... morray eel.. i know they are brackish..and thats how i kept him but only semi because of the other fish. ive heard it called snowflake or somethin. dont believe me go to Marks Tropical fish 20 dollars.