First experience with African Cichlid aggression

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If you look closely you can see that its eyes are gauged out..

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I also realize how ****ty it is losing your fish to aggression.
 
That sucks. What kind of fish is that?

I had a bichir that ripped an eye out of an iridescent shark on Easter, then finished the job a week later. Didn't even kill the thing either, just blinded it and left it to die.
 
MeiTnerium109;3660049; said:
That sucks. What kind of fish is that?

I had a bichir that ripped an eye out of an iridescent shark on Easter, then finished the job a week later. Didn't even kill the thing either, just blinded it and left it to die.

It was a juvenile Tretocephalus.
Man I don't know why some people get excited over fish killing other fish,
it just sucks.
 
mike dunagan;3660291; said:
eyes are easy to eat off fish. If a fish dies often tankmates will eat them. Eyes are the easiest to start with. Since it is floating I would say it died a while ago.

Yeah I was going to get a 6' Albino Bristlenose Pleco the other day for algae purposes, but I was advised that the eyes could be a target.

I was actually thinking that it could've died before.
The tank is right by my bed in a bachelor and I look at it quite often,
I didn't notice anything this morning but about an hour later I saw that fish floating..
 
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