grammodes and salvini aggression

[killerfish]

like allways i thinking of new cichlids to get for my tank when it finally get it but i've heard that these fish have a pretty wide range of aggression so i was woundering what every ones fish are like and how aggressive they are and what tankmates you have them with salvini and grammodes look so great

 

[pckt moose]

I found that my salvini grew more aggressive as he grew larger, once he hit the five inch mark he became very territorial. Despite this, I kept it in a community tank with keyhole cichlids, hoplos, and corys, and so long as everyone respected his space he was fine.

 

[xEchOx]

I have a 3 inch female holding her own in a 125g with a 13 inch oscar, 8 inch Tex, and a 4 inch JD. She is the runt, but does very well, and doesn't take much guff, given the circumstances. If she was larger, I would worry about the subdom fish.

 

[misplacedsooner]

i have a wild caught female sal about 5 inches, she is not overly aggressive unless her cave is invaded, then she gives chase. i also have a pair of grammodes alone in a 55, the male is 4 in. the female 3 in. they are paired and digging pits all over the tank but nothing so far. there was a cutteri in there i couldnt catch so they caught it for me.

 

[killerfish]

hmm so there aggression comes with age dang i was hopeing to look and see if some are chasing others and if some are just chilin whe'll i think i may just have to get them and see ow aggressive they turn out i'm worried about the grammode fighting with my jaguar cichlid anybody keep those two togeather

 

[killerfish]

no body keeps grammodes with other cichlids then ?

 

[Cross127]

My salvini is absolutely nuts! Even at 3" he was killing off tankmates double the size of him. He goes crazy when he sees other fish. The only tankmate I have ever been able to keep with him was a convict and a Brochis. Hopefully he will take nicely to the A. Diadema SMS is giving me.

 

[ProblEmZ]

I've had to move a female convict and a female Rainbow cichlid to a 29g otherwise my Male Grammodes would have killed them. He tore them up pretty good, well him and my Fem Carpinte. He's beginning to show teeth now actually . I've had the Grammodes about 3 months now and he's grown maybe an inch longer and about half an inch thicker. He will run from my Carpinte and chases my Leporinus when it gets too close. I have seen him strike at my Carpinte only once and put a split on the Caudal fin then back down and hide. I have yet to see my Grammodes do a thing to my Gold Severum.

Every time i look at my Grammodes i just love his colors. I can see that i may have to find a tank for himself eventually though.

 

[reptech]

ya mines hides all day so i dont think shell be a threat in my tank

 

[killerfish]

so are male and female grammodes equally aggressive? and the same with salvini ?

thanks for the info i'm still not sure if i'm going to get one i really wan't them though

also does anybody keep these two together

and one last question is $8 a good price for a grammode