I have kept several generations of GT, and in my experience, they are peaceful and will not bother or eat small fish. They have no predatory instinct, specially if they are raised with dry food only.
Green Terror QUestion
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I agree with Duanes. Green Terrors aren't specialized piscivores because you can tell by their head shape. Usually piscivores have a very elongated mouth like a Malawi Eyebiter. This is to make catching fish easier. However, fish that feed on plants and crustaceans and mollusks tend to have more blunt heads like Green Terrors and mbunas.
This guy was definitely raised on pellets, ate a few right away. Good to hear they are not super aggressive, gives me ideas for tank mates in the future.
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I keep 4 Panamanian Andinoacara in a 180, with some similar sized tetras, that they have not bothered with in about 3 years.
But... put in a similar sized live shrimp, they attack en-masse.
But... put in a similar sized live shrimp, they attack en-masse.
It's a 50/50 chance they can be highly aggressive. I;ve known quite a few people that have GTs and almost all are given up due to the aggression against even much larger cichlids in 6 foot tanks. I myself have had a mellow one (at the bottom of the cichlid hierarchy) and an aggressive one (picking fights with wild aggressive cichlids more than 2x their size). The aggressive one was already showing aggression to another GT at the fish store, and after 4 months in my main tank started to show aggression to the much larger cichlids.
I guess the temperament of GT varies with the strain. I have kept only the mellow domesticated strain that are aggressive only to its own kind at maturity. Wild GT and some newer strain, such as Royal GT, are known to be more aggressive.
Aggressiveness of a fish has no correlation with its predatory behavior. The most aggressive fish are herbivorous Mbuna and Tropheus, yet some predatory fish such as Frontosa and Malawian Eyebiter are mellow. My Frontosa and Eyebiter have never bothered small fish as they were fed with pellet food all their life.
Aggressiveness of a fish has no correlation with its predatory behavior. The most aggressive fish are herbivorous Mbuna and Tropheus, yet some predatory fish such as Frontosa and Malawian Eyebiter are mellow. My Frontosa and Eyebiter have never bothered small fish as they were fed with pellet food all their life.
