Hi all,
I have a GT (6", male) which is the dominant fish in the tank. He had a beef with my synspilum when I first introduced him but they fought it out (under supervision
) and things calmed down for a couple of weeks.
However, now he is f*&king mental and relentlessly persues both my synspilum (6"+) and fenestratus (4"), even if they hide. It's like a switch just flicked. They're all in a 6'x1'x1.5 (100G, I think) so there's more than enough space. He just wants the entire tank!! There are 3 silver dollars and 4 other juvi SA/CA's no more than an inch in the tank as well.
I feed them a home made cichlid food (fish bits, shrimp, spinach, multi-vitamins, crushed pellets), and have tried lowering the temperature, separting them for a few days, but no avail.
I don't really want to get rid of him, he has awesome coloring and is a pretty cool fish to watch him doing his thing. Is my only option to put him in his own tank or sell him, or has someone discovered a miracle way of controlling one bezerk cichlid?
I have a GT (6", male) which is the dominant fish in the tank. He had a beef with my synspilum when I first introduced him but they fought it out (under supervision
) and things calmed down for a couple of weeks.However, now he is f*&king mental and relentlessly persues both my synspilum (6"+) and fenestratus (4"), even if they hide. It's like a switch just flicked. They're all in a 6'x1'x1.5 (100G, I think) so there's more than enough space. He just wants the entire tank!! There are 3 silver dollars and 4 other juvi SA/CA's no more than an inch in the tank as well.
I feed them a home made cichlid food (fish bits, shrimp, spinach, multi-vitamins, crushed pellets), and have tried lowering the temperature, separting them for a few days, but no avail.
I don't really want to get rid of him, he has awesome coloring and is a pretty cool fish to watch him doing his thing. Is my only option to put him in his own tank or sell him, or has someone discovered a miracle way of controlling one bezerk cichlid?
