Hello, Ive had my 150 gallon running now for quite sometime, the only fish that inhabit the tank are a 10 inch lima shovelnose catfish, an 8 inch blue texas and a 11inch peacock bass. the texas has always been king of the tank from when he was young, abit of chasing but never too much, anyways the last few mornings when i go to feed the fish i noticed the bass has scratch/ bite marks on him and the catfish and bass are kind of huddled up at one end of the tank while the texas is patrolling in full dominance , if the bass crosses the half of the tank hell be pushed right back to the other end, wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to calm the texas down?
Help with my crazy blue texas
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Imho your Texas can't be settled down, they're just mean, hyper-territorial SOB's and it will only get worse as it gets older/bigger. It's possible the PB might actually get to a size where it can get revenge, but either way I see some serious MMA action in that tank in the future, personally I'd put the Texas in his own 100-125g.
This is normal alpha Herichthys behavior.
In nature a territorial male might protect a turf area of about 250 gallons.
I get the feeling many people think I'm crazy when I say a 6ft tank may be too small for one 10 -12" alpha cichlid, this is one of the obvious reasons.
There is basically nothing you can do, except get it, or the other fish a new tank, or eat him.
In nature a territorial male might protect a turf area of about 250 gallons.
I get the feeling many people think I'm crazy when I say a 6ft tank may be too small for one 10 -12" alpha cichlid, this is one of the obvious reasons.
There is basically nothing you can do, except get it, or the other fish a new tank, or eat him.
thank you guys for the advice lol i figured there wasnt much i can do but thought id see if anyone had any tricks lol ill look into getting the texas a tank for himself, I just hope the bass can make it long enough until i get the new tank
thanks for the suggestion, I found somebody who has a 65 gallon for sale cheap im considering that for him
would try to get an 18" wide tank if possible, a 65 is usually 12" wide, eventually will be quite cramped for a male carpintis just because of the width, imo.
removing him from the 150 would allow you to get some more fish in there as well, win-win situation. I'd recommend other south American cichlids which would be a better fit than centrals like the carptintis
the tank i was looking into was a slightly different 65, 36X18X24, would that be suitable in your opinion? also for the 150 would it work out possibly adding a red tiger moto female along with a smaller species of datnoid? ex. datnoid polota
If it were me, instead of wasting time and money getting a small tank for the carpintus, I'd be working on a larger tank for the P-bass and shovel nose. They will soon out grow your 150, and let the carpintus have the 150.
This pair of P-bass dwarfed a 200 plus gallon tank very quickly.
And isn't this one of those cats? It's in a 500 gallon tank
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This pair of P-bass dwarfed a 200 plus gallon tank very quickly.
And isn't this one of those cats? It's in a 500 gallon tank
.
that is a good point, longterm im not sure if id be able to keep the bass, at what size would you say hes too big for the 150?If it were me, instead of wasting time and money getting a small tank for the carpintus, I'd be working on a larger tank for the P-bass and shovel nose. They will soon out grow your 150, and let the carpintus have the 150.
This pair of P-bass dwarfed a 200 plus gallon tank very quickly.
And isn't this one of those cats? It's in a 500 gallon tank
.