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HybridFinatic said:
Are the plecos you got a common pleco or a smaller counterpart like a bristlenose? Plecos in general are your worst when it comes to bioload I’m afraid if they are common plecos you will definitely have to rehome them.
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I commend your careful eye on two points.
-Sadly it is a common pleco so I will rehome the pair once things calm down.
-Your concern for bioload is the current issue I face until I get these fish sorted out. WC are every other day now due to the increased load.
 
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post #22 is ...

one Texas hybrid of some sort.
two, no three Jewel Cichlids (nailed the ID!)
three Rainbow Cichlids (not as stressed as the earlier pics)
 
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Dalfrey86 said:
How world did African Cichlids exist with 3 Texans.... that’s what I want to know.
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Lol think of em like prison inmates. Ya gotta be tough and mean to survive with other tough and mean fish. The jewels may not get all that big but they basically have what I like to call "small dog syndrome" meaning they may be small but they act as if they have the size to back up what they are doing. Just like when ya have a 1ft tall dog acting all big and mean to someone that stands 5-6x their own size.
 
Magnus_Bane said:
Lol think of em like prison inmates. Ya gotta be tough and mean to survive with other tough and mean fish. The jewels may not get all that big but they basically have what I like to call "small dog syndrome" meaning they may be small but they act as if they have the size to back up what they are doing. Just like when ya have a 1ft tall dog acting all big and mean to someone that stands 5-6x their own size.
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I mean they have been hanging with the big fish no problem. Just couldn’t believe they were Africans because my other tank of full sized Africans are as passive as can be.
 
Dalfrey86 said:
How world did African Cichlids exist with 3 Texans.... that’s what I want to know.
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This is not surprising.
A while back someone released jewel cichlids in the Cuatro Cienegas isolated desert pools of central Mexico where Herichthys minckleyi (a very close relative of Texas Cichlids) is found, and the African Hemichromis have become quite well established there.
 
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duanes said:
This is not surprising.
A while back someone released jewel cichlids in the Cuatro Cienegas isolated desert pools of central Mexico where Herichthys minckleyi (a very close relative of Texas Cichlids) is found, and the African Hemichromis have become quite well established there.
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That’s amazing and concerning at the same time. Last thing any honest fish keeper would want to see is an inasive species be caused by a careless keeper.
 
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