Its a gamble, this hobby.

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Eoibio

Eoibio

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From the smallest to the largest fishkeeping is a gamble.

No fish can honestly be trusted, can it?

The fishes that I dont trust the most are dwarf cichlids. They just seem to turn on eachother in my tank. Examples..My green kribensis(pelvachromis sacrimontis) were up their with my favourite fish, but then progressing and getting worse over time, the male was picking on the female, and after a few months the female died. :rip

And then theres my golden rams, one fish that I wouldnt keep in a tank with ANY other cichlids, ATALL.

So for about a year or so I had a pair of nice golden rams, then..Just beofore I left the house to go to Donegal for the weekend I noticed my rams fighting, liplocking, dragging eachother around the tank. This, wasnt good. When I got back the female had killed the male, the female then went on the liplock and drag my DISCUS around the tank. And then, it stressed my sajica so much, that the sajica was just a wreck, it didnt eat for about a week, only swam a little bit and looked half dead. Then..It was so bad I sold that female ram and its all better now :D

Just wanted to know, if anyone else has had problems like this, with 'peaceful' or compatable fish turning.. :D
 
Yep, and i've had "hardy fish" keel over on me from just being looked at funny. and "delicate fish" that survived an "aqua bomb" where everything else in the tank died.
 
most definantly....its always an opinion on the "hardiness " and the "agressiveness" of fish.... i had a spotfin butterflyfish i was told i would never be able to keep for more than a week on account of they wont eat prepared food. but i got her on brineshrimp and spirulina. i kept her for 6 months and she was still plump and had great coloration but got sucked into my wet/dry filter and died ten minutes after i found her.
 
agreed
 
Yup, this whole hobbie is a gamble. Fom new tank to used tank big fish small fish. Life in general is a gamble you just have to love it. :)
 
you need bigger tanks.
 
Sawyer;3574659; said:
Wow, I thought kribs, and especially rams were some of the most peaceful cichlids.
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they are... but that being said...they are still cichlids
 
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