Our dragon blood peacock was the dominant male in the tank from pretty much day 1, when he and the rest of the fish were only an inch to 1.5 inches.
He is currently the only fish that has reached max size already. He's definitely 6 inches. Some of the other fish may be close to 5 and some of the others have more growing to do.
Every fish has a personality and this fish does not like any fish shaped like a peacock. It has stressed out any peacock entering the tank to the point that they are dead in 2 weeks flat. One lasted a month. He eventually killed our red empress that was able to hold on for almost 2 years. He doesn't seem to tolerate anything that may try to compete with him.
I don't want to get rid of him, even though he's a complete a**. Seems to be the cichlid way.
However, curiously, our much younger red empress has colored up since the older one died. It is maybe 3 inches. He is currently not being chased. He is also the smallest in the tank. I'm not sure if the dragon blood almost finds the fish laughable because it's half of his size and doesn't feel intimidated or eventually if there will be problems like the other red empress.
I know no one can predict the future for me, but I really hope this red empress makes it and also something in our tank puts that dragon blood in his place. Is it possible with the current happenings in the tank that this red empress can hold his own? We have had the younger one since last October. He has grown at a very slow rate unlike the rest of our fish. Seems to be eating a lot more now that the bigger red empress is gone.
He is currently the only fish that has reached max size already. He's definitely 6 inches. Some of the other fish may be close to 5 and some of the others have more growing to do.
Every fish has a personality and this fish does not like any fish shaped like a peacock. It has stressed out any peacock entering the tank to the point that they are dead in 2 weeks flat. One lasted a month. He eventually killed our red empress that was able to hold on for almost 2 years. He doesn't seem to tolerate anything that may try to compete with him.
I don't want to get rid of him, even though he's a complete a**. Seems to be the cichlid way.
However, curiously, our much younger red empress has colored up since the older one died. It is maybe 3 inches. He is currently not being chased. He is also the smallest in the tank. I'm not sure if the dragon blood almost finds the fish laughable because it's half of his size and doesn't feel intimidated or eventually if there will be problems like the other red empress.
I know no one can predict the future for me, but I really hope this red empress makes it and also something in our tank puts that dragon blood in his place. Is it possible with the current happenings in the tank that this red empress can hold his own? We have had the younger one since last October. He has grown at a very slow rate unlike the rest of our fish. Seems to be eating a lot more now that the bigger red empress is gone.
