My Cichlasoma Bocourti

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You should get him a female and you will see his orange and a bit of blue pop. Really nice fish I have 5 one is 7 inch and he eats like a pig
 
weirdfishlover said:
Hi,

Just sharing this survivor (currently 5") out of 5 I bought (he killed them all :cry:)


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This may be what happened to one of my 2 bocourti. Back in Oct I purchased a dozen different varieties of CA (mostly Viejas), all were in about the 3" range, 2 of them were bocourtis. 3 weeks later, I come home from work to find the smaller bocourti all beaten up and breathing heavy. So, I'm observing it and then notice other tank mates were coming after it. I suppose it was singled out because it looked weak and vulnerable. I set up a quick qt tank and placed it in there. I figured it was sick and probably wouldn't make it. Its been 4 wks now and it has recovered nicely and have a 30 gal all to itself. I've been feeding it heavy to bulk it up before it goes back into the 180 with the other CA. But now that I'm reading this, I'm not sure if that's a good idea. The larger bocourti that's been in the 180 has nearly tripled in size and is twice as big as the one in qt. I'm thinking now that the larger bocourti might of been the one that originally did damage to the one in qt. The larger bocourti is not really aggressive in the 180 even with other much smaller tank mates. Wonder if its aggression towards other same species kinda thing?
 
weirdfishlover said:
Update :headbang2

Moved him into the main tank of 6' with a tankmate who is notorious for his behaviour :screwy:

Almost pushing 7", feeding on carnivore pellets and market prawn

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http://youtu.be/8y2nfNsIIDU

Thanks for viewing :ROFL:
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Not trying to tell you what to feed your fish but they are herbivores. Not carnivores. I feed mine romain lettuce and cabbage and peas. Not high protein pellets and shrimp. Beautiful fish either way so who cares what you feed it.

Drew
 
DREWSMITH said:
Not trying to tell you what to feed your fish but they are herbivores. Not carnivores. I feed mine romain lettuce and cabbage and peas. Not high protein pellets and shrimp. Beautiful fish either way so who cares what you feed it.

Drew
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From all the readings I've seen it states that bocourtis are omnivores. I do agree with you that Carnivore pellets are too high on the protein scale, but I highly disagree that its main diet should be terrestrial base plants. Not trying to start an argument, but its just IMHO
 
amazing difference in the videos in less than 2 months very nice!
 
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