New tank setup !!!!!!!!

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lol panoramic picture from the camera. it takes multiple still phtos then stitches them together so if the fish swim while im taking the pictures it looks like i have double the fish
 
Hdeuce;2088467; said:
no i meant the education behind demopsey and convicts not getting along alot of times they do as far as the cycling i meant that i moved all the substrate the decorations
and everything including the filter. so its fine. and the longer i leave the jack in the tank without introducing new fish the more aggressive he will be if i introduce the fish while he is still smallish they will have the chance too take there out niche in the tank which gives them a better chance of surviving. If i wait for the jack to become more comfortable he will be more territorial over his tank when i put new fish in.
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then one night you'll find a tank full of dead fish :\
a jack killed my oscar, attacked my eel, my senegal bichir, my geophagus, and nearly killed another oscar. thats my education. bad experiences with both jd's i've kept.

i assumed everything in the tank was new. my bad
 
nice pickup

i like the bubble wall
any chance of a full setup shot
 
bluehairman;2088492; said:
then one night you'll find a tank full of dead fish :\
a jack killed my oscar, attacked my eel, my senegal bichir, my geophagus, and nearly killed another oscar. thats my education. bad experiences with both jd's i've kept.

i assumed everything in the tank was new. my bad
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Not all Jack dempsey are as bad as you make them out to be they are an aggressive fish, but you can always remove them if they become overly aggressive. And im sure that seeing as how all the fish will be approx the same size now that the oscar is out, ill notice his aggression on one of the other fish before he kills anything precious to me.
 
You actually sound mad at the Oscar because he ate the Bichir. That didn't make sense. Of course he's going to eat anything that'll fit in his mouth. What did you think was going to happen? It's not a school-yard.
I'd be mad at my own self but I can't imagine being 'mad' at a fish and calling him names because he ate a fish I shouldn't have put in there lol
PS Silver Dollars are schooling fish that need to be in groups. I don't feel the 55 gal is big enough for a group of SD's. Maybe a single JD and nothing else, if you end up with a monster-sized JD like some I've seen then a 55 won't be big enough either.
Just a friendly suggestion ;-)
 
well i've had 2, and both were very aggressive. i think you have enough fish in there anyways.. (looks who's talking :eek: lol)
if you want more fish, i would get rid of the JD
 
Ksane;2088646; said:
You actually sound mad at the Oscar because he ate the Bichir. That didn't make sense. Of course he's going to eat anything that'll fit in his mouth. What did you think was going to happen? It's not a school-yard.
I'd be mad at my own self but I can't imagine being 'mad' at a fish and calling him names because he ate a fish I shouldn't have put in there lol
PS Silver Dollars are schooling fish that need to be in groups. I don't feel the 55 gal is big enough for a group of SD's. Maybe a single JD and nothing else, if you end up with a monster-sized JD like some I've seen then a 55 won't be big enough either.
Just a friendly suggestion ;-)
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I am not mad at the oscar Im more mad at myself for having put the bichir in the tank , however i never really liked the oscar and only had it because my ex wanted me to get it. When he went and ate a fish i actually liked it was the final straw my friend has an oscar tank and hes getting the oscar. As far as the silver dollar is concerned i was never told it was a schooling fish and as a matter of fact when i bought it it was alone in a tank with two oscars and a pacu. now i have the silver dollar and hes seemingly healthy so ill keep him. as far as keeping a jack in the 55 gallon ive always planned to upgrade to larger tanks, so far 55 is the biggest i have gotten but i plan to continue increasing tank size as needed until i live in an aquarium.
 
Well, I went out today and got my new sen the oscar has been succesfully relocated to a friends tank, and i picked up a bellycrawler pike cichlid at the lfs (it was supposed to be a red pike cichlid but it will be ok) Ill get some quick pics and shoot them up i think i finally have a good combo of fish in the tank, possibly wierd mix but hopefully it will be good. I might add in some more driftwood and some biovine but im not there quite yet .
 
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