New Wolf; ID?
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seeing as i can't edit again I thought I'd throw some pics up;
He's a very big fella; possibly just under 15" and a good 4" thick plus dorsal. Upon introduction, things seemed quiet. The geophagus were nervous at first and the Gold wolves were very cautious. The largest Gold, 10-11" started getting a bit gobby after ann hour or so, nipping at the new guys tail. THen after another hour, the big guy turned and snapped at both Gold wolves. THen started persuing the Geophagus befure finally snapping aggressively at my Brasilliensis Male.
So, I've had to act and have removed the big fella whilst i try and find another tank. It's a shame they wont all co-hab but i think the black is just too big and everything in the tank is just too small.
Very, very annoying.
He's a very big fella; possibly just under 15" and a good 4" thick plus dorsal. Upon introduction, things seemed quiet. The geophagus were nervous at first and the Gold wolves were very cautious. The largest Gold, 10-11" started getting a bit gobby after ann hour or so, nipping at the new guys tail. THen after another hour, the big guy turned and snapped at both Gold wolves. THen started persuing the Geophagus befure finally snapping aggressively at my Brasilliensis Male.
So, I've had to act and have removed the big fella whilst i try and find another tank. It's a shame they wont all co-hab but i think the black is just too big and everything in the tank is just too small.
Very, very annoying.
urgh.
After a rather crap nights sleep and following a rather stressful evening, the big Black is still in the main tank and everything seems to have calmed down. Overnight there were no casualties though it has taken the night for the Geophagus to get their colour back.
Still got the other tank which is set up just in case and I'll leave it running for a little while, jsut until I'm satisfied that the big guy isn't going to chew on everything.
After a rather crap nights sleep and following a rather stressful evening, the big Black is still in the main tank and everything seems to have calmed down. Overnight there were no casualties though it has taken the night for the Geophagus to get their colour back.
Still got the other tank which is set up just in case and I'll leave it running for a little while, jsut until I'm satisfied that the big guy isn't going to chew on everything.
Sound good. Probably just establishing who's boss. I would expect some split fins over the next few days. What size are the Cichlids?
yeah,i'd call it establishing...
they very likely will end up food if you asked me,my 11" black had no problems eating 6" koi.
plus every other hoplias ive had would gladly eat pieces of shrimp half their size.
they very likely will end up food if you asked me,my 11" black had no problems eating 6" koi.
plus every other hoplias ive had would gladly eat pieces of shrimp half their size.
to be fair, the smallest Geophagus is the female Brasiliensis and I think she's establsihed herself already as she happily see's the big black off. The otheres are nervous but are closer to 8-9" and have thus far been ok.
I popped home a second ago to check on things and everyone seems quite conten- the Gold Wolves are actually staying quite close to the Black so maybe things are gonig to be ok...
I popped home a second ago to check on things and everyone seems quite conten- the Gold Wolves are actually staying quite close to the Black so maybe things are gonig to be ok...
You'll have to excuse my disorganised stack of DVD's and Xbox Games but it gives an idea of scale. I'll upload better pcis this evening.
Whilst I was collecting the big fella, i managed to snap a few more shots of the other wolves. To be honest, it looks like three different species rather than three of the same;
Unfortunately i couldn't get any under jaw shots but the markings on the two lighter ones are completely different, and the darker one has a much broader, shorter snout compared to the other two. I have more pics if needs be..!
