Hello, first off Sorry for the long post but I need to tell the story first. I am having a bit of a worry as I got half my fish back from the fish shop today to go in my new 220g 7x2x2 tank with 2 FX6's fitted. I just moved house and have upgraded to the big tank while the fish were holidaying at the lfs. Everything was fine until I see my 5 inch jaguar cichlid has a hole in its belly where my fahaka has taken a chunk out of him! Now, they have been together for 5 months with no issues and the jag is fine...swimming and feeding normally. So I am putting this down to a enquiry nip (probably from being in a lfs sump tank with little decor) rather than an direct effort to kill him. The fahaka is not overly aggressive and just nips fish that don't swim away to see if they are food or not.
The fish stocking plan was the jag, a large birchir, talking cat fish, the fahaka and then either a jardini Arowana or 2 kelberi peacock bass.
The fahaka will go in last to reduce aggression but I am worried if I spend £150 on 2 peacock bass they will just be an expensive meal.. I had no worries until today when I saw my jag. But I can get a small jardini for £55 from the lfs. Basically which do I get?!
The peacocks are far more colourful and the misses loves them (the tank is in the front room so that counts!) but they are small and less agressive and swim in the middle section of the tank= they will meet the fahaka.
However the jardini gets much bigger and is more aggressive and swims at the surface so not occupying the same area of the tank as the fahaka. And it's a third of the price.
What do I get? Below is the tank at the moment.
The fish stocking plan was the jag, a large birchir, talking cat fish, the fahaka and then either a jardini Arowana or 2 kelberi peacock bass.
The fahaka will go in last to reduce aggression but I am worried if I spend £150 on 2 peacock bass they will just be an expensive meal.. I had no worries until today when I saw my jag. But I can get a small jardini for £55 from the lfs. Basically which do I get?!
The peacocks are far more colourful and the misses loves them (the tank is in the front room so that counts!) but they are small and less agressive and swim in the middle section of the tank= they will meet the fahaka.
However the jardini gets much bigger and is more aggressive and swims at the surface so not occupying the same area of the tank as the fahaka. And it's a third of the price.
What do I get? Below is the tank at the moment.
