Q's about emporer's...

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ermgravy;2420189; said:
lol u ever kept pinima or orino's...
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cichla are nothing compared to an emp. they will get shredded, maybe pinima and orino's are aggressive for cichla but they aren't aggressive for cichlids emps on the other hand are
 
The Trust had 1 or more cichla get killed by his emp so you might want to talk to him about mixing.

My experience;
I kept a pair that were around 9-10" together for awhile but the male constantly beat on the female so I decided to part with them. My second try I picked up a single 2" specimen. I keep her (my guess) in a mixed 750g without too many issues. She however did not like my hampala barb. After I got rid of the barb she has been very docile for the most part even being pushed around by much smaller african haps. She grew very fast in the first few months averaging 2-2.5" per month before slowing and was 13-14" at 1 year. She is now ~17" and a very impressive fish. They will eat pellets aggressively which is nice. I'm parting with her on Sunday and will miss her.
 
KNH;2420288; said:
The Trust had 1 or more cichla get killed by his emp so you might want to talk to him about mixing.

My experience;
I kept a pair that were around 9-10" together for awhile but the male constantly beat on the female so I decided to part with them. My second try I picked up a single 2" specimen. I keep her (my guess) in a mixed 750g without too many issues. She however did not like my hampala barb. After I got rid of the barb she has been very docile for the most part even being pushed around by much smaller african haps. She grew very fast in the first few months averaging 2-2.5" per month before slowing and was 13-14" at 1 year. She is now ~17" and a very impressive fish. They will eat pellets aggressively which is nice. I'm parting with her on Sunday and will miss her.
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Where are you located? Don't give her away man :(
 
sorry but pinima kill dovi 4 fun... U really have no idea...

So it seems a pretty mixed bag... Think its getting tryed tho i will pm trust later... I figure givin the cichla a head start, growing them all out together is best chance 4 a succes... We will see...
 
ermgravy;2422913; said:
sorry but pinima kill dovi 4 fun... U really have no idea...

So it seems a pretty mixed bag... Think its getting tryed tho i will pm trust later... I figure givin the cichla a head start, growing them all out together is best chance 4 a succes... We will see...
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what size different do they have?...if they jaw lock, same size dovii will rip cichla's lips IMO
 
ermgravy;2422913; said:
sorry but pinima kill dovi 4 fun... U really have no idea...

So it seems a pretty mixed bag... Think its getting tryed tho i will pm trust later... I figure givin the cichla a head start, growing them all out together is best chance 4 a succes... We will see...
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your kidding right?:screwy:
 
nah, dovi might be aggresive but pinima are sadistic... Dovi bully fish, or tear chunks, pinima harase every sec of everyday untill its victim rolls... Its that or death by 1000 head buts... My pinima killed 3 umbee, 1 dovi, 2 rt and owned a 18" sailfin plec! At end of the day its going to be variablf due to fishes individual personallitys but i stand by my point that certain cichla are more than capable of holding there own with aggresive sa cichlids...
 
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