Size Difference

[sam_everist]

Morning all,

I was wondering what the biggest size difference between Cichla you would recommend is? I have just bought a 13" Mono and was wondering if it would be good to put him in with my 7-8" Oscellaris?

Cheers
Sam

 

[sevank21]

It really depends on the cichla. I just recently introduced my 7-8" kels and.Guiana ocell with my 14" mono and the mono is super cool. Acts like their his size or vise versa. I also have 3 dithers so that might help too. I also have a 16" orino that's a b*tch that tried to eat a 6" silver dollar which definitely does not fit in her mouth. I KNEW she would try eat my smaller.cichla so I removed her from the tank. Just gotta get to know the fishies attitude really

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[heatherbeast]

General rule seems to be it's okay if they are larger than eating or choking size for the other fish. 9 inches was out of the question with my 16-17 resident lady, but she seemed fine with the same fish once they were 11. Dithers definitely help, same bass banged up a large oscar first day I put him in, but afterward she could have cared less. She hit the other two first pbass when they were introduced, but settled down afterward.

I have lots of decor to break up line of sight in my tank, and most importantly, I watched the hell out of the tank that first night, and didn't kid myself about whether or not they are getting along. Have a net and a divider ready!

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[sam_everist]

OK... so you think they will fight first and he wont just straight up gulp him?