so it is a pink tilapia! I've keep them before the female usually get along very well with the other fish, the male might show some aggression but mostly when get pick off by other fish.
Some Gar photos to share - including one new fish.
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Solomon, thanks for your words! The first time I had gars, they were good for a few years in Cichlid tanks, and this time around, it's been about 2 years with assorted Cichlids coming and going - never a single issue. It's surprising, I've never heard of problems with mixing Cichlids and Gars ? I would be interested in reading up on some other peoples' experiences, since they differ from mine.
All I'm saying, as you pointed out, is that it works for me, but maybe not for others.
As for the tilapia - this one is a male - and yes, they are highly aggressive and combative with each other, and they choose who they hate, and persecute that one fish (or several) until they need to be separated (regardless of species.) He has not touched the gars once, but was creating chaos in his former Cichlid tank.
Solomon, thanks for your words! The first time I had gars, they were good for a few years in Cichlid tanks, and this time around, it's been about 2 years with assorted Cichlids coming and going - never a single issue. It's surprising, I've never heard of problems with mixing Cichlids and Gars ? I would be interested in reading up on some other peoples' experiences, since they differ from mine.
All I'm saying, as you pointed out, is that it works for me, but maybe not for others.
As for the tilapia - this one is a male - and yes, they are highly aggressive and combative with each other, and they choose who they hate, and persecute that one fish (or several) until they need to be separated (regardless of species.) He has not touched the gars once, but was creating chaos in his former Cichlid tank.
my experiances mixing have not been good. but then every cichlid ive tried to keep with my gar where either pairs ( fine when immature but once matured got territorial) and otherwise got territorial. this imo is the root of the issue when keeping cichlids with gar. cichlids will defend the tank, gar donnt care unless its small enough to fit into its mouth and generally dont understand territorial threats to begin with, so bam... they get mauled. a cichlid that suddenly decides to claim a tank makes no qualms against defending it. gars just dont " think" like cichlids.
