Stupid Dempsey's

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OMGdickkemp

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this is more of a bad beat story than anything:

self imposed for sure but anyways just received 5 oscars and 6 GTs for my 155 gallon tank and the jack dempseys i used to cycle the tank killed my girlfriend's oscar (she thought ruby red Os were really cute) right away. one of mine died and now i have everything that isnt planted out of the tank trying to get 2 of the 3 i havent gotten out and into my other tank to hopefully have them grow larger than the other juveniles so i can put them back in there or give them up for adoption. the only one i managed to get so far is the one that was too badly beaten to swim fast and he looks like he will make a timely recovery. the other 2 have a huge advantage as now the water is cloudy and i have one undersized net. so here i am killing time hoping the Os will slip up and the water will clear a bit, hopefully it wont be the too beaten to move catch i pulled on the last one.

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Sorry that you lost two fish. But even if the other 3 Oscars grow out and are reintroduced to your 155gal. with 6 GTs, that is far too many cichlids for that tank.
 
yea i figured they would be too many but they are all juveniles so i planned on weeding them out as i went along and they became bigger. apparently that isnt a good idea.
 
i dont think its a bad idea...grow them out and see which ones you like the best...and sell the others. thats what i am doing with 2 carpintis 1 texas and 1 red texas. i dont plan on keeping all 4 of them in a 150g, lol.
 
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