I got a 9" male texas, 8" male salvini, and 8" male JD, and only a 55g and 200g to put them in.
Past encounters have demonstrated that the Texas harrasses Salvini excessively in the 200g. So Texas stayed in 55g while the other two got the 200g.
However, as of the last few days (after getting along rather well for the past 9 months), Salvini has has gone from "Mild" towards the subdominant JD (occasional chase, but nothing further than that) to "Hot" (JD is forced to hide behind heater near top of tank).
You'd think that a 7'x2' 200g tank would be enough for two 8" CA cichlids to coexist peacefully (especially since they were raised together from 3"!), but nooooooooooooooo.... now Salvini wants the tank for himself.
What I think I'm going to do tomorrow is stick Salvini in 55g and Texas in 200g.
I'm operating on the hope that Texas, who drastically outsizes JD (much moreso than Salvini... 2:1 mass ratio of texas:jd as opposed to ~1.4:1 mass ratio of salvini:JD), will not view JD as a serious potential threat/contender, and consequently leave JD alone for the most part. But things could still end up not working...
If things don't end up working out, one of the 3 fish is going to have to "go", cuz piranha45 doesn't enjoy seeing his preferred fishies cowering in tank corners. Seemings how I've had Salvini and JD for the past 2 years, and Texas for the past 2.5 years, it won't be an easy decision...
So here's to hoping my plan works accordingly!
Past encounters have demonstrated that the Texas harrasses Salvini excessively in the 200g. So Texas stayed in 55g while the other two got the 200g.
However, as of the last few days (after getting along rather well for the past 9 months), Salvini has has gone from "Mild" towards the subdominant JD (occasional chase, but nothing further than that) to "Hot" (JD is forced to hide behind heater near top of tank).
You'd think that a 7'x2' 200g tank would be enough for two 8" CA cichlids to coexist peacefully (especially since they were raised together from 3"!), but nooooooooooooooo.... now Salvini wants the tank for himself.
What I think I'm going to do tomorrow is stick Salvini in 55g and Texas in 200g.
I'm operating on the hope that Texas, who drastically outsizes JD (much moreso than Salvini... 2:1 mass ratio of texas:jd as opposed to ~1.4:1 mass ratio of salvini:JD), will not view JD as a serious potential threat/contender, and consequently leave JD alone for the most part. But things could still end up not working...
If things don't end up working out, one of the 3 fish is going to have to "go", cuz piranha45 doesn't enjoy seeing his preferred fishies cowering in tank corners. Seemings how I've had Salvini and JD for the past 2 years, and Texas for the past 2.5 years, it won't be an easy decision...
So here's to hoping my plan works accordingly!
I don't see the word GREEN anywhere in my post!
I haven't heard that word in a long time but it makes me laugh. 
to the hillbilly people. BTW (this doesn't refer to you P45) texas will never be a carpinte.....that blood line is reserved for better looking!! I say Green texas should be called Green carpintis or something.