Trials & Tribulations
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I had 3 Orinos and a Chinese Perch all in the same tank. I was never able to get the Perch off of live food. One day I saw it looking at the smaller Orino the wrong way. I figured it was too big for it to eat and it would be fine. It went for it once, but I was able to catch it in time. The Perch didn't go after it for the next couple of week. Later on, I saw 2 Orinos and a missing Perch and Orino...I found the last bit of the tail sticking out of my Chinese Perch's mouth which was hiding behind a rock. I should've known better after the first attack
...DOH!
...DOH!
Ouch that sucks Benzjamin and ewurm. I haven't experienced a loss just yet to a eating loss, but I did have a close call. A bigger Cichla 1 of the L.A. boy's went after my Rapps 2nd batch Kelberi on the first day he hit the tank. I put him in the tank and my hand followed him in immediatly to stop the Mono from getting the Kelberi in his mouth. My heart shook when I seen him go for him. Since then I try to keep a closer eye on things because that was close enough for me.
I did loose one of the 3 L.A. boy's and am still bummed about it. He was the nicest of the 3. I was filling the tank back up and had filled the other tank's up already and was not thinking at all. I filled up the 55g they were in and didn't realize I was putting cold water into the tank because I used up all the hot water.
The next day I had an ich out break and lost the biggest and the prettiest of the 3. I did it again with my Pike tank recently and felt like an idiot again but didn't loose anything on this brain fart. Now I try not to fill up any Cichla tanks last and make sure that I have hot water in the hot water heater. 
I did loose one of the 3 L.A. boy's and am still bummed about it. He was the nicest of the 3. I was filling the tank back up and had filled the other tank's up already and was not thinking at all. I filled up the 55g they were in and didn't realize I was putting cold water into the tank because I used up all the hot water.
The next day I had an ich out break and lost the biggest and the prettiest of the 3. I did it again with my Pike tank recently and felt like an idiot again but didn't loose anything on this brain fart. Now I try not to fill up any Cichla tanks last and make sure that I have hot water in the hot water heater. 
High City Rida;2925418; said:
I always stare at my digital thermometer when I fill and make sure it is within 1 degree F.
i first started really keeping cichla back then when brian used to bring them in. i remember i bought one lower amazon ,2 rio tomo orinos and 1 temoculus from brian.. back then kelberi were called super monos... im still mad that i coulldnt keep the temoculus alive for that long.. 
hey brian what did they turn out to be??
hey brian what did they turn out to be??
Man those were the days...back when stuff was REALLY rare. Those "temoculus" boys turned out to be, well, temensis x monoculus hybrids just as I thoughtdarkemotion;2952777; said:i first started really keeping cichla back then when brian used to bring them in. i remember i bought one lower amazon ,2 rio tomo orinos and 1 temoculus from brian.. back then kelberi were called super monos... im still mad that i coulldnt keep the temoculus alive for that long..
Oh, and a lot of people had difficulty keeping them alive. Hey, remember they all had jet black tails? They were neat looking hybrids when small. Ahhhh, memories
That's bigger than most got theirs to...including me. If I recall correctly mine were around 4 inches or so when they stopped eating and just wasted away.darkemotion;2954247; said:
