Who beat up my cat? (yes it really is a cichlid thread)

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I've got a decent sized channel cat in my 170, he's close to 1' right now. Anyway looked in the tank and he's all beat to hell, and I'm trying to figure who did it. He's healing up in a 20G and I'll put him back in the big tank soon. Here's the suspects:

9" chocolate cichlid - he's a chaser as many chocs are, he does harass the cat when it's feeding time and the cat is surface-feeding but I've never really seen him do any damage.

4" JD - the jack hangs out in the rock caves that my cat also likes to hang out in, but I've never really seen her pay the cat any attention

4" convict - most likely suspect, hangs out in the caves and scraps with the jack, I've seen him nip at the cat but the cat usually gives it right back

There's other fish in there, 6" severums, a poly etc...but I don't see any of them as the problem.
 
Not breeding. 2 6"ers, both male...the gold chases the green around but nothing serious. I'm leaning con, and if it's him he can go in the 20 alone I suppose.
 
If you haven't seen much aggression the cat might have just went crazy and ran into a bunch of stuff. There skin is so soft they scuff up real easy.
 
convict sounds like the suspect.
 
I'd say convict. Get rid of them. Convict aren't rare or anything!
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its always difficult to say with cichlids,might be the most unlikely suspect, you will have to watch them,maybe even leave a video recording and watch it back, this was how i find out who was beating s#$@ out my oscars,,i thought it was my jag but it was my vieja,,,then after it was the jag
 
south coast nelly;2511354; said:
its always difficult to say with cichlids,might be the most unlikely suspect, you will have to watch them,maybe even leave a video recording and watch it back, this was how i find out who was beating s#$@ out my oscars,,i thought it was my jag but it was my vieja,,,then after it was the jag

lol spying on the kids hey? lmao.

it's like searching your 6 year olds room for lighters lol.
 
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