Would LOVE to keep a bumblebee cichlid but dont know if i have the room

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tarheels910;1245410; said:
I have a female in one 55 and a male in the other. None of my fish seem to be aggressive. I guess im just lucky.
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I have the same thing..none are aggressive..i hear all these stories about the auratus and both of mine are sweet..the only fish that i have that tries to always be bossy and chase is my socofoli male.. and his son.. other then that some will just chase others out of their territory and as soon as the other fish leaves the other one goes home too.. i am lucky because i hear about the killing etc and i have never had any fish get killed..i had to move one though that was always in fights {a fuelleborni male} but concidering all the fish i have never lost one to aggression.
 
mine out grew his 55 in three months from 1 1/2 inches. I say get the 75 then upgrade to a bumble bee. lucky to never lose a fish to aggression, but many of my fish that were killed became ill due to the stress then was a sitting target. I have 35 various size mbuna in the 55 until I moved to the 135... I was given 15 at once and had to take them... there tank had soap poured in it and I had recuse them all... that maybe the reason, have only lost one fish in the 135 right after I setup my power went out when I was out of town and my full grown lab died, all others were lying on the bottom when I walked in... I freaked... they live...
 
mike dunagan;1246566; said:
mine out grew his 55 in three months from 1 1/2 inches. I say get the 75 then upgrade to a bumble bee. lucky to never lose a fish to aggression, but many of my fish that were killed became ill due to the stress then was a sitting target. I have 35 various size mbuna in the 55 until I moved to the 135... I was given 15 at once and had to take them... there tank had soap poured in it and I had recuse them all... that maybe the reason, have only lost one fish in the 135 right after I setup my power went out when I was out of town and my full grown lab died, all others were lying on the bottom when I walked in... I freaked... they live...
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Wow Mike never heard that before ..thank goodness you got there when you did.. that is scary.. i have to go for the day next sat and that is all i worry about.. you just never know when the power will go out or theres trouble in a tank etc.. yes you had to save them and thats alot of fish in a 55gal so you really did very well..
 
in have two in with kenyi (same aggressive nature), yellow labs, and a baby jag. they are all getting along right now. i will move them out the 55 once they are bigger same as the jag. i heard all the "killer fish " stories but these guys are comical and love to watch you:D im trying to take jag pics and this guy is posing :ROFL:
 
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