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	african auratus cichlid aggresion
BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004	i recently got a used 55usg gallon that came with some semi-aggressive fish. along with them came a auratus cichlid, who chases everbody. he is full size and is very bold. would it be okay to put him in a different tank with a texas and jack d that are the same size? the jd & t are not too aggresive but they will soon over size the african.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jimmy22 Fish Addict Posts: 582 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-Jun-2003	the auratus would smash those two. that fish pound for pound is one of the baddest out there. i have no problem with mixing africans and americans like sum... but that fish will pic on anything its own size a little bigger than it or anything smaller than it. wait a while till the americans are big enough to hold their own
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Cichlid Keeper Big Fish Posts: 368 Kudos: 466 Votes: 304 Registered: 17-Aug-2003	When I first set my cichlid tank up I had a male auratus in with other Lake Malawi cichlids. He bullied and killed most of them. So I moved into a 30 gallon by himself except for 1 pleco (that he actually leaves alone). He's been in there now for about 5 years and seems to be happy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004	well, should i put him in with the big boy's -13" oscar -15" black shark -18" pacu jk ill try him with the jd & t cichlids thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
just beginning Moderator Literature Nerd Posts: 1879 Kudos: 1380 Votes: 198 Registered: 17-Dec-2000	I would return him to an LFS, it sounds like you don't have a tank set-up suitable for him. They shouldn't be kept with Americans as their diets, water requirements and aggression are very different. They are really best kept in a large (at least 55 gallon) species set-up, in a large colony with only 1 male and many females. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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