agressive fish

[AquariumNoob13]

i currently have two baby african albino cichlids, but i want to know if they will ever grow big enough to eat minos. and are jack dempseys really cool? i was told that they are super agressive and will kill and eat small fish even as babies.

[goalie35]

my jack isnt really aggressive unless theres a bigger fish than him in his tank. and yes they do try to eat smaller fish as babies.

[AquariumNoob13]

would they try to eat my other cichlids?

[MySpace Mike]

My Electric Blue Dempsey Male is actually calm and doesnt harass my smaller fish, however my 3" female regular dempsey chases the smaller around all the time. If you want a vicious cichlid I recommend a Texas Cichlid, Midas, Red Devil, Green Terror, Salvini, etc..... Mainly central/south american cichlids from what ive seen are a bit more vicious than africans. CA/SA Cichlids love to eat minnows, I feed my Jacks, and Jaquar cichlids rosy red minnows, my Jag tears into them like no tomorrow.

[tarheels910]

If this is the 30 gallon you are talking about in other threads, a 30 gallon is no place for a Dempsey or Africans. Both get too big to be in a 30 gallon. Plus a JD should not be mixed in with africans. In the other thread you stated that the africans were medium, but in this one babies. A jack could easily eat any small africans. Also, africans should not be fed feeders. DO SOME RESEARCH!!!