My Jag Died

[iangangoo]

Saturday my Jag died, he had not been eating for 3 days and I new it was coming. I now have 1 red terror and 1 green terror in my 90 gal. I would like to add 1 more mate to the tank but need advise, I do not want to add anymore chiclids as the red will beat him to death!

Is there any other fish I can add to give the place some colour/action? I like fast moving fish-does anyone have any advise? My tank looks so bare because they are constantly in hiding?? :look:

[mostlycichlids]

Sorry to here about your jag He seemed to be doing fine a month or so ago. Anyway you could liven it up by adding some silver dollars. Silver dollars are pretty fast too.

[iangangoo]

thanks, yeah he was my fav I will look at getting some silver dollars or give away my rt and gt and go with Malawi's??

[Marinemom]

If the red terror and the green terror have been in the tank for a while then it may not be possible to add to this aquarium without a bloodbath. The longer that the cichlids are in the tank the more likely that something like this can happen. Silver dollars although they are aggressive are no where near the aggression level of the terrors and I am afraid that it will end badly for the silver dollars.

Marinemom

[jm1212]

leave it as is.

your cichlids will have more room and you will avoid any deaths in new fish

[Yoemen]

you could try a bottom feeder like a raphael catfish or maybe a larger Syno. Just a possible suggestion never had experience with terrors.

[iangangoo]

now my GT is on his last breath, when I came home from work last night he was beat up pretty badly. I will sacrifice him tonight when I get home :sad:

It seems the RT is a VERY aggressive fish-I have learnt my lesson. Now I have a large tank with 1 chiclid in it... :thud:

[fishlips]

Why don't you try for a pair in the 90?

Are you sure its a RT? Chances are its a mayan, unless of course you got it from somewhere special.

[fishlips]

Why don't you try for a pair in the 90? And am not suggesting a RT pair.

Are you sure its a RT? Chances are its a mayan, unless of course you got it from somewhere special.

[iangangoo]

i'm afraid to add anything else to the tank! My GT got it and my Jag got it! Is there any chiclid out there that will be a good fit for my RT? (he's about 4")

What about a Flowerhorn? Or larger Front? My tank looks soooo bare!!

[zeppelin3k]

put a big red devil in there, if anything the rd will eat that terror to peices, get a bigger one, like 6"atleast.

[iangangoo]

red devil..sounds interesting I will research this type of fish on the site. has anyone ever kept a red devil? What are your thoughts on this type of fish?

[KingOfTheDeep]

how big were the jag and gt?

[mostlycichlids]

do not get a red devil they will end up killing each other they are isextremely agressive. In a 90 gallon he will kill anything you try to put in if you want anymore tank mates you will need a much larger tank. A red devils best tank mates are rocks.

[jagarundi]

The only fish I see holding it's own with the RT would be a Black Shark. If you got that route, make sure that the Black Shark is a little bigger than the RT. Also, I noticed that you mentioned your GT was in a bad way. What type of hiding places do you have in the tank?

[iangangoo]

first my jag was 3 inches and my gt was around 3.5 inches, I had plenty of rocks and hiding places for them all, since the deaths of my jag and gt I have flattened out all the rocks to keep the rt from hiding. I want him to be constantly seen as he is all alone now?

Do you all think a black shark would be a good mate for my rt? The tank is looking so bare I can't take it anymore!

Should I just get rid of him and start all over again? :look:

[KingOfTheDeep]

IMO a RT would have a tough time killing a 3 inch jag and a 3.5 inch GT

sure RT's are agressive, but i cant see a 4 incher killing them off

are you sure thats what did them in?

i would check your water before adding any more fish, better safe than sorry