I have an 80 gallon cichlid tank with a 7" Oscar and a few African cichlids. They get along pretty well. The Oscar really doesn't bother anyone, unless they try to challenge it.
I couple months ago, I got a young green terror. I knew from the start that green terrors can be pretty nasty. He was bullied a lot but there were definitely a lot of hiding places for him to hide and the tank isn't too crowded. Lately a few fish had been dying, and I found out that the terror, which is now about 4.5" long is terrorizing my tank.
I moved the furniture around, to try and throw him off, but I now realize he's bothering my Oscar, to a point where it is hiding all the time. The green terror is literally less than half its size. I asked a few people and they said the best thing to do is to get more S. American cichlids to act as a sort of checks and balances around the tank. My tank was pretty empty, all I had is the terror, my Oscar, and six African cichlids.
Will adding more solve the problem? What should I do?
I'm very experienced with community fish but I recently decided to start a cichlid tank almost a year ago and I am not used to so much aggression. Honestly everything was fine until the green terror started to mature.
I knew he would get more aggressive, but I didn't know it would be this bad D:
And he is definitely male, I'm not sure about the Oscar though, it isn't too aggressive, it could be a female maybe.
I took the advice from someone at my local fish store--they said I should get a Dempsey or something, so I did.
Unfortunately they fought a lot more and even though my terror kept winning, he was getting really beat up. His lower lip was actually coming off a little. I figured he wouldn't be able to keep it up so I moved him to a separate tank. Without the terror in my main tank, everyone seems to be getting along fine, the new Dempsey doesn't bother anyone really, it was just my terror.
I heard from a few other people that getting another Oscar or some silver dollars will help, but I don't know for sure.
I couple months ago, I got a young green terror. I knew from the start that green terrors can be pretty nasty. He was bullied a lot but there were definitely a lot of hiding places for him to hide and the tank isn't too crowded. Lately a few fish had been dying, and I found out that the terror, which is now about 4.5" long is terrorizing my tank.
I moved the furniture around, to try and throw him off, but I now realize he's bothering my Oscar, to a point where it is hiding all the time. The green terror is literally less than half its size. I asked a few people and they said the best thing to do is to get more S. American cichlids to act as a sort of checks and balances around the tank. My tank was pretty empty, all I had is the terror, my Oscar, and six African cichlids.
Will adding more solve the problem? What should I do?
I'm very experienced with community fish but I recently decided to start a cichlid tank almost a year ago and I am not used to so much aggression. Honestly everything was fine until the green terror started to mature.
I knew he would get more aggressive, but I didn't know it would be this bad D:
And he is definitely male, I'm not sure about the Oscar though, it isn't too aggressive, it could be a female maybe.
I took the advice from someone at my local fish store--they said I should get a Dempsey or something, so I did.
Unfortunately they fought a lot more and even though my terror kept winning, he was getting really beat up. His lower lip was actually coming off a little. I figured he wouldn't be able to keep it up so I moved him to a separate tank. Without the terror in my main tank, everyone seems to be getting along fine, the new Dempsey doesn't bother anyone really, it was just my terror.
I heard from a few other people that getting another Oscar or some silver dollars will help, but I don't know for sure.
