dead oscar

[bek]

i have recently taken my convict out of my tank and put into another one because of his aggressive behaviour, i had him in with the lombarda which i recently flushed down the toilet for attacking the convict and basically eating his fins and such, now my jack dempsey has killed my baby oscar (one of my favourites), so i have put the jack dempsey in with the convict....will they just kill each other ? or should i just get rid of the both of them seeing as neither of them can be with the other fish?????

 

[Cichlid Woman]

How about starting over with less aggressive cichlids?

-- Pat

 

[rus]

what size tanks are we talking about here?

 

[bek]

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they are currently in a 57 gallon tank,
the JD and Convict are in a 12 gallon and
i also have a 32 gallon with nothing in it

 

[rus]

can u tell us what is in each tank and how big they are? but i dont see a con and a jd getting along in a 12 gal.

 

[bek]

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57 gallon

3 x barramundi..................4 - 5"
1 x electric yellow............. 2.5"
2 x severums.....................2"
1 x rainbow shark(i think)..3"
1 x lifalili jewel...................4"
1 x oscar............................6"

12 gallon

JD about 3"
convict about 3.5"
(they seem to be staying away from each other)

 

[rus]

why not leave the con in the 12 gal and putting the jd in the 32 gal tank?

 

[bek]

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well i dont really see the point in having 2 tanks with only one fish in each, besides i only have crap filters so i have to have 2 in the 57 and one in the 12.

 

[d_b]

What about tank dividers in the big tank ? I know there not attractive, but it would work (cheaply) temporaly until a bigger tank was acquired. Just an idea.

Word of the day: Turdmonkey. I'm using that one at work tommorrow. LOL

 

[rus]

you are keeping cichlids. thay are very territorial. if housed in improper settings they will kill one another. so the fact that the fish killed another one of your fish is your fault. if you cant give them proper tank space then cichlids are not for you.