Suggestions for 120G w/ GT.

[Bloodthirsty77]

So been out of the fishkeeping circle for a while. I have a 120G with a GT, 2 silver dollars and an old old Bala Shark(like 13 yrs old).

Anyway my male GT is a few years old and apparently just hit the ahole stage. He killed a large BP(which I didn't care for really) this week. Now the tank looks empty and I'm looking for suggestions. The GT is about 6" long so not a big boy yet.

I do have a hybrid fish in a separate tank it's dad was a Texas and mother was the recently dead BP. I would consider adding him to the 120 but he's grown up in a tank alone and seems to be extremely aggressive. My 120 is only a 4' tank and the GT historically has been somewhat of a wimp until recently.

So any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Batmanjay28]

The GT thinks that he owns the tank so it's going to be hard to add anything else to the tank. The GT being 6 inches is also going to be a problem. I would say that you could add a JD or another larger south/central american cichlid to the tank but since your GT is 6in it's going to be hard to find another cichlid at that size. If you add a smaller south/central american cichlid to the tank odds are that the GT is going to kill it.

Maybe try adding a small group of tinfoil barbs. I have 4 in my 120G tank with my GT (who is an ahole) and they do fine. My GT actually doesn't bother them at all.

Good luck.

 

[Bloodthirsty77]

Here is an idea. Move the tex/bp hybrid to the 120 and move the gt to my empty 55. Maybe find a female for the gt and have a pair?

But what to add with the hybrid if I do that?