take a look to this video!!!...

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common stop fighting... look my parents are americans but im from a country where beautiful cichlids come from, GT (Green terror) and RT (red terror)... is Ecuador and i have seen things here that my father (he love fish) didnt know... two full grown oscars and a gt in a 55 gallon tank.... yes that and a jaguar with a red terror in a 70gal....and some other that you wont belief, and to tell you the truth those fish were beautiful!!! man i was jelous about it!!!! i asked the first time: HOW CAN YOU HAVE THIS FISH LIKE THIS??!! and they answer me: look man this fish are ok in this tank they have 9 years and iwent like wow!! i ask several things like are they happy,do they fight and that and they told me no theyre happy cause they let us touch them and rub theyre head (oscar, GT, RT. full grown, scary for me)... but that was cool they know what theyre doing man, but really that was so cool!!!! :laugh:

i wont forget this experience :dance2:
 
I'd imagine that the people who are getting all worked up over that "aggression" would have heart attacks seeing actual cichlid confrontations...That isn't abuse; abuse is when a festae jumps out of the water to bite your hand as you're getting ready to gravel vac :thud: <--(i cant get over that smiley)
 
My Salvinis raise much more hell than that when they are courting and spawning. They literally rip each others lips to shreds.
 
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