What is something funny that your fish do?
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My loaches and africans gang up and try to attack a cray fish, My oscars jump out of the water and bite me.
After owning S. American cichlid's for about a year now, i've found they are full of tricks and michief!! I will never be as fond of those common guppys zebras tetras etc ever again!
My oscar will jump out of the water and grab food from my fingers. He is completely safe with a tank full of small feeder fish, too slow and lazy to chase after them. IF they get close to his mouth he tries to gulp one down, but they are too fast for him and he doesn't chase after (now my pictus cats and jack will chase after 'em with a vengance). If Jack tries to mess with him though he lets him know who's boss very quickly. Oscar is the only fish the jack will NOT try and pick on. If I am near the tank whatsoever... Oscar will come to the closest corner of the tank and STARE at me. begging for food.
I know its not a trick.. but the speed these monsters grow is amazing!!! He's outgrown by 3 or 4 times the severum I bought at the same time as him, and is at least 2x the size of the Jack. Very messy fish and requires a lot of maintenance but he is worth it for the entertainment value.
My Jack Dempsey gets irrate for no reason and quickly changes colors and attacks whatever pisses him off... even if its just a rock. He changes colors when I feed him too. He can go from being a very beige base color, to being almost black besides the top band portions on his upper side. I can't keep him with anything besides the oscar, pictus cats and pleco, because he has killed several other cichlids that were bigger than him. He tries to attack the cats sometimes, but they have armour that keeps em protected. He even attacks the gravel vaccuum when I am cleaning the tank.
My severum and blood parrot are amusing as well... top bosses in the community tank, but aren't big enough to inflict any damage whatsoever yet. just bossy.
Very amusing to watch these cichlids claiming territory and making their space their OWN.
My oscar will jump out of the water and grab food from my fingers. He is completely safe with a tank full of small feeder fish, too slow and lazy to chase after them. IF they get close to his mouth he tries to gulp one down, but they are too fast for him and he doesn't chase after (now my pictus cats and jack will chase after 'em with a vengance). If Jack tries to mess with him though he lets him know who's boss very quickly. Oscar is the only fish the jack will NOT try and pick on. If I am near the tank whatsoever... Oscar will come to the closest corner of the tank and STARE at me. begging for food.
I know its not a trick.. but the speed these monsters grow is amazing!!! He's outgrown by 3 or 4 times the severum I bought at the same time as him, and is at least 2x the size of the Jack. Very messy fish and requires a lot of maintenance but he is worth it for the entertainment value.
My Jack Dempsey gets irrate for no reason and quickly changes colors and attacks whatever pisses him off... even if its just a rock. He changes colors when I feed him too. He can go from being a very beige base color, to being almost black besides the top band portions on his upper side. I can't keep him with anything besides the oscar, pictus cats and pleco, because he has killed several other cichlids that were bigger than him. He tries to attack the cats sometimes, but they have armour that keeps em protected. He even attacks the gravel vaccuum when I am cleaning the tank.
My severum and blood parrot are amusing as well... top bosses in the community tank, but aren't big enough to inflict any damage whatsoever yet. just bossy.
Very amusing to watch these cichlids claiming territory and making their space their OWN.
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