Warning!!!Don't buy a texas cichlid until you watch this
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Waring Don't buy a texas cichlid until you watch this video.Texas cichlids are very aggressive fish.he is a green texas cichlid and is picking on my all my fish.mean fish
I had one once; a long long time ago. Had it in a decent size tank, together with a zebra cichlid and a firemouth cichlid (meeki). The Herichthys was the bigger one, then the meeki, then the zebra, which you call convicts i think (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).
At first seemed ok. The meeki's are always a bit more shy and prefer a bit of shade and cover. I had a couple of plants in, but that didnt take long, as the 'texan' ripped em out on day 1. So the Meeki hid a bit between the rocks. Was clear right away that the Texan was dominant. But it was doable, though i didnt see the Meeki much.
The Texan and the zebra/convict seemed to get along fine, often swimming together.
The tank was in the hallway, with plenty of room for people to pass and since there usually arent people there, it was pretty quiet for them.
One day i see the Texan, going after the Meeki, dragging him out of the hole he was trying to cover in, by the pectoral fin. That wasnt ok, so i decided to take the Meeki out before the Texan would kill him.
Pretty soon after they were making pits in the gravel at the bottom and all of a sudden i had 100s of cross breed Texan/convicts. It was quite the show.
It was also at that time where the Texan would attack anyone he could see in the hallway... expanding his gills, coloring, all fins straight up, mouth open against the glass, furiously swimming back and forth like that. It was very funny... a little fish (about 8 inches i guess) attacking humans.
The little ones all got bigger and bigger and i managed to get some people to take some, but eventually set them all out in a pond here. They would all sure die in winter, but at least they could have some time 'in the wild'. (obviously never do that, if it is not sure they will die there, bc you dont want to be responsible for yet another invasive species)
It is a nice fish, colors (at least the one i had) much prettier than the ones you see in videos. But it is a bit agressive, so you cant keep them with any non cichlid fish and not with smaller cichlids either imo.
Jesus i never would have thought to see a Jaguar and Jack Dempsey both hiding in fear from another fish. They usually are the toughest or bullies and openly swim about.
Iv had the same problem with my super green texas. I have much the same fish and my texas just bullies the tank. Iv even tried to upgrade to a 6 ft tank and that has settle him a little but he still bullies the tank. Your right in saying fish the same size or bigger but in saying that my fire mouth is way smaller and he doesn't go near him. So strange but that's the wonders of owning fish I guess
If you revise the setup to a more natural one the behavior may get more natural. Give them more hiding places and more natural decor and they should work it out.
He is not lying lol. My wife is going through the same thing and the only reason she didn’t get rid of the blue Texas is because they are beautiful...
That fish is chill out since the other fish got bigger then her
Do you ever have any problems with your cichlids glass surfing? I got an Electric Blue Jack Dempsey and he's being kept alone but glass surfs most of the time. He's very small.
Nice fancy goldfish setup!
What are you saying check out a new video
I've had Texas Cichlids, and will have them again. Love them. The sweetest, and most aggressive I've ever had. Can't wait to get some again. Get that ship out, and put natural hides. They'll relax more. Plus fake plants. Don't use real. They'll tear them up. I had a mating pair of Texas Cichlids, huge pleco and a Jelly Bean Cichlid in a 150 gal. No fights between them except when they nested.
Did old video
Nice tank! How the fish holding up?
I just got a juvenile Texas Cichlid and put it with my other slightly older Juvenile Electric Blue JD and my Jackdempsey doesn’t necessarily pick on the TC but if they get close enough to one another the JD will chase him away 💪🏻
She is now just with Oscar and a jaguar cichlid the Oscar and jaguar a lot bigger than her so she doesn't pick on anyone
Had the same problem with my Texas Cichlid... eventually put him in a separate tank.
She's calmed down a lot since the other fish have gotten bigger than her
Did you get him as a juvenile
Yes
@@chrs1975cmr just wondering was he as bad when he was small I have 2 in my tank there the smallest so there not trouble
He killed a Jaguar that wus smaller then him I tried to keep bigger fish with him
Just bought me 2 a week ago pray for me there the smallest in the tank
Texas cichlids are aggressive. There a cichlid you should expect that from a large and predator.
How big do short body texas cichlid grow ?
12 in but I had a problem with my tank and she didn't make it
Tank size? I'm thinking of having a similar set up
125 gallon
What about green terror can I mix them with geophagus and severum
Green terror are a little to aggressive for the geophagus
Yeah Texas will, their a really dope fish but their similar to flowerhorns, so much so I treat mine like flower horns keep them by their self no gravel
Go ahead and get ya a flower horn Cichlid
Had not planned on getting one.
Fake ornaments..why
yea i hate that too. Looks so bad ;[
Ugh my parents just bought 2. I think the people at the aquarium gave them some terrible advice. The had no clue they’d be this aggressive or large
They are aggressive fish
I just caught a Texas cichlid today why buy one lol nice tank
I live in indiana don't have them here
You Drunk!
Lol 😂
My green terror not eating many days aready
Gotta get them small so they can grow together adding adult fish ain’t to great of an 💡 idea
You're right
That's a myth. When they get grown and mature they are just as likely to be aggressive as if they were added big already
Never seen her pick on anything bigger than her when the fish got bigger she stopped bothering them
That's great!
I've got a 7" with my African cichlids
I found if the fish is bigger than them or the same size as them they will defend
@@chrs1975cmr my peacocks are about 5" and I have 2 haps that are about 7 and they all get along great... NOW That may change once the green texas gets 10" but I'll probably transfer him if he gets aggressive but for the last 2 years he's been extremely gentle
Cool set up. Lots of bossy ones. I keep all those same ones
That is a gold saum not a green terror very similar
The Texas is the one with the shredded tail fins... How is it that HE is the one doing the bullying???
Actually all your fish seem to have injuries. Just seems like a lot of fighting goes on. Ever think of maybe rehoming some of them to create a more peaceful tank?
That was because he was picking on all of them. They were starting to get big enough to fight back. He don't fight so much any more the other fish are bigger then him
That's because they fight with every dish in the tank and all day sometimes I have one too he got whooped by my evil convict and red devil all day and just would not quit...Now he's the 👑 king of the tank for now
Nice cichlids. That green terror is a female tho Just to let you know.
How you know?
lmao you cant tell from the video wannabe fish expert
@@wokevikki4332 yes you can, the fishs head doesn’t have a large hump on its head like the males it’s smooth
@@joshuaratz264 I got one that was definately male, bc he bred with a convict female.
It can take quite some years for the male cichlids to get such a headhump. So one without, doesnt mean it is a female. Unless if its really big / close to their max size. But they breed long before they get max size.