come home from work today to find my green terror upside down on the bottom dead. he looked pretty well beaten up i asume the jd dome this just cant figure out why as the green terror had alway been in mint condition not battle scars or anything until today.

any ideas why this happened?

i need to get a new fish of somesort now the tank looks realy bare and my terror was my fav any suggestions on wot to get?

here is a list of the current fish:

1 jd (around 5inch)
2firemouth's (1.5/2inch)
1 r/t shark
1 blue acara

i will be up gradeing to a 5x2x2 within 2/3months so they will have more room soon.

many thanks
james

mate iam gutted for you and i have first hand exsperience of this aswell!!!!
ive decided with cichlids that its only going to be a single or a pair to a tank in my oppinion,,,my 5ft/2ft/2ft only houses now my 2oscars and dither fish silvers/plecs/bichirs////
but yes one days all is tickatie boo then suddenly boom

Sorry for your loss, its hard to take when its a fish you got attatched to.

The JD would be the most likely candidate out of your stocking I would have thought, how big was the GT? What tank size are they in, as it could have just been not big enough as the JD is pretty much at maturing age, so it could have been 'triggered'. I notice you have 2 FM's, if they have paired up it could be that, but I don't see that really.

I would wait until you upgrade to add new fish, as this will mean that no fish has an established territory and it will be easier to introduce them then. You could always get another GT and hope this one works out.

the gt was around 4 inch and the tank is 45g

thanks