giving up on aggresive cichlids

[Ben]

hey guys
just thought i would say a good bye post to my aggresive cichlids
i have come to the conclusion that they take up too much space and money and i could do so much more with their tanks
im going to do Apistos again, and i am currently collecting them and once i get a 6 footer im converting it into dwarf cichlids and discus and tetras.
dont get me wrong, i love the personalitly of the aggresives but i go through too much trouble for them.
so goodbye to my:
severums(they are, funnily enough, very aggresive in my tank)
blue acara
giant krib
and my breeding pair of jewels, i will miss them the most

look forward to seeing loads of pics of my new fish

DD

 

[StarOrbs]

I partly agree with you on this I currently have 2 firemouths and a severum which are sick right now. Most likely if they weren't sick I would disagree lol. I've often thought of going with different types of fish, but preferablly I'd like to save my 2 firemouths and sev, I've kind of grown attached to them over the past 5 months.

 

[glolite]

Aw boo. I'm still in the experimental stage with a pair of jade eye cichlids. Hope they breed and don't kill each other

 

[CFC]

and most of them arent even considered aggressive, with the exception of the jewels all those Cichlids are considered to be community safe.

 

[Ben]

i knew you were going to say that,
but as you may or may not recall, a few weeks ago i sold the aggresive cichlids,planing on buying some back when i've had enough of the semi-aggresive ones. But when i was at the lfs, ready to buy the aggresives back and take some semi aggresives back to the lfs, i heard that there will be a brand new shipment of Apistos allowed in to Australia, along with new loaches and clown plecos ( )

and decided, its not worth the trouble. so gave em up

and Blue Acaras and Severums arnt community safe, think of all the neons that could eat

DD

 

[CFC]

Its the neons that arent community safe, poxy little things that even Appistos will eat if they can catch them.

 

[Ben]

Its the neons that arent community safe, poxy little things that even Appistos will eat if they can catch them.

thats why neons are good dithers for apistos

and yeh, neon tetras should probably be kept to species tanks...or not at all

DD