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Green Terror Long Term Tankmates
By: Stu4648 Date: September 26, 2014, 2:50 am
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Green Terrors (A. rivulatus) and tankmates that can last the
distance seem to be few and far between, according to a lot of
the stories doing the rounds. They are a cichlid I would like to
keep at some point and was wondering what fish people have
managed to keep with the Terrors long term (5years+). I was
thinking of pairing one with one of the usual suspects; a Jack
Dempsey or Oscar and some of the bigger Syno or Raphael cats but
know there are no guarantees.
I guess, like with most of the big New World cichlids, a lot of
it is luck of the draw what degree of aggressiveness your fish
happens to have but lets hear some first hand experience please.
Many Thanks.
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Re: Green Terror Long Term Tankmates
By: probn Date: September 26, 2014, 5:50 am
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I have kept green terror with green texas, jewel, zebra tilapia,
striphed raphael catfish and pleco and it has already been 1
year but I haven't seen him becoming agressive with any other
tank mates
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Re: Green Terror Long Term Tankmates
By: Jeremiahsfish Date: September 29, 2014, 9:43 pm
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I have found with new world cichlids there's never a guarantee.
I would suggest severums or dempseys. But you just never know.
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Re: Green Terror Long Term Tankmates
By: Jennifer Date: October 2, 2014, 12:25 pm
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I don't know if all south americans are the same, but I tried
breeding jacks once. That's an exercise in frustration. But I
noted with them that there is no "build up" with aggression.
With other types of fish, you have a good fight and you think,
yea, shoulda seen that coming. Or, you saw the signs but
ignored them. With my jacks it was always no sign of anything
and then a bloodbath one night.
Of course, I was a lot younger then and didn't know as much as I
know now, so maybe I just missed it. But that's always left me
a little skittish about Oscars, Jacks and Terrors. They just
seem a little unpredictable to me.
But that's why I do livebearers. You can always predict that
they'll eat a lot and have a lot of babies. Well, you can
always predict that they'll eat a lot ... ::)
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Re: Green Terror Long Term Tankmates
By: Stu4648 Date: October 2, 2014, 1:56 pm
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One of the "joys" of owning big aggressive cichlids. Reckon I
need to experience it at least once. Hopefully it will not be
enough to put me off. Peacock Bass are the ultimate aim but I
want to work my way up through the ranks first. I'm currently at
stage 1; nice friendly eartheaters.
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