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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / February 2004My innocent Electric Blues
I put three juvinille electric blues into my girl friends overcrowded community tank. She has been working the late shift letely and hs not been feeding her fish regularly. One of her favourite Corydoris has been found shredded and eaten. The electric blues are only an inch and a half long and don't seem agressive (yet). On the other hand, her over-grown poop-generators (gold fish) are always munching on her one-eyed angel and anything else that moves. Do you think my poor, sweet, innocent, misunderstood electric blues could possibly have anything to do with this cold blooded crime or can I continue to blame the poop-generators? (No, I can't get away with saying it died a natural death. We need someone to take the blame. - I say "fry the poop-generators!") Jim Jim It's hard to tell without seeing the crime take place. But, electric blue ahli's are notorios for sibling canibalism. So they're pretty aggressive. If your electric blue is of the Melanochromis variety, also extremely aggressive and also possible murderer candidates. Even at an inch and a half. ;-) AC > It's hard to tell without seeing the crime take place. But, electric blue ahli's > are notorios for sibling canibalism. So they're pretty aggressive. If your > electric blue is of the Melanochromis variety, also extremely aggressive and > also possible murderer candidates. Even at an inch and a half. ;-) > AC electric blues ahli or Sciaenochromis fryeri are Haplochromines and although they can be somewhat aggressive I see no way that a 1" blue is going to attack the Corydoras. I would suspect the Goldfish. I can't imagine keeping goldfish with African cichlids, Angles and Corydoras, now that is an interesting mix. Rick > electric blues ahli or Sciaenochromis fryeri are Haplochromines and although > they can be somewhat aggressive I see no way that a 1" blue is going to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Rick I know it seems hard to imagine. But I've seen a 1.5" occelattus attack a full grown man trying to snap it's picture and have the picture to prove it. ;-) S. freyeri are very intra species aggressive. In spawns, the males will eat many of the females if they're kept in a tank that doesn't allow the female fry to flee. I'm merely stating that size is not an indication of whether or not a fish is capable of killing other fish in the tank. (In most cases). I'm guess though, that his Electric Blues are M. johanni and not S. freyeri. In which case I believe there's more a chance of them being the aggressors. Also, it's possible his cory was harassed and killed by a fish, and the damage he saw was done by numerous others in the tank once they saw the free meal laying on the bottom. AC > > electric blues ahli or Sciaenochromis fryeri are Haplochromines and although > > they can be somewhat aggressive I see no way that a 1" blue is going to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > laying on the bottom. > AC yes, M. Johanni I could see and I hear what your saying about the size of the fish. I was doing tank cleaning today on a 40g with two Convicts about 2 " or so with a load of fry and I have a little bite mark on the side of my hand from the male!! Rick |
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