Herichthys carpintis - Green Texas Cichlid
Danger_Chicken at 05h02
10
Sep
2009
Herichthys carpintis - Green Texas Cichlid
A friend gave me this boy last spring around 4" he's up to 8" now and a complete bully. Every fish in the tank feels his wrath except the larger Oscar. He chases mostly, and doesn't do any damage other than stress. I'm working on getting him his own tank, the fish he's beating on now will out right kill him if they pair and breed. And if they don't pair and breed they'll still kill him when they get larger.
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A friend gave me this boy last spring around 4" he's up to 8" now and a complete bully. Every fish in the tank feels his wrath except the larger Oscar. He chases mostly, and doesn't do any damage other than stress. I'm working on getting him his own tank, the fish he's beating on now will out right kill him if they pair and breed. And if they don't pair and breed they'll still kill him when they get larger.
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