Green Terrors again

Interesting fish. First of all even after all this time, they are just so
damned skittish. Even when eating they dart up and then, back down again
like lightning. The bigger one dominates and chases the smaller all day. Now
that that she just laid eggs, she can't get him/her to get involved at all.
She shakes and shimmy's to attract him but he's terrified of her.

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JK Sinrod
myconeyislandmemories.com

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:31:53 -0000, JK Coney wrote:

Interesting fish. First of all even after all this time, they are just
so
damned skittish. Even when eating they dart up and then, back down again
like lightning. The bigger one dominates and chases the smaller all day.
Now
that that she just laid eggs, she can't get him/her to get involved at
all.
She shakes and shimmy's to attract him but he's terrified of her.


You need to add some "dither fish" to the tank.
The Cichlids will then soon overcome their nervousness and skittish
behavior.

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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:31:53 -0000, JK Coney wrote:

Interesting fish. First of all even after all this time, they are just
so
damned skittish. Even when eating they dart up and then, back down again
like lightning. The bigger one dominates and chases the smaller all day.
Now
that that she just laid eggs, she can't get him/her to get involved at
all.
She shakes and shimmy's to attract him but he's terrified of her.


You need to add some "dither fish" to the tank.
The Cichlids will then soon overcome their nervousness and skittish
behavior.



What do you recommend? Will they become punching bags?


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JK Sinrod
myconeyislandmemories.com

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:28:36 -0000, JK Coney wrote:


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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:31:53 -0000, JK Coney
wrote:

Interesting fish. First of all even after all this time, they are just
so
damned skittish. Even when eating they dart up and then, back down
again
like lightning. The bigger one dominates and chases the smaller all
day.
Now
that that she just laid eggs, she can't get him/her to get involved at
all.
She shakes and shimmy's to attract him but he's terrified of her.


You need to add some "dither fish" to the tank.
The Cichlids will then soon overcome their nervousness and skittish
behavior.



What do you recommend? Will they become punching bags?



You obviously need something that can get out of the way fast.
My immediate thought's go to danio's - zeabra or giant danio's

A quick google scan finds:
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,...n%20Terror.htm

2 extracts from the

a: Tank Mates. When small, green terrors mix with any number of small
cichlids as well as other speedy tank mates. We recommend barbs.

b: Dither Fish Secret. Adding a perceived outside threat, adds to the
green terrors’ tendency to bond together. Convict cichlids make an
excellent dither fish candidate. They like to argue and can run away at
escape velocity. Do not add a male and female convict or they will breed
all other fishes out of house and home.

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:28:36 -0000, JK Coney wrote:




A quick google scan finds:
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,...n%20Terror.htm

2 extracts from the

a: Tank Mates. When small, green terrors mix with any number of small
cichlids as well as other speedy tank mates. We recommend barbs.

b: Dither Fish Secret. Adding a perceived outside threat, adds to the
green terrors' tendency to bond together. Convict cichlids make an
excellent dither fish candidate. They like to argue and can run away at
escape velocity. Do not add a male and female convict or they will breed
all other fishes out of house and home.


Yes I've had convicts breed right in the middle of a 55 swarming with
other cichlids.


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JK Sinrod
myconeyislandmemories.com

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:02:41 -0500, "JK Coney"
wrote:


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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:28:36 -0000, JK Coney wrote:




A quick google scan finds:
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,...n%20Terror.htm

2 extracts from the

a: Tank Mates. When small, green terrors mix with any number of small
cichlids as well as other speedy tank mates. We recommend barbs.

b: Dither Fish Secret. Adding a perceived outside threat, adds to the
green terrors' tendency to bond together. Convict cichlids make an
excellent dither fish candidate. They like to argue and can run away at
escape velocity. Do not add a male and female convict or they will breed
all other fishes out of house and home.


Yes I've had convicts breed right in the middle of a 55 swarming with
other cichlids.

Convicts just breed! Stopping them can be a challenge if you need to
give something else a chance to get going.

Steve


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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:46:40 -0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:02:41 -0500, "JK Coney"
wrote:


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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:28:36 -0000, JK Coney
wrote:




A quick google scan finds:
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,...n%20Terror.htm

2 extracts from the

a: Tank Mates. When small, green terrors mix with any number of small
cichlids as well as other speedy tank mates. We recommend barbs.

b: Dither Fish Secret. Adding a perceived outside threat, adds to the
green terrors' tendency to bond together. Convict cichlids make an
excellent dither fish candidate. They like to argue and can run away
at
escape velocity. Do not add a male and female convict or they will
breed
all other fishes out of house and home.


Yes I've had convicts breed right in the middle of a 55 swarming with
other cichlids.

Convicts just breed! Stopping them can be a challenge if you need to
give something else a chance to get going.

Steve



Hence the point made above:
"Do not add a male and female convict or they will breed all other fishes
out of house and home."

You need to add some "dither fish" to the tank.
The Cichlids will then soon overcome their nervousness and skittish
behavior.





Noun1.dither - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither";
"there was a terrible flap about the theft"
fuss, pother, tizzy, flap
agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Verb1.dither - act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
fret - be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"
2.dither - make a fuss; be agitated
pother, flap
fret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too
much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

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You need to add some "dither fish" to the tank.
The Cichlids will then soon overcome their nervousness and skittish
behavior.



Added 4 black tetras.... no help. Then 2 big danios... no difference. The
one bigger female GT is still beating up the smaller Terror and totally
ignoring the other fish. My LPS was offering a buy 2 get one free deal
tonight, so I picked up a nice pair of Dempseys, and another Green Terror.
This could be fun or an even worse blood bath.

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JK Sinrod
www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com

Jitter fish secrets. Add a perceived external threat, an increase of Green terrors trend together. Convict fish to Excellent jitter fish candidate. They like to argue, can escape Escape velocity.