I brought home a 4" green terror for my bully tank a couple of months ago and he ended up being the wuss of the tank. He got bullied and lost some tail chunks, mostly to the smaller of my two distichoduses (6") and the convict cichlid (4-5"). He seemed pretty peaceful and eventually the other fish left him alone. Things were fine and harmonious.
Till yesterday. Now he's trying to kill everyone. Yesterday I noticed my little jewel was a very light pink instead of the usual super bright red/pink, and today the convict is cowering in a corner with a bunch of little wounds. (It's nice to see someone put him in his place but he looks a little too beat up now.) The smaller distichodus has a bunch of marks on his body too. Meanwhile the GT just sits in the upper foreground of the tank looking at me as if to say "are you going to feed me or am I just going to have to eat these other fish?" even though he just had a meal. It's weird. There are plenty of rocks and territories and he hasn't claimed any of them - he seems to prefer the open spaces and chases the other fish when they swim into the open.
He has grown some - maybe half an inch - since I got him, but he hasn't really developed the head hump at all, if that gives any indication as to his age. Has he just matured and come into his own, or is he perhaps just reacting to something like water quality/temperature? It has gone up a few degrees in the tank just because of the recent warm weather we've had.
Just wondering whether to expect this to be his true personality or if he's just cranky. Cause if he's going to always be like this I'll probably have to sell him. I'll be getting a larger (140-180) 6 foot tank soon so I'll see how he likes it with more space before making any decision like that though.
Till yesterday. Now he's trying to kill everyone. Yesterday I noticed my little jewel was a very light pink instead of the usual super bright red/pink, and today the convict is cowering in a corner with a bunch of little wounds. (It's nice to see someone put him in his place but he looks a little too beat up now.) The smaller distichodus has a bunch of marks on his body too. Meanwhile the GT just sits in the upper foreground of the tank looking at me as if to say "are you going to feed me or am I just going to have to eat these other fish?" even though he just had a meal. It's weird. There are plenty of rocks and territories and he hasn't claimed any of them - he seems to prefer the open spaces and chases the other fish when they swim into the open.
He has grown some - maybe half an inch - since I got him, but he hasn't really developed the head hump at all, if that gives any indication as to his age. Has he just matured and come into his own, or is he perhaps just reacting to something like water quality/temperature? It has gone up a few degrees in the tank just because of the recent warm weather we've had.
Just wondering whether to expect this to be his true personality or if he's just cranky. Cause if he's going to always be like this I'll probably have to sell him. I'll be getting a larger (140-180) 6 foot tank soon so I'll see how he likes it with more space before making any decision like that though.