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Ugh. So i've been setting up the new 56gal tank to move over my cichlids, and moved the smaller ones over yesterday, leaving my two huge cichlids in

Posted by Stephen (aka SCeire) Sep 15 '10, 11:07

the old tank together; I figured i'd give the smaller ones a chance to scope out their territory before moving the big bullies over. Well, it seems last night that without the smaller ones to bully they turned on each other. The black one, who is easily 8" seems to have gotten the better of the albino cichlid who is now floundering upside down at the bottom of the tank with massive redness all over his body. Someone call the FBI, I think we've got a hate crime!

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also, fishy owners, at what point do you bring a fishy to the porcelain mausoleum? When the fishy is truly gone, or when you know there's no hope that - Stephen Sep 15, 11:18 4
- yeah, once they appear to be swimming sideways, they are done. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 11:38
- I would never dispose of them before they were truly gone. -- nm - Ender Sep 15, 11:28
- Floating on its side, even sporadically, has always meant that the lifespan is down to hours, in my experience. - Dr.Vermin Sep 15, 11:20 1
  - ...or upside down. sorry. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 15, 11:24

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Ugh. So i've been setting up the new 56gal tank to move over my cichlids, and moved the smaller ones over yesterday, leaving my two huge cichlids in

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