Danzig
Mar 12th 2007, 06:28 AM
Hello, im just curious as to the very first fish you guys have owned. Maybe its the fish that made you the aquarium finatics you are now, or maybe the its fish you want nothing to do with to this day.
About 5 yrs ago i bought my very first fish. He was a convict cichlid with a bad attitude.
When he was mad he would act like a drunken rock star in a hotel room destroying whatever he could. The personality of this fish alone instantly turned me on to cichlids.
So i went out and bought 2 more, a JD and an Auratus( african&mistake#1). I did not know any better not to keep africans with c/a, s/a's but luckily & oddly they all got along. The dominant fish was the 3" convict, which was weird to me being the JD was pushing 6-1/2" and even the auratus was near 5". However the larger ones became submissive so their was no real aggression (biting etc), just the odd tail slap from the convict to make his presence known lol.
From then on all ive ever kept was cichlids, with the exception of my current dwarf gourami and senegal bichir.
About 5 yrs ago i bought my very first fish. He was a convict cichlid with a bad attitude.
When he was mad he would act like a drunken rock star in a hotel room destroying whatever he could. The personality of this fish alone instantly turned me on to cichlids.
So i went out and bought 2 more, a JD and an Auratus( african&mistake#1). I did not know any better not to keep africans with c/a, s/a's but luckily & oddly they all got along. The dominant fish was the 3" convict, which was weird to me being the JD was pushing 6-1/2" and even the auratus was near 5". However the larger ones became submissive so their was no real aggression (biting etc), just the odd tail slap from the convict to make his presence known lol.
From then on all ive ever kept was cichlids, with the exception of my current dwarf gourami and senegal bichir.