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Typical weekend in Goon Town. For your entertainment, an Oscar (Brick) a Chocolate (Bobo) a rainbow (Pepper) and acara (Felix).
Actvity and heirarchy are all over the place between the acara/rainbow/chocolate.
Brick has decided to police the tank more regularly. Anyone stepping out of line gets chased (except the Parrot). He now chases the acara Felix in particular, who tries to defend his buddy Bobo the Choc. Felix and Pepper hang around Bobo like satellites.
Felix is nearly as fiesty as Pepper. He's actually charged at the Oscar a couple of times (not smart). Then he went after Boss when Boss was tangling with Bobo, his pal. He got popped for it and scooted off.
Brick has upped his game keeping Bobo on one side of the tank. As long as the Choc doesn't share the space he's in, he doesn't care. Otherwise Bobo gets run around. He gets especially pissed when Bobo grabs his red wigglers.
Pepper hasn't gotten the memo Rainbow cichlids are calm and peaceful. At times he annoys the other fish with his constant motion. But he leaves the parrot alone. He's a character that swims alone much more than the acara does. The acara hangs on the chocolate like sticky.
There are high speed impact fights between Pepper and Felix, like proton and neutron going at it. For all that, no split fins or busted scales. Felix usually runs out of gas first. Sometimes they swim together with no issue. Go figure. Lots of flaring and posturing.
The acara is an instigator. Sometimes he nudges the chocolate over to the oscar and parrot. Then its a big mixup.
After about 4 days of avoiding Bobo like he was afraid (why I don't know) Boss is back on the attack again, running Bobo all over the place???? I think because Bobo is a dark, large fish that would ambush Boss it threw him off a couple of days. He really does blend into the background sometimes and maybe the sudden motion startled the parrot. Bobo likes to take ambush cheap shots. Problem is, the oscar sees this and pops him for it.
Bobo wants the #2 spot but it will never happen because a: Boss and Brick are tight, b: Brick doesn't especially like him either and c: Bobo isn't enough of a fighter or aggressive enough consistently to force anything. He can't do anything with the Oscar and the parrot won't back down.
So things are peaceful and quiet as long as nobody annoys the Parrot and Oscar. The Chocolate is really stubborn at times so both of them will chase him out of their 'space.'
Me? I just grab the popcorn.
Actvity and heirarchy are all over the place between the acara/rainbow/chocolate.
Brick has decided to police the tank more regularly. Anyone stepping out of line gets chased (except the Parrot). He now chases the acara Felix in particular, who tries to defend his buddy Bobo the Choc. Felix and Pepper hang around Bobo like satellites.
Felix is nearly as fiesty as Pepper. He's actually charged at the Oscar a couple of times (not smart). Then he went after Boss when Boss was tangling with Bobo, his pal. He got popped for it and scooted off.
Brick has upped his game keeping Bobo on one side of the tank. As long as the Choc doesn't share the space he's in, he doesn't care. Otherwise Bobo gets run around. He gets especially pissed when Bobo grabs his red wigglers.
Pepper hasn't gotten the memo Rainbow cichlids are calm and peaceful. At times he annoys the other fish with his constant motion. But he leaves the parrot alone. He's a character that swims alone much more than the acara does. The acara hangs on the chocolate like sticky.
There are high speed impact fights between Pepper and Felix, like proton and neutron going at it. For all that, no split fins or busted scales. Felix usually runs out of gas first. Sometimes they swim together with no issue. Go figure. Lots of flaring and posturing.
The acara is an instigator. Sometimes he nudges the chocolate over to the oscar and parrot. Then its a big mixup.
After about 4 days of avoiding Bobo like he was afraid (why I don't know) Boss is back on the attack again, running Bobo all over the place???? I think because Bobo is a dark, large fish that would ambush Boss it threw him off a couple of days. He really does blend into the background sometimes and maybe the sudden motion startled the parrot. Bobo likes to take ambush cheap shots. Problem is, the oscar sees this and pops him for it.
Bobo wants the #2 spot but it will never happen because a: Boss and Brick are tight, b: Brick doesn't especially like him either and c: Bobo isn't enough of a fighter or aggressive enough consistently to force anything. He can't do anything with the Oscar and the parrot won't back down.
So things are peaceful and quiet as long as nobody annoys the Parrot and Oscar. The Chocolate is really stubborn at times so both of them will chase him out of their 'space.'
Me? I just grab the popcorn.
Had a 'gang war' outbreak of fights in the main tank three days ago. The combatants:
One Oscar (Brick)
One BP (Boss)
One Acara (Felix)
One Rainbow Cichlid (Pepper)
One Chocolate Cichlid (Bobo)
What got the brawl started I have no idea. I was cleaning the tanks of my other parrots so all this happened when my back was turned. Heard a lot of water splashing in the fish room. Went like this:
Felix popped Boss right in the gonads. Boss runs Felix into the glass. Felix defends his buddy Bobo from Boss. Brick busts it up and everybody flies around. Pepper goes after Felix. Pepper pops the syno catfishes. Catfishes scatter and hide. Bobo goes after Boss. Brick goes after Bobo. Brick and Boss go after Bobo. Pepper gives Felix a shot in the side. Boss rams Bobo in the side. Brick goes after Felix. Boss goes after Pepper. Brick chases Felix, Pepper and Bobo in circles.
Matchups were BP vs Chocolate, Acara vs BP and Rainbow, Rainbow vs Acara, Acara vs Chocolate, and Oscar vs everybody except the Parrot. This went on for several minutes. I'd pretty much had it and blacked out the tank for half an hour. It worked, everyone calmed down. Have no clue what happened with all that and why. Maybe I need to read one of those cichlid behavior books. What the hell happened to peaceful SA cichlids? Although the Parrot and Rainbow are CA...nobody got the memo.
In other news, everyone has gained more size except the syno catfishes. I'll be posting the official new numbers in December, which will be Year Two anniversary. I can say that my Oscar Brick is now officially over a foot long.
I got some jumbo mealworms for Brick and Bobo. Had no idea they got so big...these things are like 1 1/2- 2 inches long and about 1/8 inch thick. I figured they'll fill up quicker on these than the smaller ones. Mixed results so far...Brick chews them and spits them out.
One Oscar (Brick)
One BP (Boss)
One Acara (Felix)
One Rainbow Cichlid (Pepper)
One Chocolate Cichlid (Bobo)
What got the brawl started I have no idea. I was cleaning the tanks of my other parrots so all this happened when my back was turned. Heard a lot of water splashing in the fish room. Went like this:
Felix popped Boss right in the gonads. Boss runs Felix into the glass. Felix defends his buddy Bobo from Boss. Brick busts it up and everybody flies around. Pepper goes after Felix. Pepper pops the syno catfishes. Catfishes scatter and hide. Bobo goes after Boss. Brick goes after Bobo. Brick and Boss go after Bobo. Pepper gives Felix a shot in the side. Boss rams Bobo in the side. Brick goes after Felix. Boss goes after Pepper. Brick chases Felix, Pepper and Bobo in circles.
Matchups were BP vs Chocolate, Acara vs BP and Rainbow, Rainbow vs Acara, Acara vs Chocolate, and Oscar vs everybody except the Parrot. This went on for several minutes. I'd pretty much had it and blacked out the tank for half an hour. It worked, everyone calmed down. Have no clue what happened with all that and why. Maybe I need to read one of those cichlid behavior books. What the hell happened to peaceful SA cichlids? Although the Parrot and Rainbow are CA...nobody got the memo.
In other news, everyone has gained more size except the syno catfishes. I'll be posting the official new numbers in December, which will be Year Two anniversary. I can say that my Oscar Brick is now officially over a foot long.
I got some jumbo mealworms for Brick and Bobo. Had no idea they got so big...these things are like 1 1/2- 2 inches long and about 1/8 inch thick. I figured they'll fill up quicker on these than the smaller ones. Mixed results so far...Brick chews them and spits them out.
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And to recall the best scene in Boondocks Saints.... “There was a fire FIGHT!!!!!”
Lol. Trying to capture all that action is hopeless, it would just be a blur. Brick loves the jumbo mealworms.
