Cactuspixie
Aquarium Advice Addict
Here are a couple of photos of some of the Blue Eyes I got at auction the other night:
I don't remember their scientific names.
These are my first cichlids (not counting the highly aggressive new world cichlids that came with my first 6' and which I don't keep)
I've read so much conflicting information on the blue eyes- they were sold at auction as 'peaceful' but I've read that they can be highly aggressive to conspecifics (and I have 5!)
These are alternately curious, skittish and mildly aggressive. If I sit in front of the tank and stay still they become VERY curious- they come quite close, peering intently at me, but the second I move, they are on the other side of the tank peeking out from behind a rock.
I don't know what colour they are really, as it seems to change a lot, but they were extremely washed out when I bought them, and have coloured up nicely since.
What I'm keen to know, is this: is there anything I can do to make them less skittish, and will they be okay with my two brasiliensis and 3 severums (when they arrive)?
The only other occupants are Bristlenoses, kuhlis, and a couple of bumblebee gobies. Oh and two tiny L002 tiger plecs.
If you hung in there till this point thankyou!
I don't remember their scientific names.
These are my first cichlids (not counting the highly aggressive new world cichlids that came with my first 6' and which I don't keep)
I've read so much conflicting information on the blue eyes- they were sold at auction as 'peaceful' but I've read that they can be highly aggressive to conspecifics (and I have 5!)
These are alternately curious, skittish and mildly aggressive. If I sit in front of the tank and stay still they become VERY curious- they come quite close, peering intently at me, but the second I move, they are on the other side of the tank peeking out from behind a rock.
I don't know what colour they are really, as it seems to change a lot, but they were extremely washed out when I bought them, and have coloured up nicely since.
What I'm keen to know, is this: is there anything I can do to make them less skittish, and will they be okay with my two brasiliensis and 3 severums (when they arrive)?
The only other occupants are Bristlenoses, kuhlis, and a couple of bumblebee gobies. Oh and two tiny L002 tiger plecs.
If you hung in there till this point thankyou!