My young male green terror lost an eye

[BadRedTerror]

*SICK* The youngster was an test i was having with african cichlid species such as a african jewel,but it didnt work(i regret it bad idea).I had him paired up with a female hoping they would protect each other.Needless to say the jewel is in its proper tank 25 gal-blue johanni,and aurotous.The juvenille is now having a tuff time in my community tank and the female is healthy and outgrowing him which is odd?i will show a pic of him and his sister in the week to come.

(the picture to the left is the daddy to these teenagers)

 

[SdJaCK&SaLLy]

Hi BadRedTerror,

African Cichlids are notorious for picking out other fishe's eyes. But I your Green Terror should be fine. Fish have lateral lines running through their bodies and they are sensetive to water changes. And he has another eye.

When you say community tank, do you mean you haven't took him and his sister out of the African Cichlid tank? Or do you mean another tank. Just simply feed him well also, and add some Melafix to the tank to heal his eye.

- Before long a layer of skin will grow over the eye-hole.

 

[BadRedTerror]

Him and his sister now spend there days in 55 gal community seperate from my african tank(strictly african species).thanks SdJaCK&SaLLy for the info: im just a little worried about his growth and why he rarely eats.

 

[SdJaCK&SaLLy]

He may be stressed, and what are you feeding them?

 

[Orion]

I've kept lots of 'African Cichlids' and never had any of them pick out an eye of another fish. African cichlids describe a hugely broad group varied in both size and temperament.

I've never heard of any fish picking the eye out of another fish if there wasn't something already wrong with the fish to start with. The GS probably was/is sick or stressed out, and it's not unusual for other fish to pick on sick fish, and the eyes are the weakest part and normally the first to go.

This, with the fact that you say the fish does not want to eat sounds like you do have a sick fish that probably does not need to be in a community setting if you want to have a good recovery time. A stressed and sick fish in a community tank might just get picked on more, and just stressed out more leading to a quicker death.

I've got a juvenile male Gold Saum and if he doesn't act like he hasn't had anything to eat in a month even if I just fed him 10 minutes ago I would know something was wrong. Keep an eye on him in the community tank, but I think the immediate concern right now is the fact that he won't eat. No food will lead to a harder time for current wounds to heal, opening to door to infection and more stress.

 

[BadRedTerror]

i feed all my gold shaums(Green terror) tertramin pro crisps,blood worms,baby shrimp.I mix up the variety for healthy/colorful fish.He just may be sick after the beating.Its been almost a month since the time it happened.He still will not eat and hides while his sister protects him.On the other hand my female is one healthy sweetheart!!!!!
Mom and dad are still around taking out rosey reds these days,but i wont breed my juvenille female with her brother do to insest/unhealthy as traites.So i will get a suitable male gold suam when the time comes.

If the young male gets any worse i will put him in his on tank temperarely.

 

[widebody2]

I recently purchased a large green terror. I think it must be a really good one because I have never seen colors like this on any fresh water fish before. How can I tell if it is male or female?

 

[SdJaCK&SaLLy]

I've kept lots of 'African Cichlids' and never had any of them pick out an eye of another fish.

Mbunas and Araturas's I guess I should say.

 

[Orion]

I recently purchased a large green terror. I think it must be a really good one because I have never seen colors like this on any fresh water fish before. How can I tell if it is male or female?

How big is it? This will give clue as to the sex. Males are typically much larger than females. Males can also get the large hump on the head, as well as longer fins. The only sure fire way to find out the fish would be to vent the fish, but this will involve catching the fish and most likely holding it out of the water for a few minutes. While this won't harm the fish directly, this is difficult enough to do on small cichlids, much less a large one! If you have a photo and want to start a new thread, that would be the easiest way.

 

[BadRedTerror]

the sex can be determined at about a year of maturity.The male is bigger and are the realllll lookers of the species(very beautiful,bright orange tail).And as orion said the big bump on its head when there adults can determine the sex.