I used to have these two cichlids in a community tank we dubbed dumb and dumber. Dumber did all the bad stuff, and dumb usually followed. Jumping out of the tank, getting suctioned to the filter intake, hitting the glass lid hard enough to knock one of them unconscious…the list is long
FINALLY, one of them managed to go full zoomies, knock an aquatic potted plant over (about a 2qt flower pot) such that it flipped upside down empty of all plants and dirt.
I discovered dumb trapped inside the upside down now empty pot, and dumber dead having been pinned at the gills by the pot. I’ve seen fish wiggle out of worse situations, that fish was just REALLY dumb. Cichlids are smart fish!
I used to have these two cichlids in a community tank we dubbed dumb and dumber. Dumber did all the bad stuff, and dumb usually followed. Jumping out of the tank, getting suctioned to the filter intake, hitting the glass lid hard enough to knock one of them unconscious…the list is long
FINALLY, one of them managed to go full zoomies, knock an aquatic potted plant over (about a 2qt flower pot) such that it flipped upside down empty of all plants and dirt.
I discovered dumb trapped inside the upside down now empty pot, and dumber dead having been pinned at the gills by the pot. I’ve seen fish wiggle out of worse situations, that fish was just REALLY dumb. Cichlids are smart fish!