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Ravenous Ropefish, or Sick Cichlid?

April 26, 2017cichlid ravenous sick

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Ravenous Ropefish, or Sick Cichlid?

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I sent you the picture of the ropefish last week, and I was wondering if they are aggressive towards their tankmates. I had two African Cichlids in a 40 Gal, and I introduced the ropefish about a week ago. I woke up this morning and one of the Cichlids (about 2″), was dead, and the ropefish was chewing on him. I was just trying to figure out if he could have killed him, or if something else caused the death of the cichlid. The cichlid seemed a little listless for a couple of days, then seemed to be a lot more energetic, was eating more, and then suddenly he was dead. He had started staying in the same area as the ropefish for the last day or so. Just trying to figure out what is going on, as if there is something wrong with the water, I want to fix it before I subject others