SupersoNick95 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Two dead rummynose later I believe my Nannacara Anomala is the culprit. Each day I wake up to a tetra with a missing eye then the next day they are dead. Initially, I believed it to be some sort of disease but each tetra that has died has had an eye ripped out before death. I have seen the dwarf cichlid chasing them around, he gets extremely territorial in 20 long. This morning I found another with its eye completely gone. I later saw the cichlid doing a lot of chasing. I had 2 die so far. Another one is swimming around with its eye hanging off but also looks lethargic. Only a matter of time before it dies. Should I rehome the cichlid? I have never had a dwarf cichlid this aggressive... they are usually very timid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 What size aquarium do they live in? What are you feeding and how often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupersoNick95 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 On 2/2/2024 at 3:55 PM, mynameisnobody said: What size aquarium do they live in? What are you feeding and how often? 20 long, have about 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I've heard story that some cichild (any species) will discover they like tetra eyes; trap the tetra and eat them (i've read this is true for angles, discus, and various dwarf cichild); but never experienced it first hand. What i will say is the follow (as dwarf cicihild go) i've found nannacara amolae to be extremely clever and adaptive (mine never bothered the small rasboras i had with it but it did eat ton of baby pleco); i will also note that a 20 long is too small for rummy-nose but that doesn't help you. Beyond those two comments i can't really add anything else - oh if you have a pair (m/f) of nanncara amolae - they are not pair forming and the female will likely kill the male in a 20 long when she has frys unless you have extremely good scaping for him to hide (the females are very very aggressive when they have frys). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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